It didn't even land him a job. Dressing fashionably in academia is like clearing the four-foot high jump. Mr. Berube may know whereof he speaks. Junior-faculty women face a particularly difficult quandary, she says. Skirts should be knee-length or below.
Pants are never appropriate for interviews.
Steer clear of high-heeled shoes. Choose dark colors over light ones. But some people think playing by the rules is the riskiest move of all. She's made strong fashion statements for years. She hasn't toned down her look much since her junior-professor days.