No that does not mean you bought a Michael Jackson T-shirt on e-bay, it simply means that you have bought into one of the main selling points to working in advertising: that you can wear anything you want. Seriously… is one of the better reasons to enroll in the industry? That you can wear Guess Jeans and a t-shirt with a decapitated Hello Kitty? Great.
I have honestly lost count of how many times I’ve heard someone complain about their measly paycheck only to counter themselves by saying “well at least I don’t have to wear a suit and tie.” I don’t know about you, but if dressing “appropriately” allows me access to professional development, job satisfaction and a fatter pay check, then so be it. Christen said action as selling out all you want, but if you boil it down, it’s the same as pre-school. The kid with the red shirt and matching pants will be taken more seriously than the one wearing a snorkel set and Beetlejuice pijamas.
That people define themselves by what they wear is silly enough, that creatives define potential by what someone has written on their shirt… well that is what it is.
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