I enjoy my job, and one of the reasons why I like it so much is because of the lack of dressing up. While it causes me pangs of dissatisfaction that I can’t wear pretty clothes, at the same time I’m relieved that I don’t have to pour in money and effort for a different outfit everyday. So work outfit = Tank top + jacket/sweater + jeans.
But I also have to interview formal types, and I’ve gotten of so far by wearing vintage-y skirts and plain tops that wouldn’t have survived five minutes in the jaws of the corporate world. Sometimes I wear my brown trousers and a plain top. That’s about it. It’s boring.
Yet at the same time, I don’t want to dress up too much because most of the people I interview are men. And the thing about Malaysian men is that they would prefer to conduct the interview with your boobs rather than your face. Or they stare at your legs. Chest or legs. Your choice. Doesn’t matter if you have not much of either, if it’s not completely covered up, they’ll stare at it. It’s creepy and I don’t understand why it’s still happening, especially since I interview professors and such, but whatever. I could beat them up but a more pressing concern is How to dress nicely without looking too nice and revealing too much?
The answer is a nice blazer. Covers everything if you’re wearing pants, and if you’re wearing a skirt, wear tights too. The problem with blazers is that I drown in them. I look like a teenager who swiped her mum’s jacket. At the same time, I don’t know if the blazer should be black, as I don’t own a pair of black pants. I did, once, but it seems to have made off with itself. And my skirts vary in range from yellow to green to black to candy striped. Maybe I should stick to a black blazer and get more black tops. So that I can be even more boring than I already am.
Just as a reminder to myself, here are a few cute blazers I found at http://clothesbucket.blogspot.com.
Isn’t this adorable? White blazers are a no-no though. They will not survive me.
Double breasted and grey. No doubt I will look like I have the upper body of the original Hulk.
I know, it’s really cute isn’t it?
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