How to Dress for Success

If Your Look Is... Sexy and You Know It

Griffin: If you’re dressed provocatively in court, you’re conveying something about yourself instead of about your client, whom you’re supposed to be representing. I’ve also witnessed male bosses—and females, too—who don’t want to be seen with the lady in the plunging dress. You’ll cut yourself off from mentorship opportunities.

Bogner: Skirts and dresses that hit midthigh are OK, provided that they aren’t tight. It’s safer to pair them with opaque tights.

Baumgartner: Ask yourself, “If I were going to a nightclub after work, would I have to change anything?” If the answer is no, you’re dressed inappropriately and probably wearing too much makeup.