interview clothes, colors, hair questions

[btchance]

Okay - so hair up it is. That's what I had always thought then our advisor said either was fine, but I'll go with the safer one of the two.

For a bag, I just don't like the idea of carrying two different things, so I'm just going to go with a portfolio bag. That's what I heard a number of people did last year, but again was thrown for a loop when the advisor said purse plus portfolio, but not a bag. Would a cream color work here?

Shoes - I'm going conservative here, closed toe, low heel. And you think black would work with navy? It's so dark the navy shoes I have just stand out against the suit more than the black does. I guess I'll just have to see what I can find.

On the suits - I will definately be using the navy one. I'm wondering, though, about the other, and thinking I may have described it wrong. It is a dark chocolate brown with very thin, light pink pin-stripes. Is it that the pin stripes are pink that you make you think it won't work? I can switch out the shell that goes underneath from pink to a cream type color. Would that make it more appropriate. I'm attaching a pic of it from a while back - not sure how well the colors show up, though.