I went on a mad shopping trip yesterday to all my favorite stores (Gap, Banana, Ann Taylor, JCrew) looking for stuff to wear to work in this weather.
All i found was LINEN!! Everything was LINEN!!
Am I the only person who a)does not wear see thru clothing b) does not like looking like one giant wrinkle by 10am c)works in a place where most linen clothing would be so inappropriate?
Sonicstef
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Alina If I wore anything see thru (even with something underneath) or any spagetti strap dress - I think my coworkers would die!
The day of the LIW GTG, I wore those calf leather boots and a knee length skirt...and you would not believe the looks I got!
LisaT
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Shamma - I love those shelf bra tanks tops. I live in them and wear them under everything (or by themselves). When I actually have to put on a bra, I'm sad
alina
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That's so weird. Stef, are you guys officially business attire or business casual? Sounds like an uptight environment I liked how you were dressed for the GTG in January. Here, I have actually gotten compliments in the ladies room on my more casual clothing, from random strangers who don't work in my group.
Sonicstef
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Shamma: those shelf bra things are great! I wear them with my button down shirts b/c my boobs are always a tad too big to button around - so I have to leave them open a bit. I still wear a bra with them but they look really nice underneath.
Alina: I work in a pretty uptight place. We are not officially business casual but most people just went that way. If you are having a business meeting with a client or with very senior mgmt, you have to wear a suit. Our CEO is known for questioning people in teh elevator about their attire :D
I work with 99% men, so pretty much anything even moderately different raises eyebrows.
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Stef, I dress like you did in Jan at at the GTG all the time, I think its sexy if you ask me. I could not work for your company, they would hate me WOw they seem really stiff there.
My GF wears hers with a bra too, I never do, I guess there are some perks to having little titi I love them alone or under something.
alina
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Stef, I guess I was surprised at that b/c we work in similar type of companies... But I guess the environment is very very different.
julybride444
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hate hate it ! Besides, it's such a bland material! It looks like a refined potato sack...
Jenny5150
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I 'm probably one of the few to view linen as a very rich fabric (depending on the quality.) I don't know if I would wear it to work, but it looks great for casual outtings: boating, dinner on the water, etc.. It's comortable, but yet elegent. If it's a better quality fabric, it will drape beautifully. It also ages well, unlike cotton and silk.
Sonicstef
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Jenny - isnt linen a type of cotton?
alina
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No, stef. Linen is made from a different flower (perhaps flax)
