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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the thing about professional wear - it pretty much assumes you have no curves.  I'm a lawyer and have to dress pretty mannish to avoid people like those on this thread thinking I'm on the prowl, not because of my behavior or shopping at Fredericks of Hollywood, just because of my waist-hip ratio.  I cannot wear a sheath dress because if it's loose enough to not draw attention it turns me into a refrigerator and if it's tight enough to suit my figure suddenly I'm Jessica Rabbit.  So all that's left is pantsuits in non-stretch fabrics.

But it took me several years to realize that though this isn't fair, it's what I'm stuck with.  My more straight-shaped friends can wear business dresses and sheaths and look professional but also feminine.  My smaller-chested friends can wear v-necks and not look like rent is due soon.  It sucks, but it is what it is.  If your girlfriend is fewer than 5 years out of law school she might be buying what she should be allowed to wear (literally anything, and certainly a sheath dress for a business office!) instead of what society will accept a curvy woman wearing (basically cosplay as a man to hide your curves or you're a whore).[/quote]

I understand this thinking, but it’s because women have so many choices in clothing. Men have a uniform, and it’s never sexy. You never hear men complaining that their suit doesn’t accentuate their curves/muscles. Could you image a man showing up to the office in a muscle tee or bicycle shorts. Yet some women want to wear yoga pants to work. Men know how to dress and this isn’t an issue. It’s women who feel they need to accentuate their body at work. [/quote]

Yeah because when I see Daniel Craig in a tux as Bond he never looks sexy.

My husband looks *amazing* in a suit, and true entire point of the suit is…to make men look amazing. Whole point of the garment.  I’m petite and suits look like dress up clothes on me except the few I have had tailor-made, and so I typically wear sheath dresses to work. Men can learn to behave professionally if it is what is expected of them, and they’re not excused by the oldest ever “but look what she was wearing!!”[/quote]

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