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I do use Coach handbags because I was replacing cheaper handbags every 3 months. While I don't wear a suit every day, I do try and emulate what I consider only slightly more relaxed than professional attire in the business world. This does not have to be expensive if you shop at thrift and consignment stores. When I was in graduate school, I was disgusted by the attire of some of my professors in fields other than foreign languages. In fact, I was at the home of a foreign language professor and met her husband, a professor in a different field. He was so slovenly I mistook him for someone she paid to do her yard work! Let's grow up and dress as professionals. Having worked at Morehouse, Spelman and now Johnson C. Smith, I have seen college presidents who dress well and provide excellent role models to emulate in the academic and fashion areas. Let's face it, the way some professors dress is just a symptom of emotional immaturity.

-- Dr. Jane Branam, Assistant Professor, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC (posted 2/9, 9:35 a.m., E.S.T.)

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