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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College prof here and I literally have students wear sports bras as tops to class sometimes. I have students show up for networking events in crop tops. Ones who have been in meetings where we discussed what to wear.

Times are changing.

The thing is, hiring managers are mostly still older and not going to be very open to seeing belly buttons in interviews for a while. Or dirty flashy sneakers with dress pants.

When today's 6th graders are the managers? Who knows. But it's important to understand that that's not where we are today. I bring up the career stuff because I am guessing a lot of the kids who don't dress for the wide-range norms in these scenarios didn't encounter guidance or boundaries around clothing in their early life.[/quote]

My middle schooler wears the typical outfits you find at the mall, which apparently some think means she is a sexualized child with terrible parents (I disagree).

But I do agree these clothes are not meant to be what she shows up wearing for a job interview, but she is well aware of this. She already knows she has to dress differently for church and Model UN. I do think some parents are forgetting to train their kids for what different settings look like.

That said, I attend board meetings for a private equity held company. And jeans with very expensive sneakers are the norm. I was working at a law firm in NYC in the mid-90s and there were lots of Ally McBeal short skirts then. So athleisure being the norm in corporate settings by 2040 would not shock me at all.[/quote]

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