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<p>Thank you, Hunt.</p>
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<p>Getting dressed up for air travel? Are you kidding? </p>
<p>After a good friend of mine was forced to strip down to her undershirt last fall in front of everyone (it was a too small camisole that didn’t even cover her whole midsection), all I think about is ease of getting through security without embarrassment. Be careful not to look too layered, unless you want those lower layers exposed.</p>
<p>you can ask to be patted or wanded instead of stripping.</p>
<p>Airport security info suggests slip on shoes- but having to retie shoelaces in order to wear comfortable travel shoes is a small detail. Air travel attire should aim for comfort and ease in travel, not high fashion. High heels should be outlawed in ALL cases- being comfortable trumps looking “good” (good being an arguable point)- there are reasons men don’t wear them. Likewise pants versus skirts in most weather, especially for travel. Being “feminine” does not have to mean dressing to catch a man- the reason fashions exist for women. I feel sorry for people in the business world- that seems too caught up in superficial appearances.</p>
<p>Actually women dress for each other, believe it or not. Men could careless, especially once they are married.</p>
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<p>Chuckledoodle,</p>
<p>I am not mad at ya. I dress for life in a way that helps me to survive and I strive to keep things simple. I guess working at WTC during the bombing and a plane hitting the building, having been evacuated off trains and walking through tunnels, surviving a fire in my home and dealing with kids in day high school will do those things to you. If I am at work, I always have what I need on my person (some money, cellphone & house keys), so I do not have to go back in the building to retrieve anything.</p>
<p>However, like others have mentioned I live my life in clean clothes, comportable shoes (I have had some great shoes die a painful death along with a few twisted ankles on NYC streets) and it works for me. Even going out for the evening or special occassions, I go walk in wearing a pair of heels, but there are always pair of flats in my bag 
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<p>I bet you were a good Girl Scout, Sybbie! Or, if you weren’t a Scout, you would have been a really good one!</p>
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Yes, if there’s time. I remember dashing through the airport in Paris, holding my pants up with one hand because I didn’t have time to put my belt back on. Fortunately, I managed to avoid causing an international incident.</p>