tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post1740148265472253059..comments2023-11-16T22:46:30.130-08:00Comments on Pontificationism: Sartorial ConventionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-16510938890895830652013-03-26T06:21:06.959-07:002013-03-26T06:21:06.959-07:00Yes, I often envy the flexibility of ladies sartor...Yes, I often envy the flexibility of ladies sartorial choices. In general, the ladies I have had the pleasure of working with tended to exercise that choice with style and creativity. So much less convergent than male styles. I don't think trainers have been in evidence, and some of the shoes make me grateful for being a man as they look decidedly painful.<br />I wonder how we could identify someone as Machiavelli. Did he have visually distinctive characteristics that we could identify him by? We wouldn't want, for instance, to mistake him in our ignorance for Blackadder or Shakespeare.Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-43272693920246030432013-03-25T22:34:16.525-07:002013-03-25T22:34:16.525-07:00As a woman, I have a bit more choice - but I do of...As a woman, I have a bit more choice - but I do often wear jeans to formal occasions. I wore trainers (under a floor-length dress, mind you) to my own wedding.<br /><br />Fancy dress meetings would be fun, but I think it would be important to have a theme to guide the less-imaginative. Historical characters would be good for a business meeting - see who comes as Machiavelli :-) Rachel Cotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969719330048416996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093110082255125617.post-73284932959881834252013-03-14T22:40:35.725-07:002013-03-14T22:40:35.725-07:00Thinking of what costume I'd choose for such a...Thinking of what costume I'd choose for such a meeting, I am torn between something like a princess or queen with a tiara or crown on my head, holding myself very upright to signal that I won't take no nonsense from anyone, or a gypsy-lady with flaring skirts and wild hair (something I can't do in real life for my hair simply not lending itself to being wild), or a 70s disco glam star, or... the list is getting longer, the more I think about it!<br />But as long as it remains so cold (fresh layer of snow here overnight), I guess I'll stick to what is warm, practical and business-like at the same time. Tiaras are not.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com