[Sigia-l] Dress Code

[Davezilla]

On 3/24/07, Listera <listera at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The other week I was talking to the owner of a company, who's never formally
> dressed, supporting a tie. I asked what was up. He said he was interviewing
> two creative agencies that afternoon and wanted "to throw them off and
> torture them for an hour."

LOL!

> A decade ago, if you were in a management position, you just didn't go to a
> client meeting without a tie. Is this 'progress'?

Within reason*, I think so. I say that because more types of people
are now client facing. It use to be only the Creative Directors,
Account leads and perhaps a C-level  that would meet the clients.
Lately, it's common to bring tech leads, IAs, Strategic Planners,
Street Teams, Analytics, Ethnographers, etc. The fashion ends up
looking like a Fellini movie.

*By within reason, I mean remaining respectably dressed. I've seen art
directors come in to meet clients looking like they slept in their car
all night. Conversely, I've seen a client show up trying to "look
cool" for the agency (she normally dresses quite nicely). It was
scary. Concert t-shirt with no bra, mini skirt with thong peeking out
and neon orange Crocs. Puh-leeeze.

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