Get your sartorial act together so you can concentrate on your interview and forget your appearance. Whether you’re a man or woman, keep your outfit simple by dressing a step better than required to do the job. -- Get your sartorial act together so you can concentrate on your interview and forget your appearance. Whether you’re a man or woman, keep your outfit simple by dressing a step better than required to do the job.
Etcetera (etcetera.com), a women’s fashion line sold via home-based trunk shows, has advice for women and for men:
• Spy. Sniff out ads and online photos for “the corporate fashion de rigueur.” Etcetera says. “Copy the corporate culture . . . a bit.”
• “Less is more. Women, wear your best color and contrast with a simple accessory. Bedazzle your interviewer with your brains, not your multi-colored muumuu.” Men, curtail the bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
• Have you eaten one too many cupcakes or dropped the gym? Get a good tailor or seamstress to help you breathe more easily. Poor fit makes you seem careless about details.
• Dress your age. If you don’t have Michelle Obama’s arms, “forget the sleeveless shift dress that stole your heart at Saks,” Etcetera says. “Instead, wear something that draws the eye to your face.”
• Have a little fun, both of you -- “suspenders with brass hardware or a little dip of a fishtail kick pleat, anyone?”
Dr. Mildred L. Culp welcomes your questions at culp@workwise.net. Copyright 2010 Passage Media.
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