I am finally back to comment in more details - it was a crazy busy day yesterday. As I said, I will not wear this dress to work if I keep it, the only exception may be with tall flat boots and super long cardigan of the same length as the dress. I can see how various elements of the dress which on their own may be fine, put together skew a bit much. I certainly do not want to look neither like an intern nor like a bombshell at work. I am very new at this job and hoping for a big promotion at the end of the first year, so it is best to err on the safe side.
I would also like to describe the dressing culture at work -it is a great place, I am pretty happy there and it is NOT sexist AT ALL. The dress code is business casual, and it is quite relaxed - everyone wears what they want within reason, some people skew dressier, some more casual, except certain occasions when everyone goes pretty formal. Also, I would say that nobody cares that much what other people are wearing. As I have mentioned before, I have been observing a group of women which hold the position I hope to be promoted too. At least for the warm season, most of these women wear dresses most of the time. Most of those dresses are just above the knee - same length as the WHBM dress in this post. Most dresses are also sleeveless, and toppers are worn with them about half of the time. The dresses are more often patterned than solid, and florals are the dominant patterns. Some of those floral patterns are pretty bright, and those are typically worn by women whose skin color allows them to wear such bright mixed colors. So the typical uniform is patterned sleeveless dress, solid cardigan and sandals. There is a woman who has a bunch of gorgeous dresses -she has worn probably at least 20 different ones so far in these two months, mostly sheaths and fit-and-flares, typically with 3" wedge sandals. I have seen the following less common items worn: bodycon midi dresses, cold shoulders, jersey jumpsuit in small leopard pattern, hot pink mixed with citron, shorter culottes (right under the knee), etc. I have even seen nicer (white and dark wash) jeans worn a couple of times, by very senior women though, so I am staying away from them for the time being. So dresses reign supreme, and there are some skirts and pants here and there.
