Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
Luckily, I'm now an engineer and having any 'style' at all is clearly optional for my profession so I never have to worry about it again.
Bahahahahah! As a fellow engineer that tickled my fancy bigtime!

I know just what you mean. Sometimes I think that a plastic pocket protector is the highest fashion item they own!

Mind you - when I started out as an engineer I was the only female there, so I pretty much got to set the dress code since nobody knew what a female engineer should wear. I upset my boss on the first day by listening to my mother (thanks Mum) and wearing a skirt (no hose by the way) because she insisted that no woman should ever start a new job in pants! He was apalled!

Since then the crimes against fashion that I have perpetrated are truly worthy of my profession. The denim shorts were probably the worst - patched them until all the patches damned near joined together! Sometimes I wish there was a giant trapdoor that could swallow the stupid moments of the past!