I'm a female about to start an internship in research at a BB. I believe that my desk sits on the floor, so I figure fashion would follow s&t guidelines. I'm about to go shopping. What should I be looking at?
May 24, 2011
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bday suit keep it classy and it'll give you upward mobility
It will also give your MD upward mobility...
M&I has some articles on women's fashion.
Ah nothing like advice on WSO. Was there nothing pertinent found through the search function?
To be honest, I searched both WSO and google (both normal and site:wallstreetoasis.com). I read the first 5 pages or so of results for all the searches I can think of and found nothing. I found many threads about fashion for female analysts in IBD and about trading floor culture and attitude towards women.
I've been on WSO for a year, have never posted a stupid searchable question before, and am looking for some real concrete advice.
Is the dress code of your firm business causal or formal?
Wasn't accusing you of it just thought there might have been something. Unfortunately for you I won't be able to offer any unbiased advice. I will however, spare you the frat jokes that everyone else here has so eloquently stated. Try finding a female user here and ask them directly. I think there is a female group.
Be sure to break out your finest dominatrix gear on the first day
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Mr. Boss thats a Sisqo song...
I'd say this would be office appropriate
Save this for your MD's eyes only:
+1 on schoolgirl outfit
Woman asking men online for advice on what to wear. Are you sure you passed the tests for your bank or did you get in through the back door, or vice versa?
Yeah because everyone on this site must be a man right??? No way women in finance would be on WSO - that would just be crazy!!!
LOL never fails whenever one of these posts come up
wow totally immature guys...Tons of little kids ask the same questions on here and nobody ever shouts them out as hard as you guys did with this girl. Some kid actually asked about socks and got better advice then this girl did.
http://corporette.com/2009/04/06/building-your-wardrobe-for-the-summer-…
Hey, I have to apologize for the idiots that apparently roam free. I'm a female poster but on the IBD side so I can try helping.
Get yourself a pant, skirt, jacket combo that you can mix. So for this one wso/">suit jacket have 2 pants and a skirt. (If it were IBD, I would say more but my feel of the trading floor is people aren't ever in wso/">suits). Keep the jacket in the office for client meetings.
Get 7 dress shirts, it can be a pain to squeeze dry cleaning into a weekend so have some extras. Get yourself some blouses depending on taste but most people stick to dress shirts.
2 pairs of heels, under 4' in black and brown. A pair of black/brown flats for walking around when not in heels.
Keep your makeup conservative, hair up usually just because girls tend to play with it and it sends a bad vibe. Conservative jewelry, nothing to flashy. A nice work bag in a suitable color (black, brown, navy). I use Dooney&Bourke, YSL, Prada.
Hope that helps
Wow so many troll/tool comments.
If I were you, I would pick out staple outfits. Jackets with matching skirts and pants. Then pull together work dresses, blouses, and dress shirts/shells and mix and match everything to your staples. Also pick out 2-3 little cardigans that you can mix and match with skirts and shells. I like to use accessories to make even more outfits but keep it conservative, nothing too sparkly, big, statement, or distracting. Have 2 pairs of black heels since black matches with everything, one brown or tan, and maybe one nude color. Like poster above, I would go max 3 inches. Retailers I like shopping at: Banana, Ann Taylor, Loft, J. Crew, and dept stores.
I know shopping for new work clothes can get expensive. So get the staples first and try working in your existing wardrobe into the mix. Good luck!
Just wear some fucking business casual clothes. Don't show up looking slovenly or slutty and chances are you'll be fine. Its not like the dudes that you're working with are going to say things like "OMG, she's wearing a Michael Michelle skirt with a Quentin Faghat top. Who raised that hussy?"
...easier said than done... guys always post wardrobe ?s... cut her some slack... Damn.
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