Can I ask you for some personal advice?
Can I just interrupt and hijack this conversation?
A lot of dress codes…
it's about actually looking like you've made an effort.
And that's really what it's about.
What work are dress codes doing?
Why do we have them and what are they for?
They're not the 10 commandments. They're not compulsory.
They are there for guidance.
To help people dress appropriately in their social life.
A dress code is a set of rules
stating what clothing groups of people must wear.
Historically it was an absolute assumption that everybody had these clothes, and they
knew precisely when to wear them.
Critics say dress codes discriminate against class and gender.
I think for a lot of people [now], when they're presented with a very stiff formal invitation
with a dress code specified in this day and age, it can be quite an oppressive thing.
Over the last 100 years dress codes have become less strict
but still influence the way we dress today.
It's not a horrible sort of oppressive law that you've got to follow.
It's meant to be a thing that helps you and increasingly in this day and age, you can
interpret it.
Especially if you're a woman.
Can I ask you for some personal advice?
Can I just interrupt and hijack this conversation?
So I have three things that I'm thinking about wearing [to this party].
Can I just show you a couple of them?
Okay, so I'm just going to crawl on my couch...
it's kind of like a shiny future man.
This is me... this is LBD [Little black dress].
It's a one-shouldered
Okay, ready?
You'll never, ever enjoy a social event if you're physically uncomfortable.
So you know, whatever you choose to wear, just make sure that it fits that you can move
around in it that you can sit down with it.
I mean, that's the absolute goal really.