Fun and funky

[pegkerr]

I was thinking today about playfulness in clothing.

I work in a law office, as you may remember. Theoretically, the dress code is "business casual," with jeans allowed on Friday. I haven't owned a pair of pantyhose in, what, two years? Three years? When I used to wear them every day. Thank heavens those are out of my life now.

Fridays, now, as designated jeans day, are also what I think of as "pushing the envelope" day. There are clothes and jewelry that I own which are a bit over the line: unusual, often brightly colored, and I wear them as part of my silent protest over my lot in life: see? See? I am not your average boring corporate drone. On Fridays I wear the Hibiscus coat, dearly beloved, fire engine red, over twenty-five years old, and it looks terrific every time I throw it on. On Fridays I wear the denim jacket with antique ribbons, buttons and beaded fringe sewn on.

Today I wore the dragon sarong, draped around me as a wrap around skirt. I have not dared wearing a wrap around skirt before. I did not pin it, as that somehow seemed to be cheating, although I was craven enough to wear bicycle shorts underneath. But I wore it, and when the pleat I had tucked in front loosened up, I sometimes flashed a bit of thigh as I walked down the hall. What the hell. It is flamboyantly colorful: blues, wild yellows and oranges and greens. I got a number of compliments, which was gratifying.

(I may have felt daring wearing a sleek and sinuous dragon coiled around my body, but I will admit that I thought of you, prncsmoonbeam, reflecting that my sartorial daring was meek and commonplace in comparison to yours. Your outfits would slay 'em.)

Comments

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

The dragon sarong sounds lovely! And I've been trying to picture the Hibiscus coat since the first time I saw you mention it.

I am all for encouraging whatever level of sartorial daring people feel they can get away with. Not everyone feels comfortable with the level of dress-up I indulge in, which is understandable.

[catmcroy.livejournal.com]

I work in a call center that has the weirdest interpretation of "business casual" ever. We can wear any colour of running shoes we like except for white and light grey. Ergo, I tried on a pair of turquoise runners with canary yellow stripes. If they'd fit, I would have bought them. And worn them. I also have plans to acquire a gold lame blazer. And my nails are currently silver (but hey, one of the managers has a mohawk and half of my coworkers have purple, green and pink hair - a good chunk of them have multiple facial piercings too)

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, they would have a seizure.

Friday fashion sounds like fun.

[vass]

Those outfits sound great. I'm glad you got compliments.