Safe Hemline for Office

人人都爱长腿妹，可是你可能已经注意到我的职业装的裙子都在膝盖左右长度，有的甚至在膝盖以下。短裙显腿长，对我这种小个儿来说尤其重要，可是在办公室里却可能带来麻烦。

看看这条JCrew Emmaleigh dress，我站直的时候，裙子刚刚到膝盖上缘，并不短，可是坐下来的时候就将将盖住那些不得不盖住的部位了。姑娘们，如果你不想在办公室有出糗的危险，这个裙长差不多就是安全线啦！

我刚开始工作的时候，有一次老板叫我跟他一起去见客户，我面有难色地说：“今天不行，裙子太短了，不合适。”其实那天的裙子并不是特别短，站着的时候也就大腿中下部的样子，可是坐着的时候我得很小心。老板哈哈一笑，说：“既然知道，为什么要穿到办公室来呢？”于是我把这个教训牢记在心，绝不再让臭美之心碍我的大事啦！

We girls like showing off legs. But you might have noticed that my business dresses or skirts always hit around or even below the knees. Sure, short hemlines highlight your asset, and are especially instrumental to create a leggy image for us petite women. However, they could bring unnecessary trouble in the office.

Look at this JCrew Emmaleigh dress, one of my favorites from JCrew. It hits right above my knee caps when I stand straight, but as I sit down, it is just long enough to cover what is not supposed to get exposed. Ladies, if you don't want to risk any wardrobe malfunction in office, you probably don't want to go shorter than this.

Honestly, when I first started this job, I once made a mistake of wearing a short dress to office -- it was not insanely short, of course, but short enough to make me aware of the issue. My boss asked me to go to a client meeting with him. I looked down and said:"Sorry, sir. I can't go today. My skirt is too short for client meetings..." He laughed and asked:"Why would you wear it to office then?" Lesson learned: I will never again let my fashionista obsession get in my way. :)

dress: JCrew Emmaleigh dress
blazer: JCrew puff-sleeve blazer
belt: JCrew skinny leather belt in fuchsia
pumps: Jimmy Choo 100 mm