OK to wear unlined dresses to work?

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I'd rather see a small lace thong outline than some ratty slip that's hanging from the hem of your skirt. Slips always are falling down or show when you cross your legs. I think they're dowdy AF.

And you all are only talking about dresses, pants are way worse offenders. I can't stand it when I see cellulite, granny panties that are way too small/tight making a bad "butt roll", or seeing underwear sticking out from the top of women's pants.

You wear shitty undergarments if that is happening to you.

Umm these things are not happening to me. They're happening all over my office by coworkers who won't wear unlined dresses. I'm sick of the gross pants everyone is wearing.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm wearing a light colored linen dress right now. I'm wearing spanks-style shorts underneath. I hate these things! They hold everything in and smooth you out for sure. But I feel fat in them - like a sausage. And my private area feels smothered and unable to breathe. I would love to wear nothing but a thong. I do with most dresses. I'm not fat but in a light cream linen dress I realize I need the spanx. Oh well.

Get the jockey slip shorts. They're really comfortable.

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Another poster who has been working in professional office settings for 20 years who thinks this is a bizarro world. I'm sure I've seen this once or twice, but it is not an ongoing problem. And I'm admittedly a super bitchy fashion-hawk -- in the sense that I love to sit on the metro, park where ever and have an internal conversation with myself about how terrible all the people around me are dressed. Yes I'm a terrible person. But I'm also someone who would have noticed if 50% of women had see through clothes in certain light.

That said, I have probably 40 dresses, and I struggle to think if more than one or two are unlined.

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Anonymous wrote:It is really surprising me that no one knows what slips are.

+1

I know what they are. Still wouldn't wear one.

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Anonymous wrote:It is really surprising me that no one knows what slips are.

+1

I know what they are. Still wouldn't wear one.

+1. I'm not wearing a slip unless it's a white dress. And even then I might not buy the dress because I'd have to wear a slip.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm wearing a light colored linen dress right now. I'm wearing spanks-style shorts underneath. I hate these things! They hold everything in and smooth you out for sure. But I feel fat in them - like a sausage. And my private area feels smothered and unable to breathe. I would love to wear nothing but a thong. I do with most dresses. I'm not fat but in a light cream linen dress I realize I need the spanx. Oh well.

Get the jockey slip shorts. They're really comfortable.

You don't need them. You want them. NO one needs to feel that kind of discomfort. Not being "smooth" is not an ethical or moral issue that requires medieval style undergarments. Walk with confidence and style and ditch the freaking torture devices.

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Anonymous wrote:You should wear a slip, yes. I can see through 0% of my husband's clothes...

Your husband wears a slip? In this weather?

Men don't wear see through clothing to work. Accordingly it seems possible for women to also select non see through clothing to work.
I've never worn such things to work.

Actually, men should wear tees under their work shirts, which can be see-through.

Men do. It also protects the expensive dress shirt and makes the white shirt seem whiter. That's frankly all I can add to this entire discussion, other than just feel free to ear what you want under your summer dress, but if I can tell what color it is when standing behind you coming up on the Metro escalator, its not work appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:You should wear a slip, yes. I can see through 0% of my husband's clothes...

Your husband wears a slip? In this weather?

Men don't wear see through clothing to work. Accordingly it seems possible for women to also select non see through clothing to work.
I've never worn such things to work.

Actually, men should wear tees under their work shirts, which can be see-through.

Men do. It also protects the expensive dress shirt and makes the white shirt seem whiter. That's frankly all I can add to this entire discussion, other than just feel free to ear what you want under your summer dress, but if I can tell what color it is when standing behind you coming up on the Metro escalator, its not work appropriate.

*wear

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Anonymous wrote:It is really surprising me that no one knows what slips are.

+1

I know what they are. Still wouldn't wear one.

+1. I'm not wearing a slip unless it's a white dress. And even then I might not buy the dress because I'd have to wear a slip.

Same. I have a dress that has been in my closet for almost a year that I won't wear because it definitely requires a slip. I am going to donate it today.

And no, men should not wear tees under their dress shirts. It is hot, uncomfortable, and creates bulky lines and weird collar issues. And do not suggest the wife beater style, because oh my god, what is the point?

Seriously people. This is WASTED energy. I feel bad even posting here about such a stupid issue and that I am wasting my time on it. Oh well. Can't help myself!

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honestly, all these judgy jerks posting about what they see when they are ogling women on the metro escalator or in the 100 degree searing sunshine... but then extrapolating how "unprofessional" the clothes are for work.... If what we are talking about is a dress that was not transparent at home in the mirror in normal lighting that has become less opaque under harsh outside glare, than when these women are in their air-conditioned, fluorescent-lit offices, the dresses ARE opaque and otherwise work appropriate, no? Sorry. When it's in the 90s, with high humidity, and people are commuting on hot trains and often doing a lot of walking, I'm not going to judge them for going a little light during their commute. A see-through dress is one thing, but there are 1,000 of "unlined" dresses that look perfectly appropriate inside the office. (This is the same thing as women who wear flip flops or tank tops for the commute and then throw on a real top/jacket/sweater and a real pair of shoes when they get to the office.)

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Anonymous wrote:I have only had this happen one time. In 2004 was outside the Barlow Building in Chevy Chase in July or August and saw a woman in a very sheer maxidress that the sunlight was hitting and thought, wow, her legs and tush are in great shape. Then when I passed her I realized she was about 9 months pregnant!

