When Do Work Dress Codes Actually Make Sense?
After writing about respectability in dress , I started thinking about dress codes more generally. I had a relative whose school principal randomly started enforcing a rule: no jeans and no open-toe shoes for teachers. There wasn’t a clear reason. The directive came from higher administration, but there was so much pushback that it eventually got kicked […]
Why Color Analysis Still Doesn’t Work
I was thinking about color analysis again and how convincing it is. Wear these colors. Avoid those. You’ll “come alive.” You’ll “sparkle.” You’ll finally “show up.” I do think the transformations are real. People do look more visible and their faces are brighter and more defined. The colors often match. So technically, everything is working. And yet, […]