I don’t do pretty. I have resisted “cute” business items like time planners in favor of the old plain ones with a plain binder. But that’s just me and maybe a result of my being a product of the early women’s liberation movement when the last thing women wanted was cutesy stuff for work. We even wore dark blue or black three-piece suits—sans jewelry. Don’t get me wrong. I’m proud of being a woman and I love certain feminine things but not for use in my profession.
I never assumed it was for the work day.
I wouldn’t expect a girl in her coveralls to be carrying something so stylish while she is at the construction site, but in her off hours it might be more attractive than carrying her work laptop around.