https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 02:51:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1828794 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:02:48 +0000 The Cat 1828794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps they suppose that many of their customers work in night clubs? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1828038 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 22:41:57 +0000 harmonica 1828038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*lol* is the most appropriate for these work outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1828032 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 22:32:56 +0000 DonnaF 1828032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Uh, maybe this would be appropriate and even conservative for a certain type of *working girl*? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827983 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 20:12:47 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 1827983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did the same thing! Clicked on the link for work wear, looked at a few things, thought they were bizarre, started to navigate to a different part of the site, realized I had no business being on it, and left. <br />Did you hear that, Rackers? Your crazy advertizing/organizing schemes are sending people away from your site!</p> <p>Racheylou, what's the source of that quote? I've never heard it, but we needed it recently. I assumed malice; my son pointed out a way that it could've been ignorance. Even though he was upset, he was careful to delineate that he meant actual lack of knowledge, and was not attacking, bless him! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827981 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 20:01:04 +0000 Anonymous 1827981@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astute observation. &nbsp;It is clear they (and many other retailers) do not "get' what women do for a living or the wardrobe we need to be taken seriously. &nbsp;We have come a long way. &nbsp;We have further to go. &nbsp;Sigh. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827899 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:32:57 +0000 fathenry 1827899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, these wouldnt be appropriate even my casual tech company with mostly 20 year olds, although a few would probably throw a sweater over and call it good. Spaghetti straps are in no way work wear, even in a casual setting. Neither are shorts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827887 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:05:36 +0000 Nomad 1827887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all for confirming that it wasn't just me who was confused!</p> <p><b>rachylou</b>, that flouncy orange dress was even the "Wear-to-Work" banner on the front page of the site! &nbsp;I thought, "Surely they grabbed the wrong stock image," but... apparently they grabbed exactly the image they meant to!</p> <p><b>Dianna and Thistle</b>, I love the range of lives and lifestyles that we have on the forum here. &nbsp;I'm in a more traditional office, which has casualized a bit over the years but not entirely (and sometimes I sit with the techies, and sometimes I meet with the people we support, so my work wardrobe has a sliding scale of formality). &nbsp;But even across our varied lives, it sounds like it's slim pickings in that sale for the work-appropriate stuff! (There were a couple of structured, closer-to-knee-length dresses and a few toppers that could pass muster in my workplace, but I really had to scroll way down to find those...)</p> <p><b>approprio,&nbsp;</b><b>Emily K, and kkards</b>, Exactly, it's already such a challenge to navigate work dress standards, overt and hidden. I made my fair share of dressing mistakes earlier in my career (not in this particular direction, but I still wince when I think of some of my old "work" clothes), but... this collection, presented broadly as workwear, doesn't help the confusion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827751 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:33:19 +0000 kkards 1827751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh...now i would not call those work appropriate,&nbsp;but i can not tell you how many 20somethings i work with who, when we had a business casual summer dress code would wear #1 or #3 and throw a sweater cargo jacket over it.....it's funny becuase this summer we went to casual and IMO on most days the 20somethings are more&nbsp;appropriately dressed this summer than last..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827725 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 10:08:48 +0000 Column 1827725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Disingenuous marketing. What more can you say? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827699 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:45:51 +0000 rachylou 1827699@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's my favourite quote, Approprio! 'Never assume maliciousness for what stupidity can explain.'</p> <p>I have to admit I laughed when I saw the orange dress, lol. I was going to say, most of the dresses look like you anchor a morning show, but the flouncy orange is too funny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827696 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:26:13 +0000 approprio 1827696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear. Not good. I'm trying very hard not to mistake incompetence for malice right now... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827694 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:23:02 +0000 Gigi 1827694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed--these are bizarre choices for work wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827693 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:22:46 +0000 Emily K 1827693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not my work. &nbsp;Ever. &nbsp;I do see a lot of confusion among younger women in my husband's fairly conservative office re: what is considered work appropriate. &nbsp;A lot of kind-of hoochie stuff going on. &nbsp;But these dresses look like a one way ticket to HR.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827690 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 07:10:29 +0000 Sal 1827690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look like summer party dresses to me!! I like them all but cannot imagine wearing them to work:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827667 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 04:29:06 +0000 Dianna 1827667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I work at a cruise port, we have a relaxed dress code, and I wear summer dresses frequently,&nbsp;BUT not even I would wear any of&nbsp;those dresses&nbsp;to work.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827650 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:51:29 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1827650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are some seriously mis-filed pieces, I'd say! Thanks for today's giggle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827647 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:46:43 +0000 binkle 1827647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, rather baffling that these got lumped into wear-to-work!?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827607 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:38:37 +0000 Thistle 1827607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure what your career is, where in the country you work, or your company, but none of these would be work appropriate for my Midwestern heavy manufacturer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wear-to-work#post-1827588 Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:15:52 +0000 Nomad 1827588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I shouldn't browse Hautelook, because I don't need more stuff. &nbsp;And when I do place an order, about 50% of the time I end up returning everything for poor fit, but 50% of the time I find really interesting things that end up being beloved workhorses... so sometimes it's worth the gamble. &nbsp;Today they had a "Wear-to-Work" sale, but.... I ended up being really baffled by where they think their customers work.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.hautelook.com/events/178666">https://www.hautelook.com/events/178666</a></p> <p>There are some things in the sale that could be work appropriate (and some of them are quite lovely), but they have so many things that are too low-cut, spaghetti-strapped, or short for most workplaces I could think of. I don't think I'm a particularly conservative dresser, but clearly I'm on a different wavelength than their staff. &nbsp;Oh well. Less temptation isn't a bad thing! </p>