Fashion ideas?

[Blueberry]

Most law firms, however, have really lightened up their dress codes, however. We routinely see lawyers on the street wearing casual wear or jeans. They only dress up if they have court. My boss has asked them about it and they maintain that most (though presumably not all) of their clients prefer that they're casual. My boss just can't get his head around that though.

I think this must be regional. In my last larger firm, we got rid of the no "panty hose always required" for women rule in 2008 or so. At that firm, suits are still required M-Th and still strongly encouraged on Fridays (lawyer friends have been called out for wearing skirts/tops/heels in lieu of a suit). Overall, lawyers here still very much wear suits or at least very nice business casual most days. Jeans - not in most large firms and only in the smaller firms on Fridays for the most part.

Of course, opposing counsel showed up for a superior court hearing in a long knit skirt, form fitting long-sleeved t-shirt and knit "arty" vest (t-shirt material). I don't think the look worked period. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around that for Court. If I'm in Court (or mediation, or arbitration, or....) I'm still in a suit.

[goldfinch]

I think this must be regional. In my last larger firm, we got rid of the no "panty hose always required" for women rule in 2008 or so. At that firm, suits are still required M-Th and still strongly encouraged on Fridays (lawyer friends have been called out for wearing skirts/tops/heels in lieu of a suit). Overall, lawyers here still very much wear suits or at least very nice business casual most days. Jeans - not in most large firms and only in the smaller firms on Fridays for the most part.

Of course, opposing counsel showed up for a superior court hearing in a long knit skirt, form fitting long-sleeved t-shirt and knit "arty" vest (t-shirt material). I don't think the look worked period. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around that for Court. If I'm in Court (or mediation, or arbitration, or....) I'm still in a suit.

I was not a litigator, but an IP lawyer. I was the first woman to wear pants at my firm. I think it was in the early 90s or late 80s and the pants were a pantsuit kind of thing. When I retired the women lawyers thanked me for busting that barrier. Before that, it was suits, with matching skirt and coat, usually with a tie, and certainly hose. I hated those floppy ties we wore in the mid 80s. Felt like a Christmas present.

I also was the first to wear tights under a dress or skirt. Winters were cold in Minnesota. And odds are, the first to wear a pair of jeans. As the years went by I felt that as the senior woman I could dress as I pleased as the men would be mortified to criticize me. So, I always was gently pushing the barriers.

But the time I retired, about three years ago, there were lawyers at my firm that I still only ever saw in a suit, but there also were a fair number who were pretty casual. Though jeans were quit rare and usually only on lawyers that were just stopping by the office for a bit. The range of dress for women was all over the place, from a sweater with black or brown pants (which kind of was my uniform before I retired) to dresses to full blow suits.

[maillotpois]

Thanks for correctly the website name! But at least I now know where to go for custom millworking!

I will have to look at this website - and the one LPH posted!

It's funny, just home from a mediation and as I was reading the question I started formulating in my head almost the same response as Indy. Right now, I'm wearing one of about 8 identical above the knee skirts in different colors which I have gotten from Nordstrom over the last year, Pikolinos boots and a funky fun top. The skirts are Halogen, good quality, not too much $ compared to other stuff there. They go with anything.

I get by on the staple of a pencil skirt and tights/boots in winter and boots or pumps with no tights or hose in the summer. Pair it with a funky or sophisticated sweater or top depending on the circumstance, and I'm good to go.

[GLC1968]

Ah, the lovely pencil skirt. How I wish I could wear one but sadly, I am not cut for pencil skirts. A-line? Fine...but there is nothing pencil shaped about me!

[maillotpois]

Ah, the lovely pencil skirt. How I wish I could wear one but sadly, I am not cut for pencil skirts. A-line? Fine...but there is nothing pencil shaped about me!

I would have thought that, too. Seriously - hips that belie the fact that I had to have a C-section because things were too narrow inside. Nothing narrow on the outside here - all curve. But it works.

Funny because A line just hides the fact I have any waist at all.