As a teenager I worked in a high end fashion store on the Prom in Cheltenham. I used to walk past Cavendish House every day. I had a fabulous houndstooth check pencil skirt that I loved and wore often. I found out later that the window dressers/display artists, as they were called then, dubbed me “the pencil girl”, because they liked what I wore. So you never know who’s watching.🤣
Wonderful video Emily! I've personally discovered (in my 80's) that I can be as edgy and far out in my personal style as what feels really good to me....and that is truly all that matters. This happened to me when I turned 80! It was like, who cares...I just want to be me. Sooo freeing! Your videos have helped cement that attitude in my style!
I’m with you on this. I will be 78 shortly and I’m going for this style that I’ve always loved. Will be losing pounds to get there. Determined. Best to you.
This was so good, especially point #1 - nobody cares. I learned that the hard way, after so many years of trying to look acceptable, appropriate, businesslike, etc. But just wait until you are older and considered irrelevant that’s when it really hits you that nobody cares how great your outfit, makeup, hair, or thoughts are. So just be you and do you always.
I'll admit, I think about what other's will think way to much when I'm getting dressed and will tone things down if I feel I'll be noticed too much. Most of the people around me don't care or have personal style to speak of and I guess I don't want to look like I care too much about appearance. In reality, I wish I had more friends who loved style, and we supported that in each other.
I do the same- almost always come up with a more “muted” version of a look. because surely I’ll be looked at too “try hard” for school drop off hahaaaa
I have so been there. And it is hard sometimes because we don't always want to be the center of attention. The good thing is that the more you do you the more people will come to expect it. And maybe with that you'll inspire some to up their style more as well.
I agree with the ripple effect. If I'm feelin' myself in an outfit, I walk with a spring in my step and have overall better outlook and attitude that day.
If someone does not like my outfit, my first thought is usually "you have no taste!" :D Jokes aside, I do take 'outfit rejection' a little personally. I I try to remember that the most important thing is to dress for yourself, so you can feel comfortable and be yourself, and thereby attract the people that matter to you. Thanks for these helpful confidence boosters!
Some thought-provoking insights here! On far too many occasions I’ve dressed in what I thought I “should” wear. It NEVER worked! First impressions last a long time; now I would rather be remembered for who I am. Loved your first date story.
Oh, wow! Spot on! These points were brought home to me as I prepared a capsule Red/Blk/White (school colors) capsule wardrobe for our 50th high school class reunion, last weekend. With closet, purchased, borrowed, thrifted clothing items, I threw it altogether (tough, because of changing season of hot one day and cool the next). Then, at the last moment a friend said, "Oh, I've got the perfect jumpsuit for you!" Well, I brought it home thinking, "Yeah, right..." but my youngest saw it and said, "Hey, that's cute. Sure you can pull it off". Out of my comfort zone, I went with it, decided to shine it on, and surprised myself that "ripping that bandaid off" was quick, painless, and then, EXCITING. No body cared, most loved it, and the fun times rolled all evening. Funny thing is...I HATED HIGH SCHOOL...but, after 50 years we are all over ourselves and know it is the friendships that last and have real meaning.
Yes also lost my creative style sense of self when I became a mom. Taller version of your frame in my 60’s I’m finding it again with an older body and a lot of mistakes along the way related to new shape. My daughters have kept their style as moms cheered on by me. Thank you! I just cut off my very lovely bob because it’s not me right now loving shorter edgier hair. I think the compliments I get are more that I’m dressing as myself and that comfort is what they see.
I learned lots of these way back in high school a hundred years ago. When I thought I wanted to be a teacher and my ‘best’ friend told me they wouldn’t let teachers wear gaucho pants, which I wore all the time, and when I’ve continued to wear clogs when they just come in and out of fashion, when my mom compliments anything I wear that she would wear, but nothing I wear that she wouldn’t. You just have to dress for yourself and own it. Great video.
