Twitter user labels UCT Vice-Chancellor's outfit 'inappropriate' for academic evening
Twitter users have come to the rescue of UCT Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng after a woman slammed her for her 'not-so-professional' attire at a recent academic evening.
A Durbanite and Twitter user Karin Morrow has dragged Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, the Vice-Chancellor of UCT, for her ‘inappropriate’ dress sense at a recent academic evening.
The Prof was seen wearing a red and yellow dress with a plunging neckline. It seems to have caused quite a stir, with some people loving her look, and others agreeing with Karin's sentiments.
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Morrow took to Twitter to tweet out a picture of the Prof, captioned: "Noooo .... this is NOT appropriate attire for the VC of a university to wear to an academic evening ( presenting new Profs #UCT) 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️"
Check out the picture below:
Noooo .... this is NOT appropriate attire for the VC of a university to wear to an academic evening ( presenting new Profs #UCT) 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/oReCtoUwZe
— Karin Morrow (@rinmor) November 19, 2018
Comments were divided among users. Some loved the outfit, while others said that Karin was kicking up a fuss over nothing
Someone even shared a picture of the other individuals who attended the event, comparing their attire to Professor Phakeng's.
I'm gonna have to lol at you right there.1st,stunning👑 2nd, there's a man wearing a polo shirt, dresses above the knee, shoulders showing, tieless shirts, glasses, thick white headbands. No one cares. Very confused as to what youd rather see. Tuxedo's? Mermaid Fishtail dresses? pic.twitter.com/ALZk6EquuU
— A Wealth of Sundays (@Nyisologist) November 20, 2018
The thing is, what defines appropriateness or inappropriateness? Something you deem as appropriate when you take possession of or make use of exclusively for yourself may be seen as appropriate to you, but not someone else.
I think Professor Phekang rocked her look and if you take a look at the image of all the other academics in the picture above, there are a few others that Karin could have picked on too.
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Let’s be realistic. Sure, a school teacher arriving to teach her all-boys class in this outfit, maybe not. But an outfit like this for a formal event, I think it works. If she gets the job done and she gets results, should her tattoo and plunging neckline even matter?
Who am I to play the fashion fundi, as I come to work in flip-flops four of five days in the week. Is that 'inappropriate', too? I guess the question is whether or not your attire would impact on your job performance or not?
Do you think her attire was inappropriate for an academic evening? Share your thoughts with me below.