What women wear during pivotal life moments is the focus of Glamour's new podcast 'What I Wore When.'
—during which I talk to women about an outfit they chose during a pivotal moment in their life—she chose to talk about the dress she wore to her first day on the job.
If you think picking out a dress for work can be stressful, imagine having to do it with the knowledge that millions of people will be seeing—and maybe judging—it. The dress she chose: a floral, fitted Cynthia Rowley stretchy sheath that she got at"You know what's crazy is that, when I close my eyes to think about how I would look and I opened my eyes to what I had on, I looked better than I imagined I could look."I was particularly excited to talk to Jones.
When she came in for our interview, Jones, 41, was in the process of booking parent-teacher conferences straight from her phone—I have a 10-month-old, so I didn't know that was a thing—and talked openly about the challenges of working six days a week while raising three children. Even though I was the one asking the questions, I felt comfortable talking to Jones, especially when she put her interviewer hat on and turned some questions back on me.
She was cool and real, and we bonded over our love of shopping at men’s stores in the ’90s ; she explained how “news girls” choose their outfits and why theshow trusts its talent to dress themselves, aging, and the fact that she still doesn’t own an “I’m successful!” handbag despite being, in truth, quite successful. She also broke into song four times, which I found highly enjoyable.
Toward the end of our conversation, Jones shared with me a particularly special part of her morning routine that involves her young daughter and also casually said I should come on thePerrie Samotin is the digital director of
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