Practice Management

Jackass!

By chucknewton

Tim Gunn, the creative director for Liz Claiborne, star Bravo's "Project Runway" and host of "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style" stopped by Conan to offer some fashion criticism about Hillary Clinton. In a recent Newsweek he broached the subject, suggesting Senator Clinton could learn from Nancy Pelosi's dress sense, which is fine to say.  Lord knows that I am and many lawyers are fashion disasters.  However, he went further on Conan saying, "I think she's confused about what her gender is. She's so mannish in her dress."

How insulting is this, and it is important what these people say for the precise reason that female lawyers are forced to endure this same crappy scrutiny, whether verbally expressed or nonverbally manifested, from too many.  This jerk is not just talking about Hilary, he is speaking down to most women who wear these business suits of sort to court every single day.

Full post as published by Chuck Newton on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).