Yes Emily. Totally agree with everything you said except what you said about losing yourself when your had your son. You didn’t lose yourself, you just explored another facet of your being. You had the ability to bring life into the world and you did. You were always who you are just a new and different option. Now that you’ve been a mom for a couple of years, you have the opportunity to shoe him how fierce his mama is ( and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.) Be the beautiful best you can be. Thanks again for your fashion wisdom. 🙏🏻💜
I have realized that I have been dressing to hide. I wear a lot of black but I love a pop of color. I love a black dress with a printed scarf! But I wear black pants with a black tee instead even though I don’t really love outfit. I feel meh. No one notices me me in my black pants and blazer combo. I only dress for myself when I at home. This week I am going to try to dress for me so I feel good and not Meh. I was wondering why I never felt satisfied with my wardrobe. Between your channel and a small wardrobe I am realizing that I have a schizophrenic wardrobe. On the weekends I live in dresses both black and with some dark prints which I will wear with a blazer or bright colors with a black or navy duster when I go out or want to feel amazing! But when I go to work I feel like nothing . I think I have been shopping to be invisible.😬this video really validates what I have been thinking.
Thank you so much for sharing your struggle of "meh" with us. I'm so glad this video inspired you to step outside that this week. Let us know how it goes!!!
@@EmilyWheatley I have figured out how to shine. I have these black cotton midi racer back dresses that I have been wearing with very bright duster cardigans, ( hot pink, turquoise, cobalt, Kelly green ) with my white Chelsea doc martens. I felt more alive .I am 55 years old and I am over the all black look. Thank you.
I loved this! I’ve also really struggled with worrying about what people think. I still do but it’s hard. You are SO right about how nobody really cares about your clothes. Everyone is too busy worrying about themselves!
Yes, I think people still notice our best selves but just not about the technicalities so much. Great feeling to know we can just dress for ourselves. Thanks for sharing with us!
Ive just remembered a painful experience .A family wedding and I after trying on many ideas ,I chose a jewel coloured floral blouse ,a pale grey skirt ,pale grey blue blazer ,skin coloured fishnet tights and sandles . Oh my goodness ! My Mum showed me her clear disaproval and told me so . Mum avoided me ,so too did many other family members ,I was ignored .I was not encourged on the wedding photos ,well ,I was placed at the back ,dispite my only being 5ft 2ins . One ,very sweet Auntie admired my flesh coloured fishnet tights and later on when the ignoring got too much for me ,when another Auntie refused to dance with me , my dear Uncle Jack listened to me as I couldn t help weeping . The skirt I wore was short ,but only about 2ins above my knee , certainly it was the skirt my Mum didnt approve of .Still I decided to dance alone ,which I enjoyed ,only when my fun was cut short due to I had to accept an early lift home ,or lift at all . In the mini bus home ,I was inconsoluble and couldn t hold my tears back .Students who were unknown to me were so sweet as they tried to soothe me on the hired bus .Isn t it crazy when almost all of a family group (very big family ) disapprove and thus render you invisable ,because of your chosen outfit .This incident was a couple of decades back and I remember it just now . Such rejection again has brought a tear to my eye .Yes indeed ,true ,it is only clothing and so silly that some will strongly judge you for what you are wearing .A few years back ,here in England , a couple were walking in the park .They loved to wear gothic clothing ,a gang attacked the couple because of what their clothing represented to the gang .The girl was beaten so badly ,she lost her young life .A uniform can represent power and create fear in others and as I sit here writing , I feel that clothing has a bigger impact psychologically ,on us , than we realize . My comments perhaps are a little bit heavy , however , your discussion suddenly brought memories to mind . Thank you Emily for your content ,your style is impeccable ,edgy ,clean and beautiful .
Emily I am so happy to hear that there is another person on earth thinks that she lost her self a bit after having a child. After having my son who ever I met they were telling me how blessing it was, they all looked so normal, already returned back their normal size; babies were sleeping through the night. I felt more isolated. 170 cm size 36 girl became chubby mom. I hated myself. I am still struggling with my weight after 8 years. I have always 10 pounds to loose. My son is the most precious human being on earth for me but I feel more like me when I am not with him; and definitely more like a mother with him.
A few years ago I was in a vintage shop and fell in love with a hat. Although I don’t wear a lot of hats OR a lot of vintage I felt amazing in it, so I bought it. I’m going to an outdoor wedding at a vineyard this weekend and I thought - if I don’t have the nerve to wear it now, then when will I ever wear it? My not-so-confident self says I can always leave out the hat at the last minute! That would leave my outfit looking very unremarkable.Thank you for the timely video.
I think that ripple effect happens not only in your life, but in your environment as well. I have noticed that since I started consciously developing my style, the women around me start upping their game as well. I see it at church and in the workplace, and with friendships. I love that dressing as your best self inspires other women to do the same.
