By
Charlotte Cowles,
The Cut’s financial-advice columnist.
In addition to “My Two Cents,” she writes about work and parenting for the site. Previously, she was the senior features editor at Harper's Bazaar and a senior editor at the Cut. She was also the editorial director for MM.LaFleur. Her work has also been published in Glamour, Art in America, Politico, and other places.
Office dress codes have relaxed since the pandemic, but for women in leadership positions, this has ignited a workwear crisis. “Especially after COVID, there was this idea that it’s not politically correct to tell people what to wear anymore. But that just made a lot of people, especially women, very confused,” says Alison Bruhn, co-founder of the Style That Binds Us, which offers “image consulting” — advice on clothes, hair, makeup, and more — for women executive at companies like Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and Blackstone.
