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There is no elbow-room for recovering from a bad first impression.
On the other hand, fashion conformity (aka the black trouser befit) makes it hard to distinguish one person from the next, and it is usually an accessory that serves as an identifier: “I’m the one with the red pocketbook.” Finding the balance between trying too hard and not trying arduous enough is daunting. My solution: be comfortable, sartorially forgettable and completely focused. Which doesn’t nasty scrimp on the clothes.
Better, I decided, to take too much and exercise my options than find myself stuck with bad choices and no associate with-back position.
So here is what I took:
1. No ski wear (my snow bunny days are long recent), although I did allow for some Gucci snow boots.
2. A Maison Martin Margiela tell off that has a long-sleeved mock-wrap silk charmeuse top attached to a wool gabardine skirt.
3. A Rodarte coal-black panelled dress with a beige turtleneck collar.
Source: Financial Times