Thanks for opening up about "losing your style" when you had your son. I felt the same way after I had my first son! When I emerged from my postpartum haze, I dumped so much money into rediscovering my personal style, and felt like I was getting nowhere. It wasn't until I had my second son right before the pandemic, and the pandemic itself, that I discovered all that money I wasted buying things that weren't me came from a place of insecurity. Love your channel and your advice... it's definitely helped tremendously being confident with my own style, and truly loving my (now much smaller but well curated) wardrobe.
I felt you were totally talking about me!As I have gotten older and let myself go gray ,I have struggled with “is this to edgy or not age appropriate or to loud”. I was very encouraged by your video.❤️
Totally agree on all your points! I truly believe energy attracts like energy and how we feel including our personal branding is at the heart of our ripple effect. Hope this video gets lots of views!
Love this video. I really agree with your style approach and the connection to confidence. The older I get, the more I realize once you just 'do you,' the confidence builds. Authentic style is the best and easiest. Thanks for the reminder and inspiration...😊
Over the last two years I realized, that my wardrobe is kind of a dream wardrobe, but in a way for me as a person in my dreams. The cool, chic, traveling, business edgy girl. Yes, all of that very rare! Most of my time I am the always on my bike or feet, between family and office girl. So I changed what's in my wardrobe step by step: more sporty/chic garments, outwear and shoes, less wide leg pants, leather, long skirts, thin and delicate tops... I still have some delicate, cool or dramatic items, but just a few for special occasions... Now my wardrobe fits my lifestyle. 💕🤗
So, I'm 43. When I first started experimenting with style I would watch numerous videos where women would say 'this works and this doesn't, and here's why', and it all sounded very logical. But then a couple years later, it was the same video, but the style that doesn't work was the one that apparently did work a couple years ago. It was kinda exhausting. And the breaking point was when Gen z started embracing mom jeans. Like, you are cosplaying me from my most awkward stage of puberty, a style that has been universally laughed at every year since as a completely unflattering style. But now the style youtubers are here explaining why this style was the more flattering style. Something just clicked, and I realized that it is all kind of meaningless. And that's when I started dressing for myself, and now I actually get a lot more positive comments about my style.
@peasnap3000 That is so true about influencers constantly changing their minds about what's in or out. So we go and buy their recommendations only to find a short while later that they are now considered old fashioned. I'm 72 and so I shouldn't be too concerned about such things, but I try not to look like a stereotypical old lady. I still wear my skinny jeans because I don't suit any other style. This is why I love watching Emily's videos. Her advice is ageless. ❤
Girl, i love you!! I'm watching for 2 years now different channels of women about finding my personal style. Finally i found you! ! Representing how i think and feel about fashion and about myself . I'm 57 years old , holding to black ever since i was 17 years old and thinking all the time, don't i have to make an evolution towards more color? I worked just like you 13 years in the fashion industry and always in doubt.....! Finally i get some answers. Thank you so much, keep on being so honnest and saying what we all feel without that commercial twist in your video's!
I know my style, although sometimes I experiment and I love my wardrobe, most of the time. However, I am sometimes made to feel as if I am overdressed for the occasion. Most people want to dress down as much as possible and don't want you to make them feel inadequate by setting the standard too high. Am I right? what to do about this? On one occasion, when I went to court, I had a nicer suit on than my lawyer. She complemented me. On another occasion, when I worked in Real Estate , I wore a hounds tooth pencil skirt and a jacket and kitten heels and the Partner Owner was wearing ripped jeans and booties with a knitted top. She said to me: " you know, we are really casual and relaxed around here.". Giving me a dress- down. What's up with that?
Yes, I'd say it comes down to the person. Some people appreciate it and some get self conscious if you're dressed up more than them. Such a bummer. But I say, always rock you!
I always went with it's better to overdressed than under dressed. I went on an interview and my dress was questioned. I told them that wearing a suit to an interview is a show of respect and I understand that I would not dress this way day to day in my position. I got the job
What you said in the final point really resonated with me. I had lost whatever sense of style I had in my new identity as a mum. beginning to unearth it little by little.
Spot on! As a woman in my mid-50's, if I could say anything to girls and women younger than me, it would be these points. We need not absorb other people's insecurities and express them in how we dress; we are not other people's opinions of us. Everyone has a sphere of influence. Thank you for using yours wisely and well, and with such grace and humility!
