Hi All,
Laura Jordan from stylesavvy.ie will be on campus for a one hour talk for all female students on Monday 20th April.
Laura will be offering advice and will show you primarily how to dress for interview to suit your shape, size and age. She will also give you an idea of how to build a capsule work wardrobe and recommend some high street options that would be suitable.
This is a fantastic opportunity for all female students, especially all you final years, who are heading off to interviews in the coming weeks!!
Anon (possibly Aoife, possibly not) writes:
Sexist much? I guess guys aren’t worth talking to about style and fashion… Email from National College of Ireland today..
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At the risk of being a crusty old pedant, where the sh1tt1ng crikey did this adjective+much+? expression come from? Bang of American hipster garbage off it…
there is a lot of ‘Internet Comment Section’ syntax and phrases that are very annoying and teenage-y that have become repetitive like templates.
for example
‘I laughed so hard’
‘I vomited a little in my mouth’
‘(verb) much?’
etc.
My eyes hurt so good reading these comments.
#just sayin
This food is real good but tastes horrible without salt or sugar on it.
Also sexist to assume women will want to go, but then we do all love shoes and clothes and ponies. Maybe one women going out can tag a man in?
I note your sarcasm Don, and I agree; I hate shopping [and foxes], because it’s boring, and I only wear shoes because I have to, but I love horses [not ponies], and a jockey’s breakfast in the morning. I also love sailing and rugby, so, if that makes me a fella, well then, I’m a fella.
What’s wrong with foxes? I always knew you were a cat person though Z ;)
To me, cub, you’re the cat’s meow, and always will be… Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr =>.<=
Is that as good as being the dog’s bollocks?
… if you’re feline it, the result’s the same :-P
Easy tiger
RARRRRRGHhhhhhh *cough, cough, spits out hairball, cough*… meow =’.’=
What’s your view on donkeys Z?
Hey Mr Cub, I notice you haven’t inquired about my reference to a jockey’s breakfast yet? Are you shy, or can’t you cook?
* googles “catsuit”
Um foxes are amazing. Get out.
Certainly nothing wrong with a Foxy Lady
Or a silver fox
How to dress like a Marketing Power Woman (who can’t write a brief to saver her life).
I’m a man. I’m immune to sexism.
So the only way those girls get job after college is if they dress for it?
Guys are good as they are..?
*Roysh gurls, can we tawk about tits for a second, can NOSH emphasise tits enough, goys.”
I presume the ‘sexist’ problem is not so much that men aren’t included but rather that it’s deemed necessary for women at all…
Until society/commerce/the phallocentric lizards in charge decide that how you dress at interview isn’t important, then this outfit are as well to keep offering their services.
and for blokes it is rather easy to dress for an interview –
a) get a suit that fits
b) get a shirt and tie that fits
c) shower
d) shave
e) polish your shoes
f) put on suit’n’shirt’n’tie’n’shoes
What about socks? Should I wear socks to an interview or will I just go for the summer time lazy hobo look?
Depends on the job. No socks with the right suit can look super sharp. More the Berlin Wetser look than Dublin based Financial Services job I’d say tho.
http://blueperk.net/tagged/suit
Socks and sandals meanwhile would only work if one was to apply for a job for, say, the clergy, or certain basement level IT posts.
And wear a shade of suit that points up your eye colour and skin tone, goys. Polished shoes you can see your face in. Manicure.
Manicure? Yes, if the job is close-up magician, otherwise at ease.
My tip top: don’t bring a plastic bag to the interview. No matter how badly you need to have stuff with you. It makes you seem unhinged which you almost definitely are.
No, Sinabhfuil’s spot-on. You don’t need to go to town on your finger nails, clip them once a week and give them a quick filing, and obviously remove any dirt from beneath the tips (showering alone won’t get rid of this dirt, and you don’t need to be picking spuds to get dirt in your fingernails, everyday metropolitan life will do it handily enough). Cuticle care (what da? the skin bit that connects with your nails, particularly at the bottom of the nail) is a bit prissy for men, just cut off any obviously dangling bits. Takes two or three minutes once a week, Boots will sell you a manicure set in a nice black faux leather case for around €5. According to women, there’s no correct place anywhere for a man to cut and file his nails, so I just do it on the sofa *with a basin to catch the bits* watching UTV’s News at Ten and anyone with a problem with that can FRO.
