There are times when you have to look right when you just have to put comfort aside in favor of style. I guess the question is how do you get that balance right? Have you got a dress code you stick to every day? And how far does that dress code go?
I must confess that for the most part in the studio comfort is the dress code, especially when on my own, sweatpants and baggy sweaters are the order of the day. But only when I am on my own. When we have visitors I have to dress more appropriately, even if that means a suit, though more commonly these days Jeans when working with other people.
So what are your dress rules? Does work have a dress code? Are you happy with that or do you find it oppressive? Do you ever rebel? If so how? I would love to know. I chatted with a reader a few years back. She was a corporate banking executive, powerful and highly stressed job. She described her business attire as the equivalent of a suit of armor. It was her public face, the side her staff saw. I asked her the question about rebelling against the corporate uniform. I have never forgotten her answer and must confess I have considered this every time I see a lady in a suit. She confessed to wearing fetish underwear beneath the suit, really very surprising things. She gave the reason that it made her feel powerful beneath the suit, it was her way of expressing her personality.
How do you dress your characters when you read or write? How important do you think that is?
Do you wear clothes for power? Do you trade comfort for style? What do your shoes say about you? Or do you simply not care about fashion and think it is a trap people get caught in?
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