Gaudy Over Graceful: Tips for Business Women Fashion Sense
Business women may still be fashionable and professional looking as well without having to risk the whole outfit and become inappropriate in attending a business event. The negative thing today and with the generation is there is confusion amongst classy and trashy when talking about how a woman reflects her image and what she wants to project to represent her style. You can take a look at these guidelines to be able to eliminate the negative images and be able to project a good sense of fashion for women in the business industry.
Wearing heels in the business environment is not a bad choice for it creates a good effect for the slacks or pants and may add up some height. But remember to pay attention with the selection of inches for the heels. Stilettos have too high and thin heels which are great for parties and not for business functions because it doesn’t reflect the formality of the whole outfit. Select comfortable shoes that have medium sized heel and thickness.
Another excellent method of enhancing the physical appearance is to choose customized or tailored clothes. Selecting clothes that will suit your body figure will reflect how comfortable they are when you wear it and it will show the confidence of wearing business attire. Tight clothes are not proper for business meetings.
Sheer blouses are great pieces of fabrics that can add style to the business attire. See through ones may appear to be unprofessional. The top used to hide the blouse should match the blouse underneath.
Modern women: Do they really know what they want? – Part 5
Posing the question, “Do modern women really know what they want?” suggests that women in the past have really known what they want. Socially acceptable roles have dictated what men and women have done for thousands of years. There have always been the courageous few who have stepped outside of the societal norms but they paid dearly for it. Some have paid with their lives.
The feminist movement actually began as a way to allow women the freedom of choice and to allow them the same respect and pay grade as men. Somehow it deteriorated in to a new expectation for women. The United States has crowed about its freedoms since its birth, yet its people are still enslaved by societal expectations. Families can also pressure its members with expectations. Communities, families and religious groups are examples of societies. They all create expectations or societal norms for their members.
When a society demands that women marry, care for the house and raise the children, exclusively, it is limiting options. When a society demands that that women train to be warriors (there have been many) it is limiting options. Human beings are individuals. We’re all different and that’s one of the beautiful things about our existence. Unfortunately, many humans fear anything that’s different. They incorrectly assume that they will be safe if they can control life. The easiest way to control is by making everything the same. They think that with a large enough rule set, everything can be controlled.
Confusion is created when we want to do something that is considered outside of the norm. The only way to do what we want to do is to throw off the strictures of society. This is easy for some, but difficult for most. A woman employed as a lineman will, at the very least, receive raised eyebrows. She may also be seen as “butch” because she’s in a physical, male dominated job. A man that chooses to be a nurse rather than a doctor will often be suspected of not having “what it takes” to be a doctor. He may also be seen as feminine. It takes courage and fortitude to step outside of what our society expects of us.
Modern times are not as enlightened as people would like to think. It’s a lie we tell ourselves to make us feel better. It goes along with the lie that says we can control other people. In these modern times, if a woman chooses to stay home and raise a family there are those who will criticize her. If she chooses to have a career and a family there is another set of
