We had an upwardly-mobile factory girl who used the company's diversity/sensitivity money-pit as a stepping stone to an office job. She became a "facilitator" for a while and bared her soul monthly in the plant manager's large, semi-private, off-site, three-day seminars. Actually mentioned enjoying the personal distinction that the large, colorful, "tramp stamp" tatoo on her lower back and higher buttocks gave her. The stamp did seem to act as a counterweight to the stretch marks that often peeked out from under the front of her designer tee shirts, so maybe that was part of why.
Is the Lewinsky method for promotion still in vogue?
A woman dresses for success by focusing on how to look POWERFUL or perhaps AUTHORITATIVE or even SEXY.
I guess I'm just biased, but I think "professional and polished" is a superior way forward.
CAR-15?
Power dressing? Well, there WERE a few I wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley.
Margaret Thatcher
Actually a woman is never more powerful than with nothing on. {:-)
I thought this was going to be an article about Old Crusty.
I love it when my wife has to go to an important meeting with vendors and would be customers.
She let’s me lay out her attire. [winky-winky}
>> “What do you wear that makes you feel powerful?”
I can’t speak for wimmin folk.
But when I pick that ol’ tee shirt up off the floor and pull it on for the third or fourth day straight, Mrs. Tick swears it makes me “powerful”.
She says that when she gets close to me it about makes her swoon!
(...well, she says “pass out”, not “swoon”. But same difference.)
I remember when all the women wanted the big career, wanted to be just like all the boys etc...Now they sit in traffic 3 hours a day and have figured out they are just paid slaves, another payroll number, another brick in the wall...
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Pajamas.
A yellow Mao suit to hide my cankles.
Huge difference from looking powerful and being powerful. Hence the expression “an empty suit”. Young people and the morons think it is about appearances, but it is about attitude and confidence and getting the job done. Of course, many people are fooled by empty suits... Hillary and Obama supporters for example.
“(”What do you wear that makes you feel powerful?”)”
Camoflague, preferably Mossy Oak (hehe).
Really, I got to wear camo on my last fulltime job.
I cannot speak for all other FReepers... 
but a good pushup bra does it for me any time.
I hear old big likes his to be a cheese push up!
What do I wear when I want to feel powerful? A holster. With a Lady Smith in it.
A full holster.
Oh, wait. I'm, a girl. That isn't the right answer.
A full holster. It's pink. Tee hee! ~Giggle~
Did I get it right this time?