Why Women's Fashion in Washington, D.C. Is So Terrible—and Patriarchal

Why Women's Fashion in Washington, D.C. Is So Terrible—and Patriarchal
In the schizophrenic work environment of the nation’s capital, female sexuality is both an asset and a liability.
In Washington, D.C., there is an excruciatingly narrow margin for acceptable female dress; all women, no matter how attractive or plain, no matter how many postgraduate degrees they have, or how well they fly fighter planes, walk an inescapable fashion tightrope. Their style will fall into the binary categories of either “dowdy” or “slutty”; there are virtually no fashion grey areas.

LATEST FROM POLITICS


Kevin McCarthy and the Contest for House Speaker

The default answer to this no-win fashion conundrum, for an alarming amount of working women, is to buy their wardrobes at Ann Taylor; a label so ubiquitous in D.C. it might as well be tattooed on the C7 vertebrae of every woman under 60. The line has always offered tasteful middle-management office classics in wool with just enough spandex to vaguely suggest a Sarah Palin strip-o-gram. My shorthand for the look was always “capitalist burqa” or “corporate office submissive”: cubicle-wear of so-so quality for the single girl in her late twenties whose self-esteem has been almost beaten to death by the beauty-industrial complex, and whose decent education has been punished with a thanklessly demanding office job. She’s a can-do Cinderella who has always had to change the oil in her own pumpkin and is too overworked to have a healthy social life outside the workplace. Her outfits must therefore be corporate-respectable, yet body-conscious enough to attract a nice tax-attorney husband.

The Ann Taylor ethos rubs me the wrong way for the same reason I don’t like white women singing “Summertime” or winos drinking cooking extract: Too much vanilla will make you go blind. But the brand is the retreat position for the schizophrenic D.C. work environment, where female sexuality is both an asset and a liability.


Sexy Lingerie Wholesale Wholesale Lingerie China china wholesale lingerie china lingerie

Fashion Contrast Color Gray & Black Women's Sexy Irregular Hooded Sportswear MDN-901

Fashion Contrast Color Gray & Black Women's Sexy Irregular Hooded Sportswear MDN-901

• Item No. : MDN-901

Online Buy Women's Short Sleeves Deep-V Leisure Causal Suits for Cheap YJ-6028

Lingerie Wholesalers Wholesale Sexy Lingerie

Online Buy Women's Short Sleeves Deep-V Leisure Causal Suits for Cheap YJ-6028

• Item No. : YJ-6028

Wholesale Sexy Lingerie Sexy Lingerie Wholesale

Offering Women Long Sleeve Sexy V-Neck Crop Top and Bodycon Skirt Two Piece Set SZ-395

Offering Women Long Sleeve Sexy V-Neck Crop Top and Bodycon Skirt Two Piece Set SZ-395

• Item No. : SZ-395

Of course Abbey looks totally sensational Sexy Lingerie Outlet Sale

Of course Abbey looks totally sensational while posing in her two-piece, showcasing her cleavage in the plunging bra teamed with matching raspberry pink briefs complete with a cute lace trim.

The starlet can also be seen sporting a long oversized floral kimono in shades of aubergine purple and peach, while her brunette tresses tumble in loose waves past her shoulders.
Sexy Lingerie Outlet Sale
Abbey Clancy models the 'Mollie' bra and brief set by Ultimo - 1 October 2014

? Ultimo


And Abbey's make-up is smoking hot too, with her peepers decorated with sultry brown smoky eyeshadow and a flick of liquid liner, plus bold, arched brows, contoured cheeks and a slick of caramel nude lipstick.

The 'Mollie' bra retails at ￡24 while the matching Brazilian briefs are ￡12, with ￡1 of every bra sale throughout October going to Breast Cancer Care. Ultimo is available to buy from ultimo.co.uk.

What do you think of Abbey's new collection? Let us know by commenting below as the best comment across the site each week wins ￡50!

