Re: Dress codes

Subject: Re: Dress codes
From: Stephen Bernhardt <sbernhar -at- NMSU -dot- EDU>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1993 09:05:16 -0600


> More striking, I think, is the very symbolism of the tie. Let us not forget
> that historically it represented the ox yoke and had a pattern that identified
> the person you were "owned by." They may insist I wear socks to work, but the
> tie thing is in my contract! :-)

> Michael Gos

Michael has something funny there. I think things are getting better now,
but I was always amused at the business woman's dress drag look, with a
pressed white blouse under a dark suit and something--a scarf or tie-like
vertical appendage--worn in mocking men's fashion.

steve bernhardt


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