Yes! Becoming a mother is an existential crisis for every woman, at least in the West. Thank you for saying it. I have 3 grown kids. The good news is, as they grow and need more and more of an advocate to the outside world, we Mom's get stronger and more determined and more confident. Thanks for the video!
I have only found your videos in the last few days. I really love this one today. Thank you for reminding me that it's not that important what I wear in the greater scheme of things. In the last year I have moved somewhere that women/people don't seem to wear the kind of things we wore where I come from. (the UK). I am quite often the only women with make up on, or wearing a brighter colour- and they aint that bright ! I am now starting , after a year of settling in, to reconsider what is my 'look' now? After a few years of things being different (for everybody), I can now watch videos like yours, to help me find what fits for me now. It's all very exciting really, and ...after all, it's just an outfit. So thanks for reminding me of that. 🏵🌺🌻
Love you and your channel, Emily. Just want to respond to what you said about struggling with your self identity when you had your son. I certainly did. I had my son (only child) in my 30's (I'm an artist) and I was like 'me'--a mother?! I remember my friend trying to reassure me. She said, "You can still be 'you'. It's not like you'll have to start wearing 'pant suits'!...lol
OMG! Exactly what people need to hear besides the rule of this and that. Wear your confidence, be authentic, and have fun...it is just an outfit, right? thank you, Emily. Love your channel and its positive vibes 😍
Thanks, Emily, for validating all of these things that I wanted to believe, but needed another voice to express. I live in a town where my style of dress doesn't fit the basic "norm", but I very often get complimented on how I put things together. I love to see someone who obviously has their own style and feels confident in it. I try to always let them know how great they look!
💐 Yes, Kathleen, I completely agree with you about Emily's points in this video📲 having validated my own suspicions. Brava! I'm impressed that you're holding your own while going against the grain of your community🏘️. 😬I'd worry about losing my re-emerging passion for fashion (& individuality) moving to another location🗺️〰️esp. since it was something I allowed to go 💤dormant💤 for a season. I fear I might backslide out of concern😨 of being considered vain. 🥳 I wouldn't want to miss the joy of all this rediscovery & reevaluation. 😉One of my besties, another native Angeleno, moved to a small suburb of Sacramento where they wear rather generic gear. 😱Even more ordinary jeans & tees to church⛪. She said it's definitely impacted her mode of dress too. 😎Now, LA is casual capital, but it's something we know how to do with some style. In fact, you can 👀find an amazingly wide array of fashion looks within our typically sunny, hot🥵 climate. Dressing down @ church💒 is unfortunately becoming more common, but they still maintain certain sartorial standards. 🤗Like you, I also make a point to compliment anyone with an elevated look. I understand & appreciate now more than ever the energy & thought that goes into finding & maintaining style. It's lovely when someone clearly feels worthy of the extra effort. 💚 Bridget from Cali☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)
Yes keep doing you! I know how that can be in a smaller town. I think smaller communities can sometimes be more supportive. And I love that you always let someone know you appreciate they're look. Support each other is what I always say.
Having kids does make you really reassess who you are. I had PND after having my sons and having to relocate and change jobs all within a couple of years, it took its toll on my identity and affected my confidence massively! I can now look back and be thankful that as you say I sorted my self out and decided I could still be me! I look around and young folk today really don’t seem to care what they look like, they go round in leggings and false eyelashes, very weird! its the old birds like me that seem to be more into fashion! I should say my personal style is the total opposite of yours but I still learn lots from you. I’m what you’d call eclectic maximalist :D
Second time listening 🎧.....I so enjoy your videos ☺️ I'm 72, was a wardrober for 25 year's. Teach, teach, teach. Changing my style in retirement. Thank You 😊
I always dressed for me. I did the layering before J.Crew made it a thing. I layered out of necessity. I was so thin I needed the layers to keep my pants and skirts up and to add bulk to my wafer thin figure.I couldn’t even wear belts, so I threaded through my belt loops. Now at 53, I am still wearing my clothes that way. I do think hair very much dictates style. 👍🏻
As a childless stepmom, I can completely relate to the feeling of losing your personal identity and trying to find it again under different circumstances and assigned titles.
