LITTLE BLACK DRESS: I was in a bit of a fluster last week when I realised the LBD would have to travel south today to Brisbane for a number of meetings.

I have blogged before about having fun with your corporate wardrobe, but would this fly in a capital city boardroom?

In early 2007 I travelled to Sydney for two job interviews: one with a major bank and the other with a start-up Dutch trading firm.  I spent many hours over my Christmas holiday preparing for the interviews as well as deciding on two different outfits. Like most Cairns residents, I didn’t own a suit, nor could I justify buying one just for an interview, so I purchased a few really well tailored pieces to mix with some I already had in my wardrobe.

The trip was a success: I was offered both jobs.

However my choice of interview attire (which I considered to be my best “corporate” clothes) did not escape the attention of some snotty-nosed Gen Y trader from the Dutch firm who apparently asked the HR Manager: who was the hippy chick who came up with you in the lift?

Argh!

The grey metallic skirt I am wearing today is actually a very short singlet dress, the armholes are flapping freely somewhere near my waist.  The black metallic vest is one of the most expensive things I have bought recently, but now that I do the sums, by recently I mean November 2008.  It’s from Melbourne, which is not surprising given the colour.

Have I succumbed to the fears of being capital city boring, or is today’s LBD ensemble enough to stand out in the crowd?

Click here for previous incarnations of the Little Black Dress. 

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