Because low necklines, I think, should be different for regular people, people who have the rights to wear low necklines, people on TV, and people on TV who should be taken seriously.
As one online writer noted, and even singled out Ms.Gorani as an example, of how even news anchors have been lowering their necklines.
I know I whined when Hala showed up in this:
and I recall asking if it can be deemed proper "anchor wear", with at least two people agreeing that it's too casual. And I realize that it's harder to be a female TV personality because you can't just go with the suit-and-tie ensemble that men can get away with, but she's pulled off being a fashionable-yet-discreet anchor for some time now. But I found her charming back when she was taking herself seriously (even if it's possible that she was just acting as a counterpoint to Richard Quest), and wore that awful awful checkered beige top (please don't make me look for it. It should be on some forum archives). And her clothes since moving to Atlanta have been pretty cool.
Which is why I take pause on her new, lowering neckline: She doesn't have to. I understand if she feels confident enough to wear it at that level, but, seriously; she's not on TV as a sex object. She doesn't need to play up the Pretty card to get people to watch. Or, more accurately, she shouldn't have to. She's a journalist, and despite the many detractors on her continued sometimes-partial take on middle eastern politics, she has been a pretty solid one, in my opinion. The fact that she's a pretty face just helps in taking in the chaos that is the world news.
But maybe it's just me.What do you think?
(today's pix borrowed from the forums.)
