S/O Pantyhose

clseale13

For those complaining about pantyhose, you still wear them to interviews, right? Like if you're wearing a suit with a skirt? That's appropriate dress code, yes? You just don't want to wear them on a daily basis?

LXLX

I have never worn pantyhose in my life. ETA I've worn skirts to interviews with no pantyhose. FWIW I've always gotten an offer too.

MaryJaneWatz

I've always worn pants to interviews. 

clseale13

If you wear pants then I can see the no pantyhose, but in business school we were taught that businesss professional (when wearing a skirt) should always include pantyhose. It wasn't some outdated information from like the 80's either, it was based on a recent professional study.

Madisen

I never wear skirts or dresses to interviews either.  I generally feel more comfortable in pants suits in those situations, pantyhose or no pantyhose.

ClaireDunphy

MaryJaneWatz:

I've always worn pants to interviews. 

I loathe pantyhose.

clseale13

ClaireDunphy:

MaryJaneWatz:

I've always worn pants to interviews. 

I loathe pantyhose.

LOL I do too. It's just that I have 2 suits that are completely different. One is a brownish color w/a taupe and light pinkish subtle pinstripe and then a black, skirt suit. I wear the pants suit first, but then for 2nd interviews I wear the black suit and I suffer through pantyhose.

LXLX

I will say I was a poli sci major (very much not business) and fell into a professional job/career so this whole thing is kind of learn as you go for me. I've never heard of wearing pantyhose with skirts being required now though.

clseale13

Lucille Bluth:

I will say I was a poli sci major (very much not business) and fell into a professional job/career so this whole thing is kind of learn as you go for me. I've never heard of wearing pantyhose with skirts being required now though.

I'd be surprised if you were actually judged for it or that it would be considered required. I think it was more of an always err on the side of caution type of thing. I think it's part of the better to be over dressed/overly professional mindset than under. A good example of this is if you happen to interview at a job like Martiza's where it actually IS part of the dress code. I'm sure the pantyhose wouldn't go unnoticed there.

I was just curious what the norm was for others. I just always followed this without thinking twice because that's what I was taught. I would certainly rather not wear them if it's acceptable!

PantsOffDanceOff

I've never worn them and I went through some uber corporate interviews for my first job that I obviously got.

luckyinlove11902

In general, skirt suits are considered dressier/more formal for women than pants suits, and wearing pantyhose is considered more professional than not. Formal pantyhose policies are becoming far less common but it is still considered a professional dress code by many.

I wore pantyhose all the time when I lived in NY and though I didn't particularly care for it, I also didn't really think twice about it because it was the norm (due to the cooler weather). After living in the south for 9 years, I avoid wearing them but will still wear them with a skirt suit depending on the formality of the situation and the weather.

Madisen

luckyinlove11902:

In general, skirt suits are considered dressier/more formal for women than pants suits, and wearing pantyhose is considered more professional than not. Formal pantyhose policies are becoming far less common but it is still considered a professional dress code by many.

I wore pantyhose all the time when I lived in NY and though I didn't particularly care for it, I also didn't really think twice about it because it was the norm (due to the cooler weather). After living in the south for 9 years, I avoid wearing them but will still wear them with a skirt suit depending on the formality of the situation and the weather.

I've never heard this past the 1980's.

luckyinlove11902

Madisen:

luckyinlove11902:

In general, skirt suits are considered dressier/more formal for women than pants suits, and wearing pantyhose is considered more professional than not. Formal pantyhose policies are becoming far less common but it is still considered a professional dress code by many.

I wore pantyhose all the time when I lived in NY and though I didn't particularly care for it, I also didn't really think twice about it because it was the norm (due to the cooler weather). After living in the south for 9 years, I avoid wearing them but will still wear them with a skirt suit depending on the formality of the situation and the weather.

I've never heard this past the 1980's.

Really? I've heard it a lot, from men and women both at the academic and professional level. I don't necessarily agree or think it's right but I think it may still be a general perception. Everyone's experiences are different though so it may have just been the environments I've been in.

jenhappy

This one actually really surprises me! I can't imagine wearing like a pencil skirt to work without hose. Totally irrelevant to my life, since I have to have my legs/feet totally covered, but to me, hose is just a part of being professionally dressed. Maybe not business-casual, but definately Business. I actually think bare legs in a pencil skirt looks almost young (like, childish young, not yay you're young).

mon.petit.chou

I don't think I've worn pantyhose since middle school band concerts or with childhood easter sunday dresses.

It's a little hard to believe, but I haven't really had an interview that required a suit.  I have presented at a few big meetings and worked a few events that required suits, but I don't think I wore hose with skirts then. 

duncanpowers

If I wore a skirt to an interview, I would absolutely wear pantyhose with it, and I believe it was dress code at my last job. In fact, you had to wear little footie hose with shoes if they weren't shoes that covered your foot while wearing pants. Not that I complied with that, but they were pretty formal on that stuff. I would never go bare legged to an interview, but I typically wear pants as others have mentioned.

chinchilla fiesta

The last time I wore them was to my grandma's funeral. If I wore a skit to a job interview then I would wear them.

LoonyLunaLovegood

I've only had one professional interview and I wore pants and a blazer since I didn't have a suit.  No pantyhose.  

nikipizzo

As much as I HATE pantyhose, I've always worn them to an interview with a skirt suit.  As a matter of fact, at my previous firm, hose were required whenever skirts were worn.  Suit jackets were also required, and open-toe shoes were not allowed.  Ridiculously formal. 

chinchilla fiesta

nikipizzo:

As much as I HATE pantyhose, I've always worn them to an interview with a skirt suit.  As a matter of fact, at my previous firm, hose were required whenever skirts were worn.  Suit jackets were also required, and open-toe shoes were not allowed.  Ridiculously formal. 

That's the dress code where I work. Also no patterned shoes or tights.