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Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! ➤ NEWSLETTER https://minale.substack.com/ ➤ PRODUCTION written by Mina Le edited by Charlee Reiff ➤ SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ➤ SOURCES Dressing for Success: The Re-Suiting of Corporate America in the 1970s by Patricia A. Cunningham in Twentieth-Century American Fashion (2005) The Women’s Dress for Success Book by John Molloy (1977) “The Clothes I Wear Help Me to Know My Own Power”: The Politics of Gender Presentation in the Era of Women's Liberation by Betty Luther Hillman (2013) Dress for Success in the Popular Press by Jennifer Paff Ogle and Mary Lynn Damhorst in Appearance and Power (1999) Uniforming the Corporate Body in the City of London by Samira Guerra in Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World (2019) Introduction: Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment by Annette Lynch Katalin Medvedev in Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment (2019) Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Saval (2014) https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240314-monica-lewinsky-reformation-campaign-unexpected-celebrity-collaborations https://time.com/92989/monica-lewinsky-slut-shaming-feminists-media-apology/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/monica-lewinsky-reformation-workwear-voting-campaign-photos-1235836488/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/monica-lewinsky-got-her-life-back-reformation-fashion-8ldln689r https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/03/corporate-fetish https://www.byrdie.com/80s-corporate-fashion-trend-8379860 https://www.byrdie.com/why-is-every-hot-girl-dressing-like-patrick-bateman-6745043 https://nypost.com/2000/04/10/psycho-fashions/ https://fromtailorswithlove.co.uk/american-psycho-style-break-down-defining-the-power-suit-144 https://superwatchman.com/christian-bale-wears-a-seiko-in-the-movie-american-psycho/ https://bamfstyle.com/2016/10/26/american-psycho-tux/ https://www.ft.com/content/d83d4c11-9d7b-405b-a548-d61bcc27f0ff https://wwd.com/runway/fall-2023/new-york/luar/review/ https://ashadedviewonfashion.com/2022/11/21/balenciaga-garde-robe-spring-23-campaign-joshua-bright/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTK2qG-CW28 https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/a60297833/commutercore-trend-runway-tiktok/ https://www.miumiu.com/us/en/miumiu-club/fashion-shows/fw24-fashion-show.html https://www.lacma.org/sites/default/files/styles/exhibition_image/public/primary_image/2019-01/M83_200_1a-cM2007_211_688a-AV002-20150406.jpg?itok=dGi6G8rb https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/01/08/a-lesson-on-whats-inside-the-suit/ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/lazy-girl-jobs-burnout-culture-rcna97367 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/hybrid-work-jobs-company-culture-6b1cb6e7 https://dirt.fyi/article/2023/09/corporate-culture https://www.cartoonshateher.com/p/are-we-sunsetting-ass-and-entering https://screenrant.com/american-psycho-themes-meaning-explained/ https://youtu.be/RuZKG77vANU?si=YISn_XYB4wvqzhZJ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/business/at-google-a-place-to-work-and-play.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/business/silicon-valley-fraud.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/silicon-valley-is-starting-to-kill-some-of-its-famously-lavish-perks-192204600.html https://www.amacad.org/publication/american-corporation https://www.vox.com/2014/5/20/5731692/the-surprising-history-of-the-cubicle-and-the-rest-of-the-modern 0:00 - intro 3:32 - what is corpcore? 12:22 - the history of officewear 19:44 - how did we get here? 26:35 - the reality of office life