A short YouTube monologue by Alli Peck about uncertainty choosing appropriate professional attire as a woman working in a lab. The speaker lists conflicting options (types of tops, sleeves, shorts, heels) and recounts an anecdote of wearing knee-high leather boots on her first day to impress an engineer, highlighting tension between style, comfort, and workplace norms.
I struggled wearing. Do I wear loka tops? Do I wear turtlenecks? Do I wear long sleeve? It's hot outside. Can I wear shorts? Do I wear high heels? As a woman? No. I'm working in a lab. I do remember the first time that I wore high heels to work. It was my first week, I think maybe my first day. I wore these really cute knee high leather boots. Probably a bad choice looking back now, but what are you gonna do? I dress to impress one of the engineers.
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