Quote from: judithlynn on July 07, 2015, 09:45:04 AM
After I posted my reply a moment ago I remembered  something from the time I transitioned before. This was in the mid 1980's and I was working at the Head Office in one of the UK Banks. Back then I was on my RLE (Real Life Experience) and had been working and living full time for about a year when I got the job with the Bank.  In Head Office they had a policy then that women were expected to  wear skirts (Not more than 2 inches above the knee) -  and to wear heels in the office. Pantie hose or stockings had to be black, nearly black, nude or brown but no coloured pantie hose. Women especially the secretaries were also expected to have nicely manicured and painted nails. For me at the time it was very liberating, but I am sure  the board (all men as I recall or Senior Management made the rules) although I worked for a Woman as her secretary, although she too was always immaculately turned out. It was OK to go to work wearing boots, but you were expected to change into one's heels  as soon as you arrived at the offices, then it was heels at all times in the day. I am sure it was to delight the men seeing all the women walking around in the office. I certainly learnt quick enough how to  look up files on the lower shelves in various filing cabinets without showing too much!