Lingerie Wholesaler Lingerie Wholesalers

Lingerie Wholesaler Lingerie WholesalersTaylor Swift, the cover girl for the new issue of InStyle, has come into her own this year, no longer letting her hot self be defined by the famous dudes she dates.

She's all about the music lately, having a heck of a good time and reaching new heights, personally and professionally, as she nears the quarter-century mark.

As a result, she says she isn't even sure she wants kids. Like at all.
Taylor Swift In Style Cover

"I don't know if I'll have kids," she confesses, for a number of reasons, most notably not being in the right mindset at this point in her 24-year-old existence.

She also has fears of raising them in the spotlight, however.

How could she convince them, she muses, "that they have a normal life when, inevitably, there will be strange men pointing giant cameras at them from the time they are babies."

"It's impossible not to picture certain scenarios."

Marriage feels like it's a long way off, as well.

"I'm too young to get married," she says.

"Not age-wise," Swift clarifies, "but I know myself, so why try to meet someone right now when I know that I'm too young to do something serious?"

11 Dudes Who Have Dated Taylor Swift
Jake Gyllenhaal
1. Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal allegedly took Taylor Swift's v-card, then dumped her via text. TEXT.

Surprisingly mature, given the sheer number of celebrities who have dated Taylor Swift and how a good number of them went from zero to 60, romance-wise.

No longer, she says she's loving being single.

"Being on my own, prioritizing my girlfriends, my family and my music above everything else and trying things I never thought I'd try," Swift reflects.

With her upcoming album, 1989, dropping October 27, and being in a better place than ever before, "it's really been a liberating and freeing time."

Being single doesn't mean lonely in her case.

Right now, the singer says her friends, including Karlie Kloss, Lena Dunham, Lorde and Jaime King, are "the most important thing to me right now."

That and her two cats ... meow.

Taylor Swift and Cats: A Perfect Pairing
Taylor Swift and Olivia Benson
1. Taylor Swift and Olivia Benson
Taylor and the newest addition to her cat family. Olivia is named for Mariska Hargitay's character on Law & Order: SVU.

Sexy Lingerie Wholesale Lingerie

Sexy Lingerie Wholesale Lingerie The person who tricked Amanda Bynes into flying to L.A. where she ended up in a mental ward is none other than the man who some say created life-threatening peril for a then-unstable Britney Spears.

TMZ has learned ... Sam Lutfi -- who Britney's parents say was recklessly medicating her before she was eventually strapped to a stretcher and taken to a psych ward in 2008 -- contacted Amanda Thursday and convinced her to sue her parents. He got her to fly to L.A. so he could hook her up with a lawyer.

Here's what Amanda DIDN'T know ... Lutfi was secretly working with Amanda's parents and it was all an elaborate ruse to lure her out so doctors could place her on an involuntary psychiatric hold.

We now have more clarification as to how Lutfi pulled it off. He told Amanda her car would be making 2 stops. First, to the lawyer's office in Pasadena and then to the London Hotel in West Hollywood where she would confront her parents and tell them about the lawsuit.

She never got to the London, because the driver went to a Pasadena hospital which looked like an office building.  Amanda thought she was going to see the lawyer but when she walked inside she was surrounded by hospital staff.

TMZ broke the story ... Amanda was placed on a 72-hour psych hold which can be extended for 14 days.  We're told during that time her parents will attempt to get another conservatorship.

Lutfi -- who has always said he was actually protecting Britney -- is a hero in the eyes of Amanda's parents. We're told they are going to publicly thank him.

Big Waves Printed Women's Fashion Black Noble Dress Party Dress on Sale KF161

Big Waves Printed Women's Fashion Black Noble Dress Party Dress on Sale KF161

• Item No. : KF161

Wholesale Plus Size Dresses >Women's Fashion Plus Size Noble Dress Big Waves Printed Party Dress KF172

Women's Fashion Plus Size Noble Dress Big Waves Printed Party Dress KF172

• Item No. : KF172