Comments on: Am I Too Picky About Business Dress?

By: Mary Emma Allen

Mary Emma Allen — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:04:40 +0000

Thanks, Debbie, Anne and Laura for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. It’s so interesting to get the various opinions about business dress, home business dress, work-at-home dress,etc. It’s not a “one size fits all.” And I find I can work/write at home in anything I wear. If I’m not expecting to meet the public that day or have a messy job at home between writing stints, I not going to be dressed professionally. But I do feel better and more productive if I’m presentable if someone happens to pop in. I’d rather not be wearing torn, tattered, and soiled clothes…unless they caught me scrubbing the floor, working in the garden or cleaning the garage. (If I happen to pass the mirror in the course of the day, I prefer not to be scared by the person looking back at me.)

By: Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:22:57 +0000

I don’t necessarily dress up as though I’m going in to the office, but I do like to be clean and dressed when I work. No working in pajamas for me!

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:12:48 +0000

Mary, suspect this may be one of those mileage will vary issues… when I dress up to work at home I feel not only uncomfortable but a bit stupid because I’m overdressed. Jeans or shorts, tshirt or sweatshirt, clean, and probably untorn, bare feet, hair combed… fit to answer the door but not to go to lunch in a fancy restaurant… that’s how I do my best work. It’s not one size fits all, so to speak.

By: Debbie Yost

Debbie Yost — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:58:17 +0000

Mary Emma,
Have you ever watched What Not to Wear or 10 Years Younger. In both these shows the person gets a makeover and almost every single time they say they have more confidence because of the clothes they are wearing. Even if you are a SAHM I believe it is makes a difference in how you feel if you feel good about yourself. Your job as a mom is not less important that the “working” woman. I challenge people to give it a test. I’m sure they will feel a difference in how they do their job, whatever that job is. On the weekends I even get up, shower, dress and put on a little make-up. I feel more productive, and take better care of my children, when I do this. When I don’t I seem to lay around watching t.v. all day.