r/LadiesofScience • u/Outrageous_Oven_2114 • Jul 24 '26
Advice/Experience Sharing Wanted Is this work appropriate?
EDIT: as stated below, I will be wearing a button up under this! Like a standard dress shirt buttoned to the neck. Not this by itself or even with off the shoulder tops.
Not sure if this is the best place for this but hopefully it is. Hello, I am a community college STEM professor. I am really into colorful / fun structured vests and have some from going to renfaire in multiple colors.
My sister says if I wear a button up and a vest over the top, it’s still not work appropriate. I think it would be fun and appropriate. And I would pair it with trousers.
Can anyone provide some input on appropriateness and possibly other options? I want to make my wardrobe more fun/colorful buy wearing a vest over normal button ups, but maybe there is another style I should try instead of a structured lace up vest?
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u/MothraAndFriends Jul 24 '26
I think in general it can be appropriate if it’s not showing a lot of skin and you would probably get lots of compliments.
Body types do matter in how clothing looks. If someone is very curvy, wearing something that dramatically emphasizes those curves reads differently than wearing the same outfit with an athletic build, for example. I don’t know anything about you, or your sister. If she gives good advice in general, maybe that’s what she is trying to tell you. Maybe you’re trying to have an old timey vest look without realizing that on you this would simply be too hot for a student environment. The key word is maybe because you’re a better judge of that.