On my first day in my first Saturday job at a clothes chain popular with office workers, I was told to pluck an outfit off the rails and wear it. As sales assistants, we were selling the office dream.
I was 15, had never worked in an office, my mother worked from home and I had no concept of appropriate attire for personal assistants and junior executives. So I pulled out a floral top with a matching bilge-green skirt.
Half way through the day, my manager pulled me aside and told me to change into something tailored and slightly revealing because, in her words, I “looked frumpy”.
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