https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:23:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1638102 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:04:14 +0000 jill58 1638102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yuck! This is making me re-think my jeans and sweater wearing doctor. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1638055 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:31:49 +0000 rachylou 1638055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg, Julie!</p> <p>Anna, that just seems amazing. I have had the thought, because sometimes the coats are embroidered with the doctor's name, they just wear this one coat over and over. But then, I'm well, but I'm a baker. I have my 'graduation togs,' but I don't wear them to work. Whites go in a bin at the end of every shift. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637996 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:35:14 +0000 Julie 1637996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to a doctor once who appeared in short shorts and a bright pink tee.&nbsp; Later I heard she was charged with hiring her teenage boyfriend to&nbsp; burn her vehicle...poor woman was very troubled...moral of the story don't trust a doctor in short shorts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637974 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:03:07 +0000 annagybe 1637974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most white coats are professionally cleaned, but yeah not often.<br /> Though for me scrubs on a non surgery day is just lazy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637727 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:40:23 +0000 Bijou 1637727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When a doctor or dentist is performing a procedure, I like clean scrubs or a lab coat. Before reading this post I had never thought that they may not be freshly cleaned each day. Otherwise for general consultations, I am fine with business casual and that is what is normally worn by my GP. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637716 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 05:20:46 +0000 Meredith 1637716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Anna and Brooklyn said. My doctor told me that lab coats and ties (mens') are rarely washed and can harbor germs. She prefers sleeveless or short sleeved tops so she can scrub down and her arms with soap. I am okay with that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637715 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 05:20:45 +0000 Brooklyn 1637715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have also heard that doctor's ties are a high source of infection because men don't tend to clean their ties.<br /> I don't mind what they wear as long as they are kind and courteous (and hopefully competent). I hate when they call me by my first name and then introduce themselves as "Dr" So and So. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637714 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 05:06:23 +0000 rachylou 1637714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no no no! They aren't washed by a professional service? I probably knew that but didn't want to admit it to myself ;)</p> <p>That's interesting about attendings and residents. It's very random where I go. Everyone gets to do their own thing.</p> <p>Love the pathology socks, hehe... and radiology (spot on ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637669 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:39:48 +0000 annagybe 1637669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfortunately lab coats aren't washed often as they should be, big time germ carriers.</p> <p><a href="http://gomerblog.com/2015/06/doctor-white-coat/" rel="nofollow">http://gomerblog.com/2015/06/doctor-white-coat/</a></p> <p>I've noticed at my hospital the attendings don't wear white coats, but the residents do. Then there's the poor med students in short coats.<br /> I remember *lyn bemoaning the lack of dress among her fellow residents.</p> <p>The tech not knowing the difference between a resident &amp; an attending, scandalous!</p> <p>Also relevant<br /> <a href="http://gomerblog.com/2015/12/medical-specialty-3/" rel="nofollow">http://gomerblog.com/2015/12/medical-specialty-3/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637644 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:00:56 +0000 Anonymous 1637644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the lab coat, but then I come from the land of uniforms and miss the smart, white-coats aestheticians and pharmacy workers used to wear in Europe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637641 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:37:37 +0000 deb 1637641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My doctors all wear business attire. Lab coats come out only if they do a procedure. When I have been in hospitals I could always tell who was working in the hospital and those that were making rounds at different hospitals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637632 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:16:34 +0000 Windchime 1637632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always enjoy seeing what my doctor is wearing; she always takes care with her style--and wears a short white lab coat on top. My last doctor, a man, wore khaki pants and and didn't wear a tie--or a lab coat--but he was laid back as a person, and that style suited him. He was a terrific doc, lab coat or not! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637627 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:01:30 +0000 rachylou 1637627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd much rather smart casual to grubby street wear, but I prefer the labcoat. I think I want to know what to expect from what stranger, and I also want to know that something can be taken off and sterilized... Lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637620 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 01:52:35 +0000 Maneera 1637620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wouldn't mind if the doc didn't wear a lab coat.....but I do expect smart business casuals. A doctor in a tee would just be scary! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637618 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 01:47:34 +0000 Anonymous 1637618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My doctor, when she wears a lab coat, wears it open. She wears great artsy jewellry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637616 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 01:43:22 +0000 Anne-Marie 1637616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't hate the lab coat but I don't mind at all when my physicians do not wear them, either. But I would expect business casual dress from my physician, at the very least, and a stethoscope slung about the neck is always reassuring &nbsp;; ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637554 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:27:22 +0000 retailgirl 1637554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've had a lot of experience with doctors! One of them wore either scrubs, a lab coat, or the same rumpled tweed jacket and khakis. He needed a style intervention, for sure. I have one doctor who is from India, and he wears beautiful long vests with a Nehru type collar, over a regular shirt and with Dockers type pants. I asked him about them, and he has them custom made in India, in beautiful silks and tweeds. They are very distinctive! My female doctors wear wrap type dresses, sometimes with a lab coat. I think a lab coat is the uniform you earn the right to wear when you become a doctor...just like nurses used to wear caps and white stockings. ( I'm dating myself!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637544 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:00:50 +0000 jill58 1637544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I once went to a doctor for the first time and she was wearing corduroy jeans and a sweater. No lab coat. It was one factor among several more important ones that led me to continue my search for a new general practitioner. This was years ago and I still remember her jeans! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637542 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:55:38 +0000 Beth Ann 1637542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lab coat, but worn open, with friendly, professional clothes underneath.</p> <p>This is kind of like the Presbyterian ministerial garb -- It's an academic robe, with an elegant stole. &nbsp;However, the "Scottish fashion" was to wear the robe unfastened, so the congregation could see the regular clothing (and the preacher) underneath. &nbsp;It was symbolic: &nbsp;The authority was inferred through the robe, but the person inside is just like everyone else. &nbsp;It was about transparent authority, which I think is a healthy concept for pastors, doctors and ....... politicians, too!</p> <p>What about a badge that is color coded to designate position -- so you can easily see who's who? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637537 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:51:10 +0000 Anonymous 1637537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lab coat, or really professionally dressed . I need to know my doctor earns a ton of money for being good - lol - and isn't afraid to show it . &nbsp;I'm so superficial.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637525 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:30:19 +0000 Angie 1637525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like to see doctors that are well dressed - business casual - and wearing a lab coat. Some doctors wear scrubs, which is also fine with me, but I do prefer the lab coat for consultations. More professional some how.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637510 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:12:27 +0000 texstyle 1637510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My doctor doesn't do the lab coat. He works in a small practice and dresses business casual. If I were going to the hospital, I guess I would expect something more "sterile" though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637506 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:07:58 +0000 Aida 1637506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind the labcoat one bit. Would probably find tee+plaid shirt a little unprofessional feeling, but business casual would be fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/drive-by-mini-fashion-report#post-1637492 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:23:07 +0000 rachylou 1637492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Went to the doctor and got sliced and diced this morning. Saw an ad on the side of a bus talking about making doctors more fashionable. Had a picture replacing the white lab coat with a tee and plaid shirt. I don't know how I feel about that. My doctor was dressed same as the check-in tech, and I could see she was smart and knowledgeable... But I don't know that I liked not knowing if she was a doctor. And you know, the tech himself didn't know the difference between a resident and attending.</p> <p>How bout y'all? Do you hate the labcoat? </p>