I've been experimenting and struggling to find my style for a long time: trying to fit with the croud, please my mother (another fashion enthusiast but we have polar opposite style aesthetic), and trying to dress up in a way I thought my dates want me to. You really start to feel yourself and get that confidence boost only when you are true to yourself and your style.
Emily, just struck me when you said you are a people pleaser, I am too, but always feel this works so much against me, try to control it all the time. I see you as a very confident woman, would never guess you admit sth like that. Maybe there is hope for me too!😃 Love your edgy and original style, wish you your channel grows big as you deserved that! 👍
You are a beautiful woman with so much soul. Love your channel. There’s always something to learn❣️ I too have worked in the fashion industry and have a pretty good understanding of the impact. Your outfit can make on your confidence. Thank you for sharing 😎
Dear Emily, this is the best video I have seen. Not just of yours but of all the others. Thank you so much. You have helped me to feel confident in the clothes that I love. Before I cared too much what other people thought.
Hello Emily as a fellow veteran of the Fashion Industry and lover of clothing as far back as I can remember, I agree with every lesson you speak of because I have also struggled and triumphed with finding my personal style which ultimately should have been no surprise to me is Eclectic. My ever changing style comes down to a mood/feeling each day when I'm looking through my closet. Like you, one if my more go-to types of styling includes edge but I do have a feeling for it all. Once again it's a mood thing for me. I'm new to your channel and enjoy your style perspective and will continue watching with anticipation of your next episode.
Great to hear from another veteran of the FI. I'm with you on the feeling, on feeling the mood for sure. Thank you so much for your comment! Hope to hear more from you on future episodes. Welcome to the channel Mary!
Regarding #6 - It IS PERSONAL, but I think you mean “DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.” Our styles are very personal, but we don’t have to take criticism personally. Nice video content! I agree 100%.
I’ve said it on other videos, I love your style and you are definitely an inspiration. You are keeping me on track paring down to what I actually enjoy wearing. My wardrobe overwhelms me with clothing that I have no idea why I bought it. What I do wear is simple pieces from Universal Standard, H&M and Kaliyana. So why do I have a purple chiffon blouse with a dozen rows of ruffles? Thanks for all the inspiration, you are actually helping people out here!
I love your style & your channel! I’ve always loved classic pieces with a little edge. My job is pretty conservative but I can slide in an edgy boot or cool blouse with my classic suit.
Hi from Canada in June 2023! This was excellent, thank you. I also noticed it was very relevant to how we see people and groups of people (real or imagined) in society right now. I'm 59, raised very conservatively, and I've always been fascinated by people that really GO for it! In the 80s the Punk kids sitting in the streets, I was so amazed and proud (?) of them. A little jealous, too. 🤗 Now I still dress "up" but love to play with edgy accessories; it's empowering to wear great boots... 😄
Emily, thank so much for your analytical and inspiring suggestions and advise. I have favorite fashion, skin care and health UTubers I follow. Your videos lean strongly on your advise and suggestions by experiences vs selling the product. Plus you’re a doll to watch. I wish you were a neighbor to help me with my closet but I will persevere to minimize for a specific style that is me.
These are some great lessons. I work with older women, like grandma old and let me tell you, older women (not all, but definitely the ones I worked with) can be so critical and will slip in little things to make to feel “other”. Anyway that being said, I found myself sometimes placating to them by dumbing my style down, I am also edgy, boho, punk, sporty so many things but I didn’t want to be “loud”. But that wasn’t me. I love style, I love fashion, and I love being creative. You have to be you, don’t let others dictate how you be creative with yourself, with how you curate your style. I couldn’t believe I let that happen! Thanks for these lessons and encouraging us fashion friends to be unique and to not give up on our style!
Your videos inspired to get my hair cut exactly like yours. I love it and have gotten so many compliments. One hidden benefit is that my hair even looks good (or especially looks good?) when it's dirty, LOL. I'll be keeping this look for a long time.
Love your style lessons. I love fashion but I love doing Me and being Me. Never afraid to try something fresh and new even though I'm a classic, simple style lover. I always dress for me first! Just subscribed to your channel!
Thanks for these tips; I wish everyone who doubts their personal style is good enough for others to see would watch this and love themselves and their self expression more because of it!
I love your videos. I just have to toss out there that men's flannel shirts are the best. I have never liked flannel shirts made specifically for women. I've found only one exception to that - I have a surprisingly masculine looking women's flannel shirt from LL Bean. It's like...cut well, nice and loose, and it's not pink, purple, or light blue. LOL. (Nothing wrong with those colors, I just can't wear them.)
