伦敦一位对冲基金经理布瑞特·林特纳在自己空闲的时候会设计一些高雅的适合工作穿着的套装，她说职场着装的规则很简单：“坚持使用柔和的色彩，避免太过性感，永远不要有过多的装饰。”

　　And then there is the question – or rather the problem – of how the clothes fit, since the difference between overly snug and appropriately fitted may make the difference between landing a job or being shown the door。

　　既然合适的衣服可能给你带来一份工作，而过于紧身的衣服则可能直接让你被扫地出门，那么就有了一个问题，或者说一个难题——什么样的衣服才合适呢？

　　“The last thing I want to play to is sex appeal,” says Ida Liu, head of the fashion retail group in Citibank’s private banking arm in New York. Liu, who can usually be found in well-tailored (but never tight) black Prada and Dolce & Gabbana skirt suits during office hours, sets such a good example that the bank tapped her to run seminars on professional dressing。

　　花旗驻纽约的私人银行业务部门的时尚零售集团主管伊达·刘为我们树立了一个榜样。她说，“我最不希望给人留下的印象就是性感。”她在办公室里总是穿着剪裁合适(不紧身)的黑色普拉达和杜嘉班纳裙装，连银行都指定她主持有关职业着装的会议。

　　She points to a recent episode of the TV drama Dirty Sexy Money in which the actress Lucy Liu (no relation)， who depicts a powerful attorney, wears a spate of overtly suggestive suits. “In reality I don’t think that is the signal you want to send to your clients,” says Citibank’s Liu。

　　她指出刘玉玲在美剧《黑金诱惑》中扮演一位有权势的律师，穿的衣服有大量的性暗示。她说，“在现实生活中那一定不会是你想传达给客户的信号。”The same can be said for medical drama House, in which Cuddy, the hospital administrator played by actress Lisa Edelstein, is routinely dressed in 4in heels and low-cut blouses. “The skirts cling to her behind, the jackets cling to her bosom,” laments Barbara Ruelens, a UK-based wardrobe consultant with a roster of high-powered female clients。

　　医疗剧《豪斯医生》也有这个问题，剧中Lisa Edelstein扮演的医院主管Cuddy总是穿着4寸高跟鞋和低领上衣。拥有许多有权势女性客户的驻英国服装咨询顾问芭芭拉·吕埃朗丝说，“她的裙子紧贴着她的屁股，上衣紧贴她的胸”。