Thoughts on clothing...

Prompted by a response to a comment by the_local_echo in auntysarah's LJ...

For special occasions, it is easy to overdo it¹, I find. Partly, I suppose, to not having cared about appearance at all before.

Last weekend, I was dragged off to a wedding reception by my boyfriend shinydan, in comparison to every other woman there (except bride & bridesmaid) I was overdressed. The order of the day seemed to tend towards smart casual. Where I just went for Smart.

Fetish stuff is a novelty, and not appropriate for all day wear, as the_local_echo rightly observes. Not that that is the kind of stuff I'd choose to wear on a day to day basis. Just give me a decent length skirt and a cotton blouse, please.

Strange thing is, a while back I'd pondered on the practicalities of skirts to work, and come up with the answer "not very". Now bear in mind I'm the IT manager for a small company, and as there are only 2 of us in the IT dept, this sometimes means that I end up crawling under desks or behind racking. I have to say, that having worn skirts to work, instead of trousers for the last 6 weeks, my initial answer was for the most part wrong. That's not to say there aren't times when trousers will be more practical - such as when there is a lot of kit to relocate. However most of the time I can avoid² grubbing around on the floor or behind racking.

¹ it being get dressed up.
² for that, read: get tpajaz to do it. :)

Alice.