PhD in Clothes

10 colorful, fun commencement dresses for 2024

I’ve been having fun sharing grad school graduation dresses on Instagram this week–we are looking for dresses that are professional enough, but still fun and full of personality. And most importantly, we’re looking at non-white graduation dresses! Because it’s your day so you should wear any color you want 🙂 Here are 10 great options.

What to wear to your thesis / dissertation defense, 2024 edition

Every March my “what do I wear to my thesis defense” post starts popping off, and I know it’s time. Masters students and PhD candidates everywhere are submitting final drafts and sitting in that two week waiting period between paper and oral defense, and the outfit question starts to creep in. Dressing for a dissertation defense can be such a strange prompt–so I asked three recent grads what they would wear. Their ideas, and outfit options, below.

What to wear to PhD interviews/visit weekend

Congratulations on being accepted to grad school! Now it’s the season of visiting grad programs. Which leads to the question, what should you wear to visit weekend?? Here are some tips whether you are interviewing or going on a casual visit to a PhD department.

Advice for the academic job fair

If you are looking for a professor job, you may encounter an academic job fair at a conference or professional meeting! These are very strange events…what to wear? How to prepare? Here’s some advice based on my experiences with them…

Reader questions: Help, I’m on the news

Today, a reader question that comes up semi-frequently: what to wear on the news!

5 pairs of office sneakers you can wear this spring

Do you wear sneakers to work? As a professor, grad student, or teacher, there is a chance you work in an office where the line between business casual and casual style is murky! So, how to style comfy sneakers in the office? Here are a few pairs I love and how I would wear them.

Universal Standard Style Club Box Review

If you loved Universal Standard’s mystery boxes you might love their new monthly style boxes, called US Club Boxes! Here is my review of their first box, and why I think it’s an improvement on the mystery boxes (hint: you can return them!). Plus, I have a discount code for you!

How do you decide what trends to participate in?

As I wore my cowboy boots to teach this week, I got to thinking about fashion trends. I know plenty of stylish academics who don’t “do” trends, yet I am frequently pulled into them, and have made PLENTY of purchase mistakes over the years as a result. So, how do you decide what fashion trends to pick or skip? Plus, why I think just ignoring them is impossible 🙂 Here are my buying rules…