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Please enforce corporate dress code

CoG — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:52:44 GMT

Periodically we hear a host reference QVC employee standards for workplace attire. Once the reference was to pant length, another bare shoulders, i seem to remember mention of distressed (ripped and tattered) jeans, open sandals. When we watch the hosts in HD across 60 inch screens, the very factors that make a particular choice of attire inappropriate for the workplace flood our private spaces.

Please ask hosts to respect our space and sensibilities. Many of us still attend mass, synagogue or temple. Some women still wear their hair covered in mantilla or silk scarf our of reverence for the "house"'s owner. For some, dictates of modesty extend out of the church into the community. We cover our bodies out of respect for the place and its occupants. While rare to see a nun in full habit these days you will never see undue exposure even with today's relaxed, modern, mode of dress.

Instructors in parochial and preparatory schools teach our daughters to follow the same dictates of decency. Public schools in many districts have adopted uniforms as the standard. Parents then are seen as hypocrites as they allow into their homes broadcasts, for hours, of demonstrations of household goods or apparel enacted by adult women in tube tops and short skirts.

Before anyone decides to label this concern prudish, I think QVC's presentations of undergarments superb, tasteful, helpful, never tawdry or crass. There's a supermodel who tastefully bares shoulders and arms to best exhibit the benefits of her products. As in military active duty, it is the perception of impropriety that constitutes the infraction.

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

Goldengate8361 — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:56:52 GMT

@CoG I'm confused. Are you suggesting that some hosts or vendors dress inappropriately? I've never once seen anyone on air that I thought was immodest. It's clear you've given this thought...I'm just missing your point.

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

KathyPet — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:01:26 GMT

I was not aware that QVC had a corporate dress code to

enforce.

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MillieMilan — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:19:37 GMT

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millieshops — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:18:04 GMT

I also had no idea there was a corporate dress code.

Further, were one to be written, I can't imagine we'd all agree on what that code should include.

I find all the hosts dress appropriately given their particular assignment at the time, their builds, and even their own tastes. I see no reason for any of them to change.

We're watching a shopping channel here - not going to church, although I must say when I was 50 years younger than I am now I was really surprised to see the congregation of a large church in my neighborhood heading in for services in shorts, jeans, flipflops, etc. --but they did cover their heads. This was the 1960's before the depth of the hippie movement took over fashion. ll the hosts would be overdressed were they somehow able to be walking into that church!

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GCR18 — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:19:48 GMT

I wasn't aware there was a dress code either. The hosts dress nice. Sometimes they may wear a style I wouldn't, but there's nothing wrong with that.

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Desertdi — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:42:16 GMT

WOW........20 years of watching........and I've never seen anything "improper".

As someone else mentioned, maybe not "my taste", but nothing to get censored.

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

Karnerblue — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:54:14 GMT

What what???? Someone has been sipping too much wine with their Easter dinner.

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dfyre — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:26:45 GMT

I, too, was unaware that QVC had a "corporate dress code" for their hosts/hostesses. Seriously? They are dressed by company stylists for the most part and sometimes it's pretty obvious they aren't real happy about what they are given to wear for some presentations. I've never seen anyone I considered inappropriately dressed. If you are offended, maybe you just shouldn't watch.

Maybe you need to concentrate more on what your church congregation wears and complain directly to the pastor?

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Princesswife — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:33:05 GMT

I am so lost and confused I wish I had some wine then maybe I could understand what I read

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wildcat fan — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:36:46 GMT

I've thought some hosts' outfits were too tight and revealing at times. I especially think the outfit should be appropriate for the items being presented. For example, I once thought it was silly to see a female host wearing a long dress and high heels while selling a vacuum cleaner. I also think some of the jewelry shows are strange with the hosts dressed in evening gowns suited for the red carpet while selling inexpensive bronze pieces.

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

KathyPet — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:45:33 GMT

@Princesswife wrote:
I am so lost and confused I wish I had some wine then maybe I could understand what I read

I don't think even a entire bottle would help!

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

Desertdi — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:20:54 GMT

@Karnerblue wrote:
What what???? Someone has been sipping too much wine with their Easter dinner.

If The Q is "risque"............I'm sure wine is forbidden................

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

CoG — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:32:39 GMT

@dfyre wrote:
I, too, was unaware that QVC had a "corporate dress code" for their hosts/hostesses. Seriously? They are dressed by company stylists for the most part and sometimes it's pretty obvious they aren't real happy about what they are given to wear for some presentations. I've never seen anyone I considered inappropriately dressed. If you are offended, maybe you just shouldn't watch.

Maybe you need to concentrate more on what your church congregation wears and complain directly to the pastor?

Perhaps you should inquire of the hosts who've shared the existence and particulars this dress code. It is significant enough to them for them to mention it on air. Those viewers who watch and listen just might share their views on this subject.

One's being unaware of an issue does not negate or mitigate that concern.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:36:01 GMT

Most corporations no longer have dress codes. They're archaic and they're bound to step on someone's civil rights. Ever try to write a dress code? I did and nearly made myself crazy; trying to enforce it is even worse. Just try telling a young female that she can't wear a Laura Ashley print jumpsuit because it makes her look like Little Bo Peep. I'm so glad to be retired!

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Desertdi — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:40:38 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Most corporations no longer have dress codes. They're archaic and they're bound to step on someone's civil rights. Ever try to write a dress code? I did and nearly made myself crazy; trying to enforce it is even worse. Just try telling a young female that she can't wear a Laura Ashley print jumpsuit because it makes her look like Little Bo Peep. I'm so glad to be retired!

Where I worked, some women wore extra-snug spandex outfits. They brought a note from their doctors saying they were "compression garments". I am not joking.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:46:33 GMT

@Desertdi Did the doctor specify what condition these garments were supposed to compress? I'd insist on knowing.

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qbetzforreal — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:53:56 GMT

I've never, ever hear any host speake of a corporate dress code. Never, Why would they? OP, if you did a several ocassions hear then please give the host and the year. I'm not getting the connection from QVC to parish/temple to parchocial school. The only that I have noticed that when some of the female hosts wear a Q garment sometimes it is ill-fitting.

Who did what, OP?

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Desertdi — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 01:57:20 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Desertdi Did the doctor specify what condition these garments were supposed to compress? I'd insist on knowing.

@Kachina624 Probably against the law to ask questions about "that stuff"!!

Re: Please enforce corporate dress code

Karnerblue — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:44:39 GMT

I could not resist.

The devil made me do it!