# How do I look more professional?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-more-professional/367920>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-more-professional/367920 "2006-08-08T21:24:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-more-professional/367920/41 "2006-08-10T02:20:56Z")

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And with my improperly-healed broken toe, they’re unbearable to wear. I have large feet and not even pointy toes will camouflage that, so I just deal.

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**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-more-professional/367920/42 "2006-08-10T03:46:51Z")

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Wear tights instead of nylons. A good pair of tights won’t run if you look at them funny, and if they’re opaque you don’t even have to shave your legs. I had a pair of black opaque tights that I wore literally every other day when I went to Catholic school. They lasted the entire school year, and then a couple years of occasional wear when I left Catholic school. You could get some in fun colors like burgundy or dark green, or some textured ones. I have some with a sort of floral crochet pattern that I really like and get tons of compliments on each time I wear them.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-more-professional/367920/43 "2006-08-10T04:02:58Z")

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Plunging neckline, garter belt, fishnet stockings, black eyeliner . . . Wait, what exactly did you mean by “professional”?

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**Author:** ![samm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@samm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-look-more-professional/367920/44 "2006-08-10T17:07:01Z")

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No **Brain** , not _those_ social services!

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