The Labour shadow Culture Secretary - wearing this in the HoC?

So now you're all appearing to say that the dress wasn't appropriate for the HoC

No we’re all really not.

A girl of 18 can be forgiven for a wardrobe error but not a woman of 58

What happens if you are 19?

Oops try reading the thread before you post. You know it makes sense

Ah, how this thread reminds me of that other pme

A young man was hauled over the coals by his female line manager for turning up to work at the weekend inappropriately dressed for the office.

But, of course, he was male and should have known better.

Double standards.

One not one

It's been a long day and lots to go yet

Autocorrect again

Good point Greymar

At what age can a woman be forgiven for showing a shoulder at work? I’m 50, am I too young? Too old? These arbitrary GN age rules are all so confusing....

Lemon you are seriously boring

I would love to see a portly male in a black mesh top. I'm sorry, there you have it. I have tried for years to keep this secret but I just can't.

What a non-event. I admire Tracey Brabin and was surprised to see the photo of her in a dress that wasn’t the slightly formal office attire that is the expected dress code for anyone, of whatever gender, in the HoC. I held back from commenting till she explained. Which she has. Perfectly understandable and it’s admirable that she’s dashing about as she is with a broken ankle.

Nothing to see here, folks.

Shall we just leave you there with your black mesh fantasy...?

Greymar
It's not one of my fantasies but each to their own!

Do you have a particular portly male in mind?

If the dress 'slipped off her shoulder' why is it in that position in a photo taken earlier at the event she left to 'rush to the commons'?

Oh Maggie there is everything to see here in terms of the darker side of GN.

Oh, I missed SirChenjin's post

I really want to know now.

Urm now you know the context, aren’t you just a tiny bit embarrassed on your own behalf?

Why?

Presumably because there is no need for Urm to be embarrassed on her behalf.

Plus the use of the word ‘choice’ isn’t quite accurate is it?

Some days of the week I work from home. On those days I might not actually get dressed at all and I'll work all day in my pj's.
Some days of the week I go into the office to work. I don't go into the office wearing my pjs, I wear a suit and I look what I am; a professional woman in the workplace.

The work I do from home is exactly the same as in the office; it is not impacted by what I wear. But out of respect for my employer and my colleagues, I wear clothing that respects the environment that I am in, and the people who have to work with and around me.

I am a professional woman in the workplace, who not only respects my employer and my colleagues; I have self respect too. I therefore wear a formal suit. It's not difficult these days. You can pick them up for about £35.

It's not difficult to take a jacket with you - in fact you need one this weather anyway.
Or keep one at work in case you are called to speak in the H of C at any time!

So many excuses for not being properly dressed! ?‍♂️
A professional person would ensure they have a jacket handy at all times in case of a professional engagement.

It's inappropriate and looks as if she's just fallen out of a nightclub and gone back to work. How lacking in common sense do you need to be to think this is all right? I can't imagine anyone getting away with this in your average office without comments being passed.

I suggest that you read the thread before commenting, lovebeigecardigans

If you had you will see that at 15,25 prestbury gave us Brabin's explanation of why she was wearing the dress. She hadn't even expected to be in Parliament. She wore it to a completely different event.

Was she expected to say 'Oooh, no, I can't do an emergency session at the despatch box because I'm wearing the wrong dress' ?

(Obviously some people think she was )

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There must be an awful lot of bored posters today.

For those who missed it … Brabin was at a music event in the afternoon, where she looked absolutely appropriately dressed. She has a broken foot and has her leg in cast. She was called unexpectedly to the HoC. It's conceivable that she had a coat, but no jacket. It wouldn't be that easy to carry extra clothing around and it wouldn't have been that easy just to run to her office to fetch one.

Did anybody actually make a note of what she said? Or didn't that matter?