Isabel Allende, Erna Solberg, music with Madeleine Mitchell & Errollyn Wallen & post lockdown workwear with Emma Jacobs.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Anita Rani talks to the Chilean author Isabel Allende, also to the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. To mark International Women's Day we have music with Madeleine Mitchell & Errollyn Wallen and we look at the future of workwear post lockdown. Will power suits and formal wear be a thing of the past after a year of lounging in comfies? Emma Jacobs from the Financial Times considers our appetite for zoom casual clothing and what we can expect when we all return to the office in the coming months. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Engineer: John Boland

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
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0:41.0	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from podcasts. important question for you all today. What are you wearing right now? Just how
0:55.3	comfy are you? How comfy have you got? And when you do have to go back out there to work,
1:00.1	back into an actual physical meeting, what on earth will you wear?
1:05.0	How do you feel about squeezing back into those stilettos after a year in slippers, fastening up a waistband
1:10.5	after slouching around in joggersgers or maybe you've been dressing up every
1:14.0	morning will the new office attire take a more casual look or are we all ready for
1:18.6	some serious power dressing I want to know what you're planning for your office
1:22.3	wardrobe this morning can
1:23.5	text on 844 or get in touch via social media at BBC Woman's Hour or email us
1:28.6	through our website. Dina Lee Kung says I wore a Chanel jacket to the dentist and when he told me the sad news I needed extensive repair over four more appointments I thought,
1:38.0	oh goody, what shall I wear?
1:40.0	And Jason says, I'm not going to fit in any of my proper clothes now. It's either going to have to be buy new trousers or it's joggers for work.
1:48.0	So whatever your thoughts get in touch. Now as well as planning our wardrobes, we are joined by quite a lineup of incredible women today.
1:55.3	When you think about countries who seem to be ahead of the curve of many things, particularly
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