From an interviewer:
1. Ann Taylor, or similar; wool-blend navy or medium gray jacket and skirt, over white shirt, sheer hose (no black, hello!!)
2. No cleavage
3. Leather dress shoes; narrow-round closed toe, two-inch heel, moderately expensive; black, dark gray, or dark cordovan
4. Dress watch, simple gold ear-rings of smaller size (we laugh at three-inch hoops); one gold chain necklace, no religious pendent
5. Make-up: no pancake faces, modesty prevails (we don't want pole dancers); neutral dull-pinkish color of lipstick, not shiny
6. Fingernails: get rid of them-- the arguments that I've had with 26 year-olds demanding to keep their fingernails (Good grief!!), clear polish
7. Hair: yes, professionally cut. NOTE: if short hair makes you look like a teenage boy (yech!), grow it longer.
8. Just a hint of perfume (choice test: try different ones until a male stranger walking by you stops, turns, and says, "Wow, what's that perfume?"
9. No chewing gum; your breath doesn't have to "smell good", just not smell bad
10. Confidence; you know that you look good, let's get on with it
