https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:35:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632862 Wed, 30 May 2012 19:45:35 +0000 biscuitsmom 632862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ridiculous....I know the major chain grocery store where I worked for 19 yrs only recently allowed men to have *any* facial hair! (Also their hair needed to be above 'collar' length.) Another I worked at even dictated what color socks one could wear..sigh </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632817 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:26 +0000 RoseandJoan 632817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally agree with IK I like for health care workers to look neat, tidy and clean but tattoos or hair colour do ot phase me. The rule is stupid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632796 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:31:08 +0000 Sylvie 632796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ironically enough, you could have a perfectly "tame" hairstyle with unnatural hair color and a "wild" hair style with natural hair color. Mohawk anyone? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632736 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:24:12 +0000 Anonymous 632736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is the dumbest, most unfair thing I've ever heard of. Besides, many women have "unnatural" hair color. If they have to have a stupid rule like this, they need to clarify what they mean. Also, I don't know why having a different hair color is somehow worse than having tattoos. If you asked me which I'd rather my DDs do (color hair or get tattoos), I'd pick an "unnatural" hair color any day--even purple! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632636 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:41:31 +0000 Diana 632636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, boo. What does "unnatural hair color" even mean? I mean, my hair color is technically unnatural for me, but it is natural for many other people. </p> <p>FWIW, I think you would look awesome with pink streaks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632567 Wed, 30 May 2012 14:39:46 +0000 ironkurtin 632567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get that a hospital wants to present a professional, crisp, fairly conservative appearance. To many (again more conservative) people, colored hair is not an indicator of competence. It says youth and rebellion. </p> <p>However, I think the color thing is avoiding the real issue - it's overall neatness and cleanliness. Who cares if your doctor has purple hair, so long as they are competent and professional with clean hands? If a nurse has pink hair, but it is neatly bound and cared for, then bless her.</p> <p>However, its probably harder legally to determine what is considered elegant and tidy than it is to simply ban not-found-in-nature hair colors in staff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632565 Wed, 30 May 2012 14:38:55 +0000 Jonesy 632565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bogus!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632548 Wed, 30 May 2012 14:20:31 +0000 Transcona Shannon 632548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Huh? That doesn't make any sense. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632479 Wed, 30 May 2012 13:27:17 +0000 mrseccentric 632479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh, please. speaking as a patient (been in hospitals a fair amount), i wish they'd focus more on things like gel nails and doctor's ties - both of which have been proven to be full of germs and great at transmitting them to other people. What the h311 do i care about hair color, tats, piercings, etc.? i want capable, competent, caring people!</p> <p>i remember getting prepped for surgery as a young woman (around 20). The tat-covered, long-haired orderly was trying to position the EKG senors without 'offending my modesty' (the sensors are circular adhesive patches connected to wires). You need to place these on certain spots on the chest, so it was kind of ridiculous. Then, the grandmotherly head nurse came in, looked at him like 'what are you doing?'. She whisked my gown off down to my hips, plip plap plop placed the sensors, then covered me back up. "There!' she said, and on to the next thing.</p> <p>Biker orderly and i were both frozen in shock. Looks mean nothing! Hang in there Anna, we love you no matter how you look, steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632462 Wed, 30 May 2012 12:54:35 +0000 modgrl 632462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What about the purple haired old ladies? I want to be one of them someday. It does not seem legal, but I'm sure they vetted it through council before they posted it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632362 Wed, 30 May 2012 06:53:08 +0000 fashionista 632362@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sad. Dark purple would look like black unless in light. So maybe could try that one. Tattos we understand but hair color??? So tomorrow they would not want you to put sunscreen or lipstick. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632282 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:52:53 +0000 Scarlet 632282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, that seems really conservative. I mean it would make sense if you were a trial lawyer or something. I just can't get my mind inside a place where this makes sense to me. I feel for you. Wearing scrubs every day would stifle me too. What shoes do you wear? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632277 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:46:35 +0000 Chrizzle 632277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I work closely with healthcare professionals in Seattle and am surprised to hear about the hair-color ban. I am frequently in the hospital near my office (because of work - not as a patient), and I swear I've seen nurses and doctors with "unnatural" hair colors. I love seeing a pink- or purple-haired health care professional; makes me feel more at home in the hospital, actually. Even though I don't have colorful hair, my hairstyle is outside of the norm, and seeing staff who look a bit counterculture makes me feel as if the hospital is truly comfortable with and welcoming of diversity. </p> <p>I know the tattoo thing was hotly debated at that hospital some time ago, until the case was made that banning tattoos meant discriminating against anyone who got a tattoo years before becoming a health professional or before applying to work at that hospital. I think the hospital requires that people with tattoos get thoroughly tested for blood-borne pathogens, which I think is reasonable, as all clinical staff have to comply with the hospital's schedule of periodic testing and vaccinations anyway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632251 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:21:26 +0000 Angie 632251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was JUST thinking the other day that you need pink streaks in your hair, Anna. </p> <p>Urgggh. That just doesn't make sense - especially in the city of Seattle where people are so very tattooed, grungy and have hair all colours of the rainbow. That makes me angry </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632249 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:19:53 +0000 Deborah 632249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really suprised. What consitutes an 'unnatural' hair color?? My color isn't exactly my natural color??? How do they legally make a distinction here?? I awful but I would be tempted to challenge it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632248 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:18:51 +0000 Refugee 632248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a feeling the vagueness of this could get them in trouble. I mean, define 'unnatural hair color'. The hair color I'm currently sporting may be someone's natural hair color. It certainly isn't my natural color. My current natural color is something my hairdresser and I define as 'dead rodent.' It is brilliantly covered with a great dark blonde. I'm just sayin' . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632246 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:18:27 +0000 rae 632246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh, it's the inconsistency with the tattoos that burns me... I'm assuming scrubs don't have any sort of... hair net/do rag/bandanna counterpart? :T </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632225 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:05:40 +0000 Anonymous 632225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That must be really hard for your creative side! I have a hard time not wearing something denim one day a week. If I had to live like that every day I'd feel stifled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632224 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:05:34 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 632224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That really does suck Anna. I'm wondering if it is because tattoos are permanent an hair color can be changed fairly easily. Still not fair. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632218 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:02:48 +0000 Ana 632218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bleh. I don't understand why unnatural hair color is not okay, but tattoos are. It seems arbitrary to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632216 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:00:50 +0000 Kari 632216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Darn! Do you have any flexibility in the color of your scrubs and/or shoes? Not that this helps a ton... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632214 Wed, 30 May 2012 04:00:05 +0000 christieanne 632214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm surprised they don't have him cover his tattoos, especially in healthcare. At my last employer we had the no "unnatural" hair color and no visible tattoo rule but the hair color was a bit harder to judge (I suppose purple wouldn't have flown though.)<br /> Dress codes do get in the way of personal expression for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dress-code-rant#post-632209 Wed, 30 May 2012 03:55:59 +0000 annagybe 632209@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I work at major public hospital and wear scrubs. I've accepted the fact that I can't really show my personality at work. Recently I've toyed with the idea of putting either pale pink or lavender bits in my hair. Something like this</p> <p><a href="http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2012/05/jaggy-nettle-x-kos-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://kingdomofstyle.typepad......kos-1.html</a></p> <p> Well today they put the dress code on the front page of the intranet. No unnatural hair color. But my coworker has visible tattoos on his arms. Argh! I'm looking at clip-in extensions. </p>