[blindlaw] 'If you can't dry clean it, don't wear it'; partner advises male lawyers on business casual, ABA Journal, June 18 2013

[Ross Doerr]

Excellent Post Noel. 
The last law office I worked in took me to the side and told me that I was
the only  man in the office who was wearing a shirt and tie to work every
day. Everyone one else was in jeans and sneakers.
Being an old school gentleman of the South, I lowered my standards to being
tieless in button down shirts, dress slacks and shined shoes, and I never,
ever left the house until my wife, who is sighted, inspected me for
wrinkles, holes or stains.
I could relate more, but this article is as accurate, according to my
sighted wife, as it is needed.
Ross A. Doerr Esq.
 




-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Nightingale, Noel
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 5:24 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] 'If you can't dry clean it, don't wear it'; partner
advises male lawyers on business casual, ABA Journal, June 18 2013


Link:
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/if_you_cant_dry_clean_it_dont_wear_it
_partner_offers_business-casual_advice/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&
utm_campaign=weekly_email

Text:
'If you can't dry clean it, don't wear it'; partner advises male lawyers on
business casual Posted June 18, 2013 By Debra Cassens Weiss

Harrumph! After receiving several complaints, the office managing partner of
a national law firm has decided the firm's poorly dressed male lawyers need
some business-casual guidelines.

No. 1 on the list: "If you cannot dry clean it, don't wear it." Above the
Law published the entire memo from the unnamed partner who set out to help
the "fashionably challenged." The advice includes:

* Socks are required in a business environment no matter what Esquire says.

* Polo-type shirts which look like they have been crumpled in the back
corner floor of your closet do not count as acceptable business casual. This
is true even when you attempt to smooth them out for 15 seconds before you
put them on in the morning.

* Slacks should be pressed and have a crease.

* Shoes need polish ... like weekly. Ask your father if you are so lucky to
have him living what civilized people used to say you could tell about a
fella based on his shoes.

* Shirts with ties that don't have button downs or collar stays make you
look like the guy in the Three Stooges (or worse).

* Most days you should wear a sport coat with the rest of what constitutes
your "casual dress." This is still a law office and coats are generally a
part of the kind of casual business dress we allow/tolerate/reluctantly
permit.

* There are actually unofficial rules about appropriate combinations of
brown/black shoes, brown/black socks belts, and brown/black belts based on
the color of your clothes and the color of the belt/sock/shoe you are
wearing. Typically, they should be the same color. This is a little
complicated for some. If in doubt, wear the same color. Or, ask your
spouse/significant other or purchase a book.

Above the Law sees some "low grade sexism" in the guidelines. They
contemplate "a time when men were men and somebody else did their laundry,"
the blog says. But it judges the rules "pretty standard."
_______________________________________________
blindlaw mailing list
blindlaw at nfbnet.org
http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
blindlaw:
http://host.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rumpole%40roadrun
ner.com


-----
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3199/5929 - Release Date: 06/21/13