So?
Posted on 04/22/2015 11:41:53 AM PDT by drewh
For the past three years, art director Matilda Kahl has been wearing the same outfit to work every single day. “I just wanted to save some time and energy,” she told Business Insider.
Kahl was tired of running late in the morning, reevaluating her outfits, and stressing about whether her clothes were appropriate for different events or meetings at her creative advertising agency.
For someone in the creative field who has to make a lot of decisions throughout the day, she longed for one less choice to make.
“During the weekdays, I have so many creative challenges at work to keep my mind stimulated that I don’t feel an urge to express myself creatively through what I wear,” she said. “I finally had enough.”
After one particularly memorable meeting in which she realized her male work colleagues never face as much sartorial stress as she did, Kahl decided it was time for her own work uniform.
“I was looking for something that was simple yet wouldn’t feel too anonymous,” Kahl said. “After a few long days hunting for the right top, I fell in love with the white blouse for its diagonal line of buttons and the cuts in the sleeves. It felt personal but wasn’t too attention-drawing.”
Kahl bought 15 versions of the silk white top as well as six pairs of black pants so she wouldn’t continually have to do laundry. She also included a black leather bow around her neck to add flair to the ensemble.
The outfit was a success, with hardly any of her coworkers caring what Kahl was wearing. “I’m happy to say we don’t talk about it much, which was the whole idea behind the uniform,” she said. “To take focus away from the wardrobe and lay it on the work instead.”
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I used to work for IBM back in the late 1980s. It was drilled into my head that you wear a dark suit and white shirt — white; nothing else — every day. I still to it to this day.
So?
“Those little orange tags do add to the price.”
Yeah, but they do add some FLAIRE!
-PJ
Slow news day.
Seriously, wearing the same thing almost every day was one of the things I loved about my military service.
I wear a uniform 6 days a week also. A blue T-shirt, denim jeans. Not so unique as to have an article written about it.
Most men wouldn’t even notice...
Soon we will all be wearing matching Mao Jackets in the Worker’s Paradise.
Sounds like the practice has all the same advantages as wearing a uniform for work, and as uniforms go that one’s pretty nice.
That's what I like - you're not an equivocator, like Justice Roberts, nor can your stern judgments be swayed by a mere pretty face...
Some of the runway stuff shouldn't be worn by anyone. There was a thread about that a while back. Men dressed as oven mitts. It was a fright.
Wait, what? No socks with sandals? What's the world coming to?
Woman: "Are you the police?"
Elwood: "No, ma'am, we're musicians."
I know a guy who did some work at Paul Allen’s Los Angeles house. He said the closet was a hundred pairs of khaki Dockers and a hundred blue polo shirts.
Not true. I work in that world and can say with confidence that you can add one piece of charcoal gray to brighten up the outfit.
Only if you’re originally from the south or midwest.... LOL
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