The “Sex and the City” effect: Leave the risqué looks at home

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May 30, 2008

As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the “Sex in the City” movie opened today nationwide and, along with the four famous characters, the film will feature an array of risqué designer fashions. Too risqué, Wall Street Journal “On Style” columnist Christina Binkley writes, for the office.

The “Sex in the City” effect on dressing, Binkley says has extended into the workplace. While women adopted daring looks like baring bosoms, midriffs and upper thighs that they believed showcased a liberated attitude toward fashion some people find the look trashy.

Moreover, risqué fashion has done little to help advance women in the workplace. Women’s gains in the workplace have been slipping for the past several years, Binkley explains. In 2007, for instance, women earned median weekly wages of 80.2 cents for every dollar earned by men, down from 80.8 cents in 2006 and 81 cents in 2005, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Clothes can, Binkley points out, also hinder women’s upper mobility. “I suspect that many women are sabotaging their own career advancement without realizing it. Dressing suitably is a social skill — and social skills are necessary to advance up the corporate ladder.” — Compiled by Alison Stateman for Tactics and The Strategist Online

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