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Times Life
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Aishwarya Kapoor

What Indian Women Are Actually Wearing to Job Interviews Now and Why the Old Dress Rules Are Dead

The Blazer Is Not Gone, It Just Stopped Being a Uniform

The structured black blazer over a white shirt was, for two decades, the default interview outfit for Indian women across sectors, banking, consulting, media, tech. It communicated seriousness without saying anything specific about the person wearing it. That was the point. Hiring managers read neutrality as professionalism, and candidates dressed accordingly.

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