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Over the past few weeks, multiple colleagues have sent me the same message. “Hey, I have a problem to solve: how do I dress up for the office when it’s really hot outside and it’s cold inside?” With the New York weather forecast pointing out the heat wave – the view could reach 103 degrees (39 degrees for our friends of Celsius) – now it feels like the right time to figure out how to handle the stuffy days of Superman. You know, after you sit on your computer for 10 minutes, you will feel the sweat-soaked T-shirt (sorry) turning into icicles.
There are several ways to solve this problem, depending on the external heat and severity of humidity (always humidity!). First: If you have a desk in the office, you should always hold a sweater (if something more formal is needed), and when you start to get cold you can hang your sweater over your shoulders or a blanket on your legs. Of course, you can carry a sweater every day, but I tend to find that when it’s really hot, they make you feel hotter, whether heavy or not.
Second: Consider wearing the grassroots. Yes, even in July or August, when the whole city feels like a brick-to-noodle pizzeria, there are levels to do. The basic piece (again, I’m sorry) will absorb your sweat so you won’t find yourself grabbing the pole on the downtown 1 train, a sweaty bead landing on the calf, passing through the ankles, into the shoes (which happened to me). I usually wear a Hans vest (I bought a pack in the Youth XL to make them tight and not long), but I think Uniqlo’s aerial tank would be a better solution. I recently discovered that they also made shorts for aerial bikes. I think they are technically “shapemakers”, but they look light enough to wear under skirts and clothes, especially if your thighs are chafe on summer thighs. (My Chafe Hack is rubbing deodorant on my thighs. I learned about an old question simple Exotic dancers provide beauty advice magazines, and they say deodorants help them avoid hair ingrowth. The more you know! )
When things are really too hot to handle, we can look for work girls from the 1980s for inspiration. Tess McGill, if you remember, once she took off the Staten Island Ferry, wore white sneakers and soft socks and swapped it for a pump. The 2025 equivalent can be simple, like wearing a T-shirt or a vest to and from get off work and then switching to a top. Or wear some NU Metal Shorts When you enter the office, swap them for a tight silk skirt (a great way to avoid sweat stains, etc.). Now, I know this violates my first rule, “carrying unnecessary things”, but when it’s really piping you do what you have to do. When everything else fails, buy one of those sleek, small battery-powered fans and remember the pain that snowy days in mid-February never seem to end (too hot in your office to start).