And yes, your man nails are important – bitten, jaggy, dirty nails suggest you don’t care about basic hygiene and grooming. Not vital if you’re a bin man (or woman), but you get the picture.
In fairness, that is not a manicure, it’s just cutting your nails. An actual manicure can be easily spotted because the nail itself will have had the ridges smoothed out and buffed, possibly polished too (again, see any close-up tv magician to ascertain the difference – Derren Brown is quite spruce).
Unfortunately, the qualifier, ‘that fits’, seems to get ignored a lot. And nothing looks worse than a badly fitting suit.
Plenty of things look worse and plenty of things are far more important than worrying about it.
Generally I’m against this kind of thing but I agree with you there. It’s not the service that’s the problem, it’s the fact that there’s a demand. And while it’s true that men could be included it’s worth noting that women come in a wider variety of shapes and sizes and finding a suit that fits and is affordable is a lot harder.
It’s a good start however it all goes to hell when they match stupid tan square toed and silly curved soled shoes with a dark suit. With any suit in fact.
The little things for interview… Like classic black lace ups. Black belt. Shirt with a reasonable collar. A nice tie – not a skinny one.
You’re not there to make a fashion statement.
Don’t over do the aftershave/Lynx and you’re good to go.
Brown shoes are so ugly
From observation in and around Dublin, getting a suit that fits seems to elude many men
I mean maybe she just doesn’t have any good advice for how lads should dress going to interviews?
As a man, just wear your clothes from last night’s house party – give yourself a once over with a can of Lynx and bite your fingernails to get them nicely trimmed.
Lol, I’ve seen worse actually.
gee- I tick every box
She’s advising on women’s fashion you plonker.
+1 “OMG How sexist this shop only sells womens/mens clothes”
You’re not going to get the job with that sort of attitude
Yeah! Screw the men… Umm… Wait….
I am outraged. Absolutely outraged.
Custo. I like this. Keep this up.
What’s wrong with being sexy?
That was last season
When this submitter learns that there are maternity stores, which sell nothing but women’s clothing and offer NOTHING for men, she is going to flip.
+1
possibly Aoife should possibly count to ten before posting poo like this
Ah here less of that store nonsense. . shop
BFD.
What does BFD mean?
Actually, now that I think of it, BDF could mean Big Dirty Fecker, but BFD?
Brotherhood of Feminist Discourse. Signal for all members to meet and discuss this latest outrage over soup and half a scone in Avoca.
Should it not be the Sisterhood of Feminist Discourse [SFD] then? And, what’s the significance of ‘half a scone’ – ‘in Avoca’ to boot? Well, well Caroline, it seems there’s more to play here than a tiny mind like mine will ever comprehend… please advise ;( P.S. Does ‘soup’ have sexual connotations?
No, it’s a brotherhood of actual men discussing feminist issues through the lens of their own hegemonic perspective. They do let women join though (duh). I’m not sure about the Avoca thing – I think someone got a load of vouchers one Christmas and it just sort of stuck.
On a serious note, are you telling me that the BFD is an actual organisation? I will google it later out of curiosity, but, if what you say is true, well, that’s bizarre, quite frankly!
Well, bizarre is my middle name (don’t google that).
He, he, well then, this is for you Caroline ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY
BFD.
I don’t see any problem that it is a presentation orientated to female style.
I think the real crime is that is should have been titled ‘for female students and female-identifying transsexual students’.
That oversight is frankly unforgivable.
Very sexist. In both ways at once! Against women for the bloody idea of it. Against men for the you’re not invited two finger salute.
Perhaps the double outrage will cancel each other out, or perhaps it is dividing by zero…