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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In DC, we prioritize elegance over stylish. Simple, basic, clean, effecient. Depending on your job, overly stylized can be seen as frivolous. People who are mission focused are attracted to this city. It’s about the power, less about what you look like and how much you make. Also, so many of the jobs in town center around politics...I’m not going to go visit government staff in an Armani suit.  I’d look like an out of touch ass. [/quote]

Come on, now. We recently heard from a DC transplant that was concerned about wearing lipstick to work, because the women in her office are so incredibly basic. This isn't about wearing Armani suits. This is about women feeling pressured to cease taking pride in their appearance. [/quote]

This was an isolated incident - based on the number of women I see across DC wearing lipstick and makeup, I can’t believe that it’s widespread. I work in one of the crunchiest divisions of a science agency, and even in my division, many of the women wear some makeup. No one would give someone else a hard time for wearing lipstick or heels to the office (though you obviously wouldn’t wear heels out in the field). We also wouldn’t give anyone a hard time about wearing Armani or having high end purses....to be honest, most of us wouldn’t ever recognize a super high end good when we see it. [/quote]

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