https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:43:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo#post-686479 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:45:42 +0000 rachylou 686479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Venture capital, online shopping, and a travel web? Mmm. Don't want to be a buzzkill or anything - but the three ladies at the top of the article aren't techies. Marissa... she's a techie by the skin of her teeth.</p> <p>I think Northern California is <em>very</em> fashion conscious, but the rules are very different.</p> <p>Ok, ladies, now really get ready to throw your tomatoes at me: But, ahem, I make the observation that biotech folk are more interested in fashion trends than others... which just goes to prove once again, biology is not a hard science ;&gt; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo#post-686376 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:10:51 +0000 CocoLion 686376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing Cathy! Before my life in the restaurant business, I worked in entertainment in LA at 3 different studios. With the exception of the last one, which was Japanese-owned and conservative, I was expected to dress fashionably. I got more, not less respect for wearing chic ensembles. I think the anti-fashion stance of tech is shared in science and academia as well (or so I have read other women writing about this here on YLF). Finally, do you think there is a bit of an anti-fashion bias in Northern California when compared to the Southern part of the state? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo#post-686348 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:53:32 +0000 Sveta 686348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hear, hear! I have been a dress rebel in my tech environment and it is nice to know there are more women in this industry who don't think that technology and fashion cannot exist together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo#post-686291 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:43:15 +0000 Sylvie 686291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this link! Thanks for sharing.</p> <p>It's very true that since we don't have a corporate dress code, if we're free to wear jeans/t-shirts, we're also free to be more fashionable if we like.</p> <p>I need to remember that my work will speak for itself and being fashionable and competent is even more intimidating than just being competent. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo#post-686287 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:38:31 +0000 Jem 686287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that! If I was working in my profession instead of being a SAHM, I would definitely be dressing up regardless of what the other engineers were wearing. It was the same in University. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/silicon-valley-women-are-breaking-a-fashion-taboo#post-686276 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:28:11 +0000 cciele 686276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>By not looking geeky and caring about clothes, apparently :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/fashion/in-silicon-valley-showing-off-their-louboutins.html?_r=2&#038;pagewanted=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08.....gewanted=1</a> </p>