Professional Dress Tips

Whether you’re attending a job interview, professional workshop, or even a WMMA/Delta Epsilon Chi event or conference, you ALWAYS need to look your best. Here are a few tips for men and women in order to dress for success!

Women

· Hair

- Clips to hold hair back out of face, or down and neatly combed

- Color compliments skin tone

· Makeup

- Little eyeliner, natural looking make-up, soft colored lipstick

· Top

- Ironed blazer and blouse, not revealing

· Bottom

- Skirt to knees, ironed pants, and nude nylons

· Shoes

- Small closed toed heel (no more than 2’’) Also, make sure your shoes are polished.

· Suit Color

- Darker blue/black. Skirted suit is the more conservative choice.

· NO GUM!

· No more than 5 items of jewelry, no more than 1 ring per hand, avoid dangle earrings

· Clean and cut nails, no bright polish

· Light perfume

· Cover any visible tattoos

Men

· Get a haircut before attending any interview or WMMA/Delta Epsilon Chi event

· Face

- Cleanly shaven or neatly groomed facial hair

· Top

- Collared shirt, solid white or French blue. Always wear long sleeves—cuff extends ¼’’ below suit sleeve

· Suit

- Blue or black, solid or pinstripe, tailor fit

· Tie

- Matches shirt, not wrinkled, tied properly

· Pants

- NO CARGO PANTS, ironed dress pants, belt and shoes must match or complement each other

· Shoes

- Brown or black professional shoes, polished

· Socks

- Should compliment suit, should cover skin when legs are crossed

· Light cologne

· Fingers: Clipped and Clean

· Jewelry: Watch is acceptable, take out any piercings

For more information visit these helpful websites:

http://www.neckties.com/content/howtotieatie.html --> For help on how to tie a tie

http://www.stcloudstate.edu/careerservices/studentalum/documents/Handout06.pdf --> Detailed tips for women’s professional dress

http://www.stcloudstate.edu/CareerServices/studentalum/documents/Handout07.pdf --> Detailed tips for men’s professional dress

Emily Leonhard

WMMA President

& Western Region VP

Wideltaepsilonchi.org