Rose - A Question Of Etiquette

Posted by: Rose @--}----

Oct 3, 2005

Rose - A Question Of Etiquette - The long time Manager of a partner firm to ours was retiring and they were having a semi casual retirement party for him. I got on very well with him as he has always been a pretty open-minded businessman not stuck in the conventions that seem to be so pervasive in many companies. As the owner of the company I now manage lives out of State, it falls upon me to represent our company at these kinds of functions. Now I know the convention is that one should not wear white after Labor Day but I really liked this white dress, and as it was still relatively close to Labor Day, I thought I would wear it anyway. Thorn insisted that I wear a thong to the party - which is ironic as he spent so long trying to convince me that I really didn't need to wear one under it at other times! Obviously I was a lot more business-like and discreet than I am in these pictures however I sensed disapproval from a few of the assembled guests - mostly from other women come to think of it. My question is, how seriously do people take these old 'rules' these days and do you think that the funny looks I was getting were because I was wearing white or because it was too risque? Or shouldn't I care anyway?