New Women's Dress for Success: Amazon.ca: John T. Molloy: Books

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New Women's Dress for Success shows which clothes can have power in today's work place, a business world where casual clothes are becoming the new uniform, and women in management positions have no clear ideas of what to wear.

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A noted expert on the corporate American wardrobe examines how changes in dress codes affect the way women are perceived and offers advice for achieving a professional and polished, yet relaxed look in business attire.

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5.0 out of 5 stars factual, April 28 2004

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This review is from: New Women's Dress for Success (Paperback)

For women who love serving the fashion machine, this book is useless. But for women who want to know how to dress to break into the "good old boys" network, who want to rise above their upbringing, or want to stop being treated like bimbos and trash, this book is priceless. Molloy's research into what sort of colors impress juries and potential buyers is incredibly useful. He even tells you how to dress to be a successful doctor. I find Molloy incredibly sympathetic to the needs of real women, including large-size women and particularly women of color.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Sexist and offensive, Oct 15 2003

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Patti A. Koerner (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Women's Dress for Success (Paperback)

In reading Molloy's book, one could conclude that a woman who thinks that earning a graduate degree, working hard and developing skills is what it takes to get ahead is all wrong. No, what she needs to do (according to Molloy) is to obsess about her looks, starve herself if genetics did not endow her with a thin build and in general market herself as if looks are all that matter. After decades of women working for equality in the workplace, there are still people who think like this?! I believe that women deserve better than this book. True, the advice he gives on appropriate workplace attire is basically sound, but there are many other books out there that give advice just as good, without the sexism and size prejudice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent New, and Current ,Advice, Sep 20 2003

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Imperial Topaz (Marrakesh, Morocco) - See all my reviews

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As someone who has worked many years in the corporate world, I think the reviews criticizing Malloy for being sexist, or promoting unclear rules that vary according to if the supervisor is a woman or a man, are being naive. His excellent and detailed research is clearly explained, and he has no bias whatsoever against women! The criticisers simply don't like hearing what the research bears out.

I met John Malloy and bought his first books back in the late 1970's, and his advice REALLY helped me back then when I was a stock broker. I was delighted to see he had a new book out for women. I was not disappointed. He discusses all the ways women's professional dress has changed, and has good research to back up his conclusions, which he also shares with the reader. I have now changed professions--I am a teacher living overseas. I still found his advice very valuable, especially his new advice about "Casual Fridays," or any other business where dress is normally casual. Although I didn't know it before I read the book, this is the area which is now giving women the most trouble. He gives a lot of excellent advice--too much to summarize here. He covers many particular professions in detail.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Offensive to Women
This manual is not about how a woman should dress for success. It is about how a woman should dress to get approval from her superior, who is assumed to be a male. Read more

Published on Sep 11 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Gave me subtle clues I needed
I have always been complimented on my style of dress, but this book gave me some real gems as to what is appropriate and inappropriate in various situations. Read more

Published on Aug 30 2003 by Debbie