I’ll share with you (at no cost) some advice I shared with students in my classes today:
Dress to impress.
It works if you have a job: Dress for the job you want, not the job you have so that you can look like a promotable candidate.
It works if you don’t have a job: You will not offend a potential employer if you are overdressed, but you can kill your chances if you are underdressed.
It works on a date. Obviously.
It just works.
It is No. 2 that concerns me today. A candidate for a job at my fine university appeared for the interview in a knit blouse, capris and tourist sandals. Here is her outfit, displayed using reasonable facsimiles culled from various clothing sites on the Web:
Imagine this with short sleeves and a few buttons up the front
Underneath black blouse
In linen
Now here’s the kicker (literally):
The shoes. For real.
I was shocked. SHOCKED. I could have forgiven the attire, perhaps, but it was truly all downhill from there anyway.
Sigh.
Observe and report 