A reply to
this post elsewhere in which I said:
Sexist: if I had one piece of advice for working women -- carry
two purses. Women seem to all carry a purse that appears to be about a
cubic yard in volume -- makes them look like bag-ladies or homeless or
insecure. Leave the cubic-yard purse in the car, at home, or in the
workplace, and simply carry a clutch purse into Starbucks when picking
up a cup of coffee. Something tells me Ivanka wouldn't show up to a
meeting with a cubic-yard purse slung over her shoulder. [The secret
service agent would be holding it. LOL.] On the other hand, a small
brown, genuine leather, Gucci-quality- back-pack is incredibly sexy on a
millenial -- but only on a contemporary millenial.
From a reader:
Re: your handbag theory:
You offered sage advice.
Some
author made the comparison to mother ship and dinghy. He hated being
out on a date and she'd leave the mother ship at the table with him and
take the dinghy to the restroom with her. (;>)
Years
ago at the beginning of my career, I would typically be the only female
in a conference room full of men. I had a penchant for navy suits and
carried a navy version of this handbag:
It's
only about 6 by 8 inches and tucked tidily into my briefcase. I'd pull
it out if when went to dinner - our briefcases were locked in whatever
conference room along with scads of documents. At first I spent many
anxious hours because I had to carry the heavy metal bank seal with me
to emboss documents, and hated to leave it behind. I got over that.
Along
with advice "nothing but the smallest leather clutch which should never
be left on a desk or conference table", I had read that men polish
their shoes 138 times more frequently than women. So, I made sure to
always keep my shoes polished and in good repair - no problem for a
ranch-raised girl who knew her way around saddle soap.
No comments:
Post a Comment