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

[Russell J. Thomas]

Psychologically, casual dress may equal casual work. Somehow certain rules
about dress and behavior in the office will convey a message of seriousness
of purpose while people are at work in the office.
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dittman,
Robert
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 2:48 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] 'If you can't dry clean it, don't wear it'; partner
advises male lawyers on business casual, ABA Journal, June 18 2013

I completely agree.  There seems to be, In my personal impressions and
observations, a degradation of dress, manner, and throughout society in
general.

It goes back to people not knowing how to dress, act, conduct themselves...
There is always time to change.

Robert D. Dittman, ESQ
Attorney and Counselor at Law
On Jun 21, 2013, at 4:23 PM, "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
 wrote:

> 
> Link:
> http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/if_you_cant_dry_clean_it_dont_w
> ear_it_partner_offers_business-casual_advice/?utm_source=maestro&utm_m
> edium=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."
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