Am I dressed properly as a librarian girl?

[Shana136]

Hi! My name is Shana! I am an Austrian American. I am a full-blooded Austrian. My parents are immigrants from Austria. I am 18-years old and female.

I am currently a librarian in a private library. This library doesn't belong to an academic institution. My library is a private one. It is owned by some person.

As a librarian, do these outfits of mine fit? Are they appropriate? I am scared because this is my first time being a librarian. Help me.

These are what I am wearing to match my job:

1. Buttoned white blouses. The blouses are of various colors such as pure-white, pure-black, dark-green, brown, tan, light-blue, etc. The sleeves of the blouses are of various lengths such as long, elbow-length, and short. The blouses aren't stretchy. The blouses have collars and cover all the way to the necks.

2. Ribbon neckties of various styles and also of various colors such as red, black, white, green, grey, etc.

3. Maxi long plaid folded-pleated skirts.

a. The pleats are folded in style. The pleats all fold in one direction or side. All of them fold to the right. The visible parts of the pleats are only 1 and a half inches in width. The pleats are overlapping with each other.

b. The skirts are so long that their hemlines reach and end at my toes.

c. The skirts aren't A-line which means that the skirts don't gradually expand from the waistbands to the hemlines. What I am saying is that the skirts remain straight from the waistbands to the hemlines.

d. The plaid patterns are ornate, beautiful, and of various colors such as white, red, blue, green, black, yellow, sienna-brown, orange, dark-green, etc.

e. The skirts are of various colors such as blue, beige, navy-blue, red, olive green, grey, white, greyish-brown, khaki, moderate-green, light-greyish-blue, burnt-umber, chocolate brown, dark-green, dark-cyan, blue-green, maroon, dark-red, medium-cyan, sienna-brown, ochre, yellow-ochre, dark-purple, black, yellow, orange, muted-pink, muted-light-purple, muted-light-blue, and brown-ebony. Yeah, I have a lot of these long maxi folded-pleated plaid skirts. I even have their own wardrobe for them. I am probably hoarding. I just love wearing these skirts before I was a librarian while most of my female classmates and female schoolmates were wearing knee-length skirts, jeans, and knee-length dresses. Some of them also wore mini-skirts.

f. The skirts have belt loops around their waistbands.

g. The fabric of the skirts aren't stretchy.

h. The fabric of the skirts aren't heavy but are also not overly light. The fabric of the skirts aren't thick but are also not thin.

i. All of the maxi long skirts hug my lower body, legs, and hips well. The skirts aren't baggy.

4. Buckle belts made of synthetic leather. The belts are of various colors such as black, grey, and brown.

5. Pairs of micro-crew-length short white socks.

6. Pairs of black shoes that have no calves. The shoes are made of synthetic leather.

7. Pairs of glasses.

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Also, I have long-straight mid-back-length dark-brown hair.

Not to brag but in combination with my clothing and my hair, am I gonna be objectified by male creeps due to my body, physique, and height? My face isn't ugly but fairly attractive. Some people say that my face looks soft and youthful. I don't want to brag but I am slim and tall. I am a bit taller than most males my age. My hips are also slightly curvy. I have A slim physique.

I am also introverted. I am also a bit weird. I am afraid that some people will take advantage of these and see it as a weakness.

Will I be okay? I am scared. This is my first time being a librarian.

Also, some person said to me that male creeps will stare at my buttocks, the back of those maxi long plaid folded-pleated skirts of mine, and also the buttocks pleats of those skirts if I bent forward and front especially on a table with both of my hands on the top surfaces of the table or if I placed both of my hands on both of my knees. The person said to me that male creeps will stare at the skirts’ buttocks pleats and also the hemlines of the backs of the maxi long skirts. I am kinda scared.

Please, help.

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Welcome to ForumGarden, Shana. You have made a significant step in asking such questions on the Internet.

I am unqualified to respond. I will give an opinion but I can't back anything I say with evidence. My unsupported opinion is valueless.

Congratulations on your job as a librarian in a private library. If you take qualifications in librarianship it can lead to an enjoyable skilled long-term career. The fact you have started in a private library gives you advantages in this regard.

Your choice of workwear is significant in several ways. In my opinion you should firstly blend in with anyone else in the same place, age and job. You particularly do not want to stand out visually.

Assuming you do not stand out, your selection of style is impeccable. The range of colors is far too wide, at most you should be turning up in no more than three shades of muted tones and consistently a white shirt. You are a librarian, you should not be mistaken for a catwalk model.

We cannot say whether these outfits fit. We can affirm they are fitting, as is the introversion. Nobody would feel comfortable with an extrovert librarian. In particular you can solve the issue of feeling exposed if you never, under any circumstance, climb onto a table. Regardless of posture or clothing this would be a major mistake.

You will, given your age and lack of librarian experience, be a magnet for male creeps. Your clients will be easily controlled - you do after all have the right to report them in writing and send them packing. Your more experienced male colleagues are potentially creeps. Again, reporting them to your head of department in writing will protect you. If your head of department tries to behave inappropriately it would be essential to make a written report to the owner. If nothing else it would put a line in the sand to protect future librarians in that position.

I suggest it is immediately necessary that you find an online course about being a librarian and study the requirements and professional paths you can follow. You have every opportunity to excel. In a job like this, personal initiative is the key to success. Even the introverted can modify their external behavior if they learn to be adept socially. It is easy to read and practice the recommendations in "How to make friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie.