Sorry, Noelene, I think you've been out of Sydney too long!! These days, the accepted dress for most business types is black!! I've sat many times, watching workers on their way to and from the office, walking around the city, and thought how dreary they all looked!
Just in the past few months, there's been a slight change of fashion, but its only slight! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) ----- Original Message ----- From: "W & N Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Fashion > Joy Beeson writes: > > "When we were in Sydney, I often wondered what was Australian and what was > > new to me because I'm not accustomed to big cities and fancy hotels. But it > > never occurred to me that the all-black office workers were anything other > > than Australian -- it made so much sense in the climate -- where in New > > York, people might wear black when they aren't being severely formal. " > > All black office workers in Sydney? Makes sense in the climate? > Sorry Joy, doesn't make sense to me. I worked in Sydney for many years, > never saw any trend towards wearing black. And black in Sydney climate > in summer would be far too hot. Winter maybe. When were you in > Sydney? If you were talking about the staff in the fancy hotels, black > may have been their uniform. And I believe the staff at David Jones > department stores used to always wear black with a white shirt or > blouse. But not office workers. > > Noelene in Cooma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
