Comments on: Media Tip: What Not to Wear. http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/10/media-tip-what-not-to-wear/ A sense of humour is just common sense dancing. Thu, 17 May 2012 13:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Charlotte http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/10/media-tip-what-not-to-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4131 Charlotte Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/?p=2030#comment-4131 Eh. This is kinda reminding me of "thats a moustache on a lady". But I understand. Sorry. Eh. This is kinda reminding me of “thats a moustache on a lady”. But I understand. Sorry.

]]> By: Elizabeth R http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/10/media-tip-what-not-to-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4123 Elizabeth R Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:23:46 +0000 http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/?p=2030#comment-4123 Some truth in what you say. Just look at those ridiculously long ear rings of Christine Rankin, and the way she dressed in those impossibly tight skirts, showing off her legs the way she did. Totally crass and tacky, lacking in any appropriate dress sense befiiting her age.It was a cringe-inducing case of "mutton dressed up as lamb". She deserved all the ridicule she copped, including Prebble, the then-head of the SSC. Some truth in what you say. Just look at those ridiculously long ear rings of Christine Rankin, and the way she dressed in those impossibly tight skirts, showing off her legs the way she did. Totally crass and tacky, lacking in any appropriate dress sense befiiting her age.It was a cringe-inducing case of “mutton dressed up as lamb”. She deserved all the ridicule she copped, including Prebble, the then-head of the SSC.

]]> By: JC http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/10/media-tip-what-not-to-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4119 JC Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:35:45 +0000 http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/?p=2030#comment-4119 <em>All this demonstrates is the utter shallowness of those watching. </em> Not necessarily, Ben. If you are distracted by what someone is wearing, you won't be concentrating on what they are saying. The whole point of an interview is the exchange of information and barriers to that information getting through should be avoided. All this demonstrates is the utter shallowness of those watching.

Not necessarily, Ben. If you are distracted by what someone is wearing, you won’t be concentrating on what they are saying. The whole point of an interview is the exchange of information and barriers to that information getting through should be avoided.

]]> By: Ben http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/10/media-tip-what-not-to-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4115 Ben Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:22:11 +0000 http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/?p=2030#comment-4115 All this demonstrates is the utter shallowness of those watching. I could not give a toss what someone is wearing; I am interested solely in the message and if the message is worth listening to I frequently will not even look at the screen. More important than the clothes is teaching people not to speak in cliches ('going forward' seeming to be everyone's favourite at the moment and John Key this AM talking about 'blue sky' thinking) and not to intersperse every sentence with 'um' and 'err'. I would also like at times to see the interviewee bite back at some of the asinine questions asked by an interviewer who has clearly not done his or her homework. All this demonstrates is the utter shallowness of those watching. I could not give a toss what someone is wearing; I am interested solely in the message and if the message is worth listening to I frequently will not even look at the screen.

More important than the clothes is teaching people not to speak in cliches (‘going forward’ seeming to be everyone’s favourite at the moment and John Key this AM talking about ‘blue sky’ thinking) and not to intersperse every sentence with ‘um’ and ‘err’. I would also like at times to see the interviewee bite back at some of the asinine questions asked by an interviewer who has clearly not done his or her homework.

]]> By: Will de Cleene http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2009/10/media-tip-what-not-to-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4093 Will de Cleene Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:41:44 +0000 http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/?p=2030#comment-4093 Between the adrenaline of trying not to make mistakes on camera, the need to compress a lot of information in a confined amount of time, and the searing lights, it can feel like performing Shakespeare in a sauna. Dress for the tropics, I reckon. Between the adrenaline of trying not to make mistakes on camera, the need to compress a lot of information in a confined amount of time, and the searing lights, it can feel like performing Shakespeare in a sauna. Dress for the tropics, I reckon.

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