Working Girl Wednesdays: “Acres of Raw Bosoms”
Welcome to Working Girl Wednesdays! Need advice on handling the complexities of the modern workplace? Well, fret no more! Whether it’s a senior partner making a move or a catty co-worker plotting for your plum position, Helen Gurley Brown’s 1964 book Sex and the Office has a solution. Every Wednesday on Glossed Over, I’ll present a new tip from the legendary editor of Cosmopolitan. Is her advice utterly ridiculous or startlingly prescient? You decide!
Chapter 2, “Up to Here and Down to There,” tackles the issue of what to wear to work.
How sexy can you look and still further your career? Lovely as cleavage is (if you’re lucky enough to have it), we don’t want it—or them—spoiling your chances to succeed. Don’t scoff! One executive I know may be speaking for many when he says that he loves seeing acres of raw bosoms on the stage or at cocktail parties, but across a crowded desk he gets that “wet flounder” feeling.
After the jump, why Helen Gurley Brown says you should wear jeans to the office. Next week, her 16-step morning makeup regimen!
Wear beautifully fitting pants to the office on Saturday overtime assignments. An attractive man I know says he can resist any girl in a dress but goes absolutely to pieces when girls wear pants. Another one hired his secretary because he saw her flitting around the office in skinny bluejeans one Saturday. She turned out to be brilliant, but he didn’t know it at the time.
Hahaha! Can I wear high-waisted jeans too? Would those be flattering?!
Posted by: Bee | June 04, 2008 at 01:13 PM
HGB just broke my heart a little more than glossy opiners usually do.
Posted by: a lady | June 05, 2008 at 07:17 PM