So if you had a kid in 2004 and were rocking a see through maxi that summer, you go girl!

Wow you have an amazing memory

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Anonymous wrote:honestly, all these judgy jerks posting about what they see when they are ogling women on the metro escalator or in the 100 degree searing sunshine... but then extrapolating how "unprofessional" the clothes are for work.... If what we are talking about is a dress that was not transparent at home in the mirror in normal lighting that has become less opaque under harsh outside glare, than when these women are in their air-conditioned, fluorescent-lit offices, the dresses ARE opaque and otherwise work appropriate, no? Sorry. When it's in the 90s, with high humidity, and people are commuting on hot trains and often doing a lot of walking, I'm not going to judge them for going a little light during their commute. A see-through dress is one thing, but there are 1,000 of "unlined" dresses that look perfectly appropriate inside the office. (This is the same thing as women who wear flip flops or tank tops for the commute and then throw on a real top/jacket/sweater and a real pair of shoes when they get to the office.)

+1

The women are the worst. Frump will be be frump; and you can't change fixated and crazy. Love the PP who mentioned the pregnant woman - so cute.

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Anonymous wrote:honestly, all these judgy jerks posting about what they see when they are ogling women on the metro escalator or in the 100 degree searing sunshine... but then extrapolating how "unprofessional" the clothes are for work.... If what we are talking about is a dress that was not transparent at home in the mirror in normal lighting that has become less opaque under harsh outside glare, than when these women are in their air-conditioned, fluorescent-lit offices, the dresses ARE opaque and otherwise work appropriate, no? Sorry. When it's in the 90s, with high humidity, and people are commuting on hot trains and often doing a lot of walking, I'm not going to judge them for going a little light during their commute. A see-through dress is one thing, but there are 1,000 of "unlined" dresses that look perfectly appropriate inside the office. (This is the same thing as women who wear flip flops or tank tops for the commute and then throw on a real top/jacket/sweater and a real pair of shoes when they get to the office.)

I haven't posted so far, but honestly, lucky you not having see another person's underwear. I always wonder where they're going when the dress is so transparent. It really can't be work. Then I think, oh, lord, maybe she doesn't know the whole thing is see through under these lights? Maybe you're fine strutting around in bra, panties, and a swimsuit cover downtown, but I would be mortified if my expectation leaving the house that morning were that I had on a decently opaque dress.

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I am a professional 30-something woman. I took the elevator down with my neighbor this morning and when we left the building she walked in front of me. As the sun hit, I could see that she was wearing red panties under a beige dress and I could see the outline of her body when the light hit her. I wasn't checking her out, she was in my line of sight as I left for work. I then saw two more women with see through dresses on the way to work. It's easy to notice when you're outside and someone is walking in front of you with their ass hanging out. I always argue with myself whether or not I should mention it because the only explanation I have is that their mothers never told them how to dress properly or they got dressed in the dark. I would be mortified walking around like that, but it's so sensitive a topic that I never say anything and then feel bad that I let that woman embarrass herself like that.

This sounds like a science fiction alternate universe. I have never seen multiple women walking around in see-through dresses. Maybe I am just unobservant? I've never seen this

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1+. No joke. I am a 40-yr old lawyer with (too) many longtime lawyer friends. None of us wear slips to my knowledge. Never have I experienced these see-through dresses (much less seen the color of someone's underwear in a dress in professional setting!) And god knows how many years I've spent in offices. PPs are hitting the [mood-altering substance of choice] too hard.!

Your friends probably wear slips or lined dresses. They probably have noticed that you don't wear slips but think that you don't care. There is no law saying that you have to wear slips.

Nope. I had two law school friends as roommates my first three year out (gotta pay back those loans). For better or (probably) worse, I know what they wear. And it ain't slips. Ever. No one did. Somehow we made partner (or the equivalent) in the meantime despite (allegedly) our "asses hanging out."

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I am a professional 30-something woman. I took the elevator down with my neighbor this morning and when we left the building she walked in front of me. As the sun hit, I could see that she was wearing red panties under a beige dress and I could see the outline of her body when the light hit her. I wasn't checking her out, she was in my line of sight as I left for work. I then saw two more women with see through dresses on the way to work. It's easy to notice when you're outside and someone is walking in front of you with their ass hanging out. I always argue with myself whether or not I should mention it because the only explanation I have is that their mothers never told them how to dress properly or they got dressed in the dark. I would be mortified walking around like that, but it's so sensitive a topic that I never say anything and then feel bad that I let that woman embarrass herself like that.

This sounds like a science fiction alternate universe. I have never seen multiple women walking around in see-through dresses. Maybe I am just unobservant? I've never seen this

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1+. No joke. I am a 40-yr old lawyer with (too) many longtime lawyer friends. None of us wear slips to my knowledge. Never have I experienced these see-through dresses (much less seen the color of someone's underwear in a dress in professional setting!) And god knows how many years I've spent in offices. PPs are hitting the [mood-altering substance of choice] too hard.!

Your friends probably wear slips or lined dresses. They probably have noticed that you don't wear slips but think that you don't care. There is no law saying that you have to wear slips.

Nope. I had two law school friends as roommates my first three year out (gotta pay back those loans). For better or (probably) worse, I know what they wear. And it ain't slips. Ever. No one did. Somehow we made partner (or the equivalent) in the meantime despite (allegedly) our "asses hanging out."

I once had a roommate who didn't wear slips and often considered bras optional. She worked for a lawyer too, lol.