https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 06 May 2026 17:35:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-952298 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:56:01 +0000 Kristin L 952298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd skip the hose since you'll be in CA. I'm planning on skipping the hose when I present at a conference in CA at the end of July.&nbsp;</p> <p>The skirt looks like it'll be a great workhorse for you. And congrats on defending and graduating! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-952291 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:46:14 +0000 modgrl 952291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skip the hose! Good luck!!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-952208 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:30:16 +0000 bj1111 952208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good luck on your talks!</p> <p>And of course on defending you thesis--huge milestone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-952154 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:05:27 +0000 crazyone 952154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Lyn* and Archer. &nbsp;I found a pair of sheer hose that matches my skin tone, so I packed it. &nbsp;I didn't think I had one, so I wasn't going to go and buy one--but since I had it, there was no harm in throwing it in my bag. &nbsp;I'll see how I feel tomorrow morning about it.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951975 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:30:22 +0000 Archer 951975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Devil's advocate: I would wear hose. &nbsp;For me it is more about my own style than the crowd's. &nbsp;I know some stylish scientists/doctors.&nbsp;<br />The skirt is going to be a real workhorse.<br />With ballet flats - not sheer hose, if at all<br />With heels, I vote hose.<br />Hope your presentation goes well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951971 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:13:17 +0000 lyn* 951971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think if you are giving a talk, I prefer hose over bareleg - but most of the people that I know who are giving talks are men. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951970 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:12:47 +0000 crazyone 951970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>thanks, Diana! &nbsp;definitely not packing hose then. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951947 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:38:47 +0000 Diana 951947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, it's fine to go sans hose! I honestly think there's almost no situation in science that requires hose (unless you are cold) any more these days.</p> <p>I much prefer to give talks than posters! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951946 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:34:06 +0000 crazyone 951946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Makrame--thanks for your answer. &nbsp;This conference is in CA in June, so that's why I thought of going sans hose. &nbsp;No, it's not for a poster presentation--two 15 minute talks (but I am definitely going to wear a blouse+pants for one of them). &nbsp;So actually a shorter duration of time than a poster presentation would be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951945 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:31:40 +0000 Makrame 951945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I personally think that this nice skirt with a buttondown is OK without hose and with flats, especially for a summer conference. &nbsp;I have definitely worn pencil skirts sans hose to conferences with a mix of PhDs/MDs (so a slightly more formal crowd); not for presentations, though (I usually stick to pants for talks, just so that I don't have to worry about hose/footwear etc.). &nbsp;Is this for a poster presentation? &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/conference-wear#post-951940 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:12:50 +0000 crazyone 951940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello YLF ladies, I've been away for a while--it's been a very busy time, with defending and graduating. &nbsp;But I've been a lurker off and on and seen so many&nbsp;beautiful outfits from all of you &nbsp;</p> <p>I wanted some advice from the YLF crowd--I am going to a weeklong scientific conference tomorrow, at which I am not giving just one but two talks, on successive days. &nbsp;Because they're back to back, I don't feel comfortable wearing the same thing. &nbsp;I usually wear a buttondown blouse+dress pants (keep in mind, this is science--many of the presenters will show up in jeans, though it runs the gamut from t-shirt and jeans to full suits on some of the speakers, especially&nbsp;the ones&nbsp;from Japan and Korea). &nbsp;I was thinking of wearing another buttondown blouse tucked into&nbsp;an A-line suiting skirt (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?vid=1&amp;pid=229765002">http://bananarepublic.gap.com/.....=229765002</a>)&nbsp;</p> <p>Do I need to wear hose with it? &nbsp;The skirt comes to my knees and is definitely not too short.&nbsp; I have gone bare-legged wearing skirts to this conference before, but that was not on a day I was presenting. &nbsp;</p> <p>And I certainly hope ballet flats are OK :)</p> <p>Thanks in advance! </p>