Hi Emily. Thank you so much for yet another great video! I’m new on my minimalist journey and I’m having difficulty with my wardrobe. Like you, I have a fashion background, but most minimalists that I follow have a three color wardrobe. I’m finding it difficult to clean out my closet as I love color. How do I go about minimizing my wardrobe when I love color and it’s difficult to find pieces that all intertwine and work cohesively together? What kind of advice would you recommend for me? Thank you
That's such a great question! Do you have a favourite neutal? Could just one piece be super bright, like a focal point, and the rest subdued? I loved color when I was young, in the 80's, and wore fushia, and magenta, aubergine! Yay! Then a homeless beggar in Vancouver yelled,"Where do you plug that in, lady?". So it was a royal blue jumpsuit with sequins, so what😹
I actually love jewel tones: emerald green, burgundy, sapphire/cobalt blue. I realize some of these beautiful shades work really beautiful with black and gray! But the green? That’s my favorite color on me as I have green eyes, fair skin and now a gray/ dark brown hair but I believe a cool/ neutral color. Unfortunately I also love dresses and skirts and love to dress up. But, I love that you’re not afraid to be who you are and I so love/appreciate/respect that! You are who has given me inspiration to actually attempt becoming a minimalist. Thank you for that
Check out my Capsule Wardrobe video playlist, it will help you out a lot with this. I'm not a believer that you can only have 3 neutral colors for a CW (although that's what a lot of mine end up with). But my belief is no matter what you can have one so all my approaches revolve around that. ru-vid.com/group/PLw-zsvjzFwrwvy0jS2Wu1djjZ4BCFh49z
I loved this and wish I knew this in my 20s. Even more important than my outfit is how I treat others and personality. Nothing ruins your appearance more then a sour arrogant or hostile attitude.
I just love your Channel! This is a very very honest and vulnerable topic-- I applaud you !! I'm 68 years old wish I would have found you in my twenties well you probably wouldn't have been born then LOL I am so happy you are here!XXOO
Great video! Hey would you consider doing a tips for clothes shopping online video? One good outcome of the pandemic for me is I've started shopping online. I'm trying to both simplify and refresh my wardrobe. Prepandemic I would go into stores and immediately feel put off by the choices that the buyer made about "what a person in Indiana will wear" So a world of choice has opened up for me with online shopping. But I still struggle with fit and the wide range of fabrics. Why are no two cotton shirts alike? What makes some silk washable and other silk dry clean only? I don't even know where to start with cashmere. Basically, how do identify quality online? Thanks for considering!
Thoughtful message Emily 👏🥰 Please show us MORE of your wonderful edgy styling tips 🙏👍🤩 Any ideas for jeans this AW ? Perhaps some alternatives to the G-stars ? 👖👖👖
Thanks, Emily. 😊❤ Always a great video...learning something new to apply to my own style, often with "hey, I have that type of (fill-in-the-blank dress/shirt/scarf/shoes, etc.)" and you have given me a fresh way to style it. 😁❤️👏 Preach! All of these points are incredible.
Liebe Emily, so viele wahre Worte....Es gibt für mich mit meinen 56Jahren immer nochmal Begegnungen mit Personen, wo ich das Gefühl habe nicht cool genug auszusehen. Dann schau ich eins deiner Videos und alles ist wieder OK! Danke dafür 🐘
Thank you for this perspective and honesty...yesssss...❤ ...só NICE to be NICE❤..so inspiring 🙌..from ME😊..also enjoy reading other comments🤩..and relate
I've had many occasions that I can recall being judged solely on my appearance. I work in Rx and I have a real hard time (still do) dressing for work, and especially dressing for my sex. I remember one of my old bosses (male of course). Pulling me into the office to talk about how I looked, the way dressed, and how I wasn't conveying professionalism, hell he even told me how I looked untrustworthy because of the way I dressed/ even the way I wore my hair. I will never forget that. I still work in Rx but I work in environment that lets me dress casually. Dress codes make me miserable and rebellious (lol what I can only wear black pants? Oh.. shit these are beige!). We're all funny and uniquely beautiful creatures.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. And I'm so sorry you had that experience but glad you're some where you can dress more you now. The work environments are probably the most difficult places for blossoming style.
