'This autumn, bare arms are the new bare legs'
Power dressing comes in many forms. Which is lucky for me, because I never could pull off shoulder pads. As an alternative to tailoring, fashion-focused women have long used clothes that refuse to bend to the practicalities of everyday life as a method of suggesting a steely core within a feminine wardrobe. Think of the types who stalk corridors in high heels that would have the average woman stumbling; who forgo tights in favour of still-golden bare legs long after most women have stockpiled the opaques. ("Uncomfortable? Oh no, five inches is quite low for me." "It's snowing, you say? I don't feel the cold.") The message is clear: I'm hardcore.
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