Spinoff of suit for interview -- pantyhose?

[Anonymous]

Wear hose. It's looks incredibly unprofessional to wear a skirt suit and NOT wear hose.

I'm not saying someone won't hire you for not wearing hose. But wearing hose gives a polished look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's absolutely disheartening to see young women forgo hose -- bare legs are really distasteful, interview or day-to-day. We really need to turn the tide back to wearing them. They're sexy, too.

I'm guessing you're a man whose never had a yeast infection or a UTI.

I wear hose, and I don't get yeast infections or UTIs.

I don't care about being sexy. I think hose (sheer, not thick clunky hose) are necessary with a skirt suit. Not wearing hose with a skirt suit is like a guy not wearing socks with a suit. It's tacky and unprofessional.

It's fine to not wear hose with a sundress or a spring skirt. But if you are going to wear a suit, wear hose. I also think that if you wear a pant suit, you should wear trouser (the dressy sheer kind or very thin dressy kind) socks. But I think bare feet in dress shoes is tacky.

And lest people suggest I'm tacky, I think men should wear appropriate trouser socks with suits.

[Anonymous]

meant to write "lest people suggest I'm sexist" not tacky. My point is that it's not like I don't have expectations for men's professional dress.

[Anonymous]

This thread surprises me.

I hire people for upper administration positions and can't imagine passing over a great applicant because she wasn't wearing hose. I prefer to pay attention to the substance of the interview over something so inconsequential.

I also did not wear hose to my last interview, a C-level position, and I got the job.

I'm also 40, so it isn't a generational thing. It's a petty thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's absolutely disheartening to see young women forgo hose -- bare legs are really distasteful, interview or day-to-day. We really need to turn the tide back to wearing them. They're sexy, too.

I'm guessing you're a man whose never had a yeast infection or a UTI.

I wear hose, and I don't get yeast infections or UTIs.

I don't care about being sexy. I think hose (sheer, not thick clunky hose) are necessary with a skirt suit. Not wearing hose with a skirt suit is like a guy not wearing socks with a suit. It's tacky and unprofessional.

It's fine to not wear hose with a sundress or a spring skirt. But if you are going to wear a suit, wear hose. I also think that if you wear a pant suit, you should wear trouser (the dressy sheer kind or very thin dressy kind) socks. But I think bare feet in dress shoes is tacky.

And lest people suggest I'm tacky, I think men should wear appropriate trouser socks with suits.

It's fine if you think it's tacky, but it's just not required by convention any more. I have seen many women of all ages and positions with bare legs at every sort of professional event.

[Anonymous]

I agree that fewer young women wear them. But I am 100% sure there are hiring managers that would ding you for this as unprofessional in an interview setting. So I wear them to interviews. Seriously, you won't get a uti from wearing them once, that's absurd. Suck it up, unless you don't want the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread surprises me.

I hire people for upper administration positions and can't imagine passing over a great applicant because she wasn't wearing hose. I prefer to pay attention to the substance of the interview over something so inconsequential.

I also did not wear hose to my last interview, a C-level position, and I got the job.

I'm also 40, so it isn't a generational thing. It's a petty thing.

It is definitely a petty thing but if dcum teaches us anything it is that there are a ton Of ridiculously petty people out there and a lot of them are in positions of power.

[Anonymous]

hose are ugly and gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I hire people for upper administration positions and can't imagine passing over a great applicant because she wasn't wearing hose. I prefer to pay attention to the substance of the interview over something so inconsequential.

Let's set aside sticky humid DC summers for a moment. If a candidate showed up in the winter in a skirt suit and bare legs, I'd question whether she has good judgment or lacks common sense.

[Anonymous]

I have an interview tomorrow morning. I'll be wearing a suit and sheer hose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I hire people for upper administration positions and can't imagine passing over a great applicant because she wasn't wearing hose. I prefer to pay attention to the substance of the interview over something so inconsequential.

Let's set aside sticky humid DC summers for a moment. If a candidate showed up in the winter in a skirt suit and bare legs, I'd question whether she has good judgment or lacks common sense.

in the winter you were opaque tights or colored tights. not hose. especially not hose that are darker than your natural skin tone or that have a sheen to them. So unfashionable!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Required for a skirt. Absolutely. I know many, many hiring committee members who would pass on someone with bare legs in a professional interview.

This is why I wear pant suits. They are slightly less formal, but I hate hose so much. BTW, I am 31, lest someone suggest this is changing among younger women. I wish it would.

I don't know. I work at a pretty conservative firm and no one wears hose (or at least very, very few do) and it's not something we consider when evaluating a candidate.

[Anonymous]

I'm 29 and just discovered a month ago (when I was at a black tie wedding and the only girl my age wearing hose!) that they are not in. I love them. They keep everything nice and tight in the mid-section and make legs look great. If they are good enough for Duchess Kate, they are good enough for me. And as you might have guessed, I ABSOLUTELY wear them for job interviews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread surprises me.

I hire people for upper administration positions and can't imagine passing over a great applicant because she wasn't wearing hose. I prefer to pay attention to the substance of the interview over something so inconsequential.

I also did not wear hose to my last interview, a C-level position, and I got the job.

I'm also 40, so it isn't a generational thing. It's a petty thing.

That's funny, because there's a whole huge thread about how much what you wear to an interview actually DOES matter. Can't have it both ways.

[Anonymous]

I hate hose and haven't worn them in 15 years, but I still think they're a good idea for an interview if you're planning to wear a skirt suit. Personally, I've always punted on this issue by wearing a pants suit. Including for summer interviews! (Summerweight suits, gotta love em.)