Comments on: The Hunt: Power Dresses for Work

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:18:54 +0000

In reply to Anon. Rest of the world chiming in: Australia and we are working from home until next year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:40:47 +0000

I hate that the sheath dress has become the near universal symbol of professional workwear for women. I think they look wonderful on women who have model figures – tall and slender, which means they look terrible on most of the rest of us. Honestly, they hide nothing, so any lumps and bumps are on full display. I also don’t find them terribly comfortable to sit in or move around in all day, and they look best with heels which are also no longer my workwear shoes of choice. I find a lot of the alternatives to sheath dresses look much less professional which leaves me looking at suits with small but interesting embellishments as the workwear of choice for my body type.

By: jennypower

jennypower — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:01:42 +0000

In reply to LaurenB. It varies, they carry a lot of different brands. I've found most things under the ASOS label run closer to a Juniors cut, boxy and short in the torso

By: jennypower

jennypower — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:41:27 +0000

Does anyone have any experience ordering from The Kit (the pink shirtdress featured)? Size accuracy, fabric quality? I’m interested in more of their casual pieces.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 04:03:13 +0000

In reply to Anon. Not everyone here makes Big Law partner money! Also I would point out that a salary that would make you comfortably upper middle class in much of the US basically renders you a pauper in the Bay Area. When I worked in a law firm in the Bay Area, my assistant made $80k, which is considered a pretty decent salary in many places (especially if you have a spouse who earns a similar amount, which she did). She had to commute almost 60 miles (which can take 2-3 hours in Bay Area traffic) each way in order to afford a house. They never let her work from home even though I and the other attorneys she supported advocated for her to have regular WFH days. It was awful.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 03:53:49 +0000

In reply to Anon. I used to live on one side of Palo Alto and work on the other side of Palo Alto. It was 4ish miles. Some days it took over an hour each way by car, so two hours round trip. (Yes I know it would have been faster by bike, but I hate biking plus I worked in a business formal office and couldn't really show up at work in athletic gear.) I gather things have only gotten more ridiculous traffic-wise in the Bay Area since I left.