I have decided that Anna Wintour has a job so that, ultimately, you can undermine The System in that Snoopy Shirt. Blaze On, Counselor ⚡️

Thank you for putting this up DB! ^-^ *sends love!*
[I REALLY wish I'd found better images + am embarrassed about my shirts.]

I love this! Like you I never finished Witch's Court, but her style is fantastic, and I think it's great she inspired yours. The image of you, in court, with your covert Snoopy shirt is fantastic.

Yay @greenfields ! I loved how you brought and wrote your piece. Im sure you stand out in your own way! (And i desperately want that snoopy shirt. Are there any in Canada?)

I love the snoopy shirt! 😊
Rock those clothes inspired by Ma Yi-Deum. Confidence will bring on the right attitude. Cheering for you!
Love reading this! Thanks for sharing @greenfields!

Hhahah this was a fun read @greenfields! Yay for being inspired by the right attire, attitude witll come too :)

What a lovely post, @greenfields! I love how you found inspiration in dramas, but made it your own to fit your life! I'm always on the lookout for a good shade lipstick myself since my favorite one is all done and hard to find. Hopefully, you get your lipstick stash back! Fighting!

Great post!
Love the snoopy shirt. Though you can't wear the clothes from I Hear Your Voice maybe you can use the hair flip for a boost of confidence when needed.

As a Snoopy fan, I'm loving the Snoopy shirt!

Really enjoyed reading your post @greenfields!

How can I Like a post twenty times? This was a fantastic read. Thank you @greenfields!

Thank you for sharing the story of your search for the look that expresses who you are within the constraints of the dress code in the Indian legal system. I love that you have been inspired by Yi-deum. I am sure that you are definitely rocking in the courtroom with your new style.

I hope that you find many more fun shirts à la Snoopy and that you become a legal legend in the same way you are leaving a trail of brilliance in our little k-drama community.

Fighting!!

Wow! Loved your post. I would have never ever wanted to become a lawyer, but my sister is, and... well, actually she has never had the chance to practice but, I like to think that we have a lawyer in the family.
Wish you the best!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic article, @greenfields. And thanks to this, I got to read your awesome and fun gif story. I can't believe I missed that one.

Lemme just imagine you winning a case while looking super swag in your Snoopy shirt & light make up.

(The kajal-liner is surely an Indian thing right. ^^ I'm so used to it now that my face feels plain without them 😂)

@greenfields did your post just start a Snoopy shirt trend..?

@greenfields! I love you!
Sign in to give you thousand likes (if only Dramabeans let me do so) for this wonderful writing! And million hearts for your Snoopy shirt!

I applaud the way you're subverting the dress code in a subtle way. Thank you for sharing your wardrobe choices. I always wonder about the high heels in work place dramas. I wouldn't last the morning in them.

Oh, I want a Snoopy shirt for court now, and I've just vowed to stop shopping until I've cleaned out my closet. But I also feel you -- it's so hard to maintain individuality and be professional as a woman in the law. (I really really want to dye my hair pink again and am debating if it's worth the effort to grow my hair out so I can dye the underside in the back.) I also do the lipstick thing because the best secret I learned in law school was that if you wear red lipstick (...or hot pink) people will think you're totally done up even if you have no other makeup on.

I loved your post @greenfields!

I especially loved that you brought attention to attire that would not be appropriate for the job. So often I think: but who would wear that to do whatever it is they're doing...

I also liked Han Ye-ri's outfits in Switch - in case you need more inspiration.

And hurray for Snoopy shirts!

I enjoyed reading your write up. As time goes, you will have the attitude you want to have.. So don't beat yourself about it besides Rome wasn't built in one day...I wish you luck though... Unnie Fighting!!!!

Love this! I am a lawyer as well and agree that it can be hard to dress appropriately for the courtroom while still retaining some modicum of comfort and personal style! I laugh at some of the goofy outfits that K-Drama heroines wear to court (ahem, Suspicious Partner) but inside I might be just a little bit envious.

I thought your comments about skirts were interesting. Where I live, a skirt suit in a somber color is the gold standard. It wasn't too long ago (although before my time) that many judges required women to wear skirts instead of pants in court. Even in the dead of winter I always wear a skirt if I'm appearing before a higher court or a more formal, stodgier judge.

Great post!

I temped in a secretary pool at a law firm one summer, and they made us wear those pencil skirts (this was before business casual became trendy). I gave mine all away after that, they look good but are the most uncomfortable ever. I can't walk, or sit, or much of anything else in them.

In this day and age, why do we still have a tug-of-war with appropriate dress? Tradition is one thing, but overregulation is another.

Awesome post! I loved reading your gif story too. ^^

Ma Yi Deum was my favorite part of this drama. I liked her snarky attitude and style.

What a great inaugural post for our new theme of the month!

I'm so glad you included a link to your previous gif story... I hadn't seen that when you posted it, and I enjoyed it immensely. Like your gif story, this post also has a plot twist: who would expect that the answer to "How to be a Witch in court" is to surreptitiously wear a Snoopy shirt?

The birds shirt is nice too, but what I especially love about the Snoopy shirt is that Snoopy is doing the Happy Dance. It's fun to imagine our heroine, G, being all serious and solemn in court-- while internally, she's doing the Happy Dance because the judges ruled in her favor, or because BTS just broke another record, or because she