Some of us are 50 plus and suffer from hot flashes. For us sleeveless saves us from melting down during a key presentation or worse. You never know what another person is experiencing so it wise not to hold people to your standard.

I think exposed skin always reads as sexual whether male or female. I always look to men’s professional attire and how it covers the skins and focuses the attentions on a man’s face and what he is saying as my guideline. If you look at men’s attire you notice that the button down shirt hides the collar bones and puts the focus on the face. The shirts tend to be long to cover the elbow and wrist bones. The jackets fit somewhat loosely hiding a man’s waist and his figure and they always cover the buttocks. The dress socks are dark and not see-through and the shoes are lace up oxfords or loafers. The only skin you see on a man in professional attire are his hands, face and a little bit of neck. This little bit of skin showing is what I try to achieve in order to focus the attention on my face and words and not on my body or skin. I detest front button down shirts on me because I am plus size with size 42 H bust. I wear sheets with short sleeves that cover my collar bones and button in the back. My jackets are at least a four button style from the that button above my breasts and the jacket falls to my fingertips hiding my shape and my bottom and focusing the attention on my face. A look similar to Mrs. Huges outing jackets on Downton Abbey.

Once upon a time ANKLES were deemed “too sexy” and mine are FIIIIINE. But I don’t cover them up because of how possible closet-Victorians may act. I dress them according to what I like that fits with my life and work :P

Same goes for sleeveless.