I was heading downstairs from my office to grab some breakfast the other morning when my gaze was averted to a woman wearing the shortest skirt I have seen in any office in a long time (although to be fair, I work with lawyers, and to say they dress conservatively is an understatement).
Anyway… I digress. As I was walking along with a colleague and I couldn’t help but stare at these very long legs wearing the short skirt, which was red and in my head I’m sure it was that Ferrari red - but I could be wrong. It wasn’t just me that noticed it, my colleague also began to comment about how short the skirt was. Then… I freaked.
Could it be? Oh no.
It can’t be.
I’m pretty sure it is.
As I began to say … “that’s Vivian” my colleague was also doing the same thing “are you sure?” “no”... “oh”.
Sure enough it was. My lovely friend Vivian was wearing possibly the shortest skirt I have ever seen. This may be coincidental given the fact that she’s in the best shape of her life but does that make it office appropriate? I don’t think so.
If you Google “short red skirt” the pictures you come up with are nothing short of inappropriate and let’s face it – this skirt was short. It would have got a whole lot more appropriate head-turning in the Cross on a Saturday night (and let’s face it – even then I’d be judging!).
But what if I give you some more context? My friend Vivian is 36 and it turns out the skirt she was wearing was a skirt from when she was 19. How many 36 year olds do you know that can fit into a skirt from their late teenage years? None that I know of – other than Vivian. Impressive!!
So here you have it… my judgmental “wow that skirt is way too short for the office” has morphed into a “you know what… she looked smashing and good on her for being in such great shape to still be able to wear it”. It doesn’t mean it should be worn in the office and you’ll never see me wearing a short red skirt in the office (or anywhere… EVER… no matter what shape I’m in) but I grant kudos to a woman who is so empowered to wear a short red skirt (and look great in it).
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This is something I have been thinking about quite a bit recently. I look back at photos of myself and how I thought I looked and how I looked are drasticaly different. Now I wished I loved how I looked and proudly dressed to 'work' my best assets. Good on Vivian she won't regret looking back on that red skirt when she is 75.
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