IT-guys Spring Essentials

My twitter is about to explode with the tweets hashtagged #LFW=)Meanwhile I am pondering over the thing that twitter could be the favourite social network for my IT guys if they weren't so lazy. It's perfect because it's laconic. Only 140 characters - that's it. I remember the first time they opened my blog. A  half of them barely reached the second paragraph of the post and gave up: Too many letters.That was the verdict. Whatever. =)
I think the same thing happens with them when  it comes to fashion. Have you ever seen a programmer wearing layers of clothing or mixing accessories to get a perfect look? Me either. I am talking about the average IT worker, not an exception. =)
Having surfed through the menswear collections for the upcoming spring-summer season, I have picked up a few looks that would probably satisfy the picky workers of the IT world. Most of the garments have clean simple lines and are of basic or pastel colors:

•  Calvin Klein

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Stay and Fight

 Most of my coleagues are very humble and shy at work. They prefer to stay quiet and unnoticed, spending all day long staring at their screens or playing wii to relax. But you know what they say, dumb dogs are dangerous. Their inner aggressive beast comes out while they are playing on-line or real-time strategy games. =)This is where they are about to show their dark side. What! They do have it =) everyone does =) So they spend their evenings and nights fighting for some belt or coat or other garments ( real fashionistas, aren't they? =) So they come to work the next day sleepy, tired and indifferent, wearing the same stuff they put on now at least 2 days ago. One of the IT'guys told me, full of pride, that he dresses his on-line WOW hero a hundred times better than himself in real life. My question why it all happens like that, he answered wihout a shadow of doubt, that it is IMPORTANT for the hero. Imagine, what would have happened if they followed the rule on this picture: =)

To tell you the truth, sometimes I feel like those walking around real-time game characters, having a mission but performing the learnt actions from time to time. Still, I do not give up. From my point of view, it could be a nice idea for fashion designers, to create sketches for on-line games heros. This hidden PR would definitely work, and more programmers would follow the style tips subconsciously.

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What I'm involved in

I probably should let you know, how my story began and what I'm involved in now. So here is the short overview of what happened to me before I started this blog :)
It's not that I'm a little girl all by myself in a big alien city. At least I hope so. I can't say that on the day I moved to the capital my whole world turned upside down. It wasn't a rebirth. Just a new episode of my life. A rather strange one, I must confess. Leaving aside all the troubles I faced here, I managed to find a job. And a good one actually. I am working in the IT company. We have a noble mission. We help people with health problems. Even though we make money of it, it's still the work one can be proud of.
The funny thing is that I'm the sixth girl in the office. There are 38 guys and only six girls. And I'm the only faire-haired maid out there. Now you can imagine how it feels in my shoes. No. I bet you can't.
IT-workers are the separate nation. They have their own way of behaving, having fun, dressing.....yes, dressing was the first thing that impressed me the most. But there were a few more 'surprises' yet to come. And I was not ready. No one warned me. I knew that it was a different world, but I never thought it was so another-universe for me.
Shocking? No, rather embarrasing and funny :)
As a fashion magazine journalist (that's a long story and I'll dedicate a separate post to it), the look of sandals on socks and too short sweaters and T-shirts stroke my fashionista's eye. And my ensembles were always carefully prepaired and thought-over. And no one really cared. No one even noticed. All they cared about were their screens and levels they gained in stupid on-line games. And that was the beginning of my IT career. :)

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