IN MY SHOES: Chuck Taylors Rule!
The Wall Street Journal reports that today’s tyro tycoons have redefined “business casual”:
Established companies have long hired employees whose clothing suggested they would toe the corporate line. Today, many young managers believe office attire should do pretty much the opposite: express a person's inner soul.
To older people, young people's style can be difficult to understand. Going far beyond business casual, the clothes seem either highly informal or provocatively young - jeans, athletic shoes, tight T-shirts and miniskirts, for instance.
But young workers are replacing traditional business dress with their own complex sets of rules and subliminal messages. Their choices among brand-name items are meant to communicate substance. Rather than Gucci versus Allen Edmonds, for instance, the choice may involve Nike Air Force versus Chuck Taylors. (Read: urban vs. surfer.)
Editorial Note: The Stiletto herself favors Chuck Taylor All Stars (low), and her rather extensive collection includes pairs made from pink lamé, silver leather, clear plastic and red sequins – and yes, she has worn all of them to work. She is currently lusting after a crushed black velvet pair (it's on her Christmas Wish List, BTW) to go with the black satin-and-lace Yankee baseball cap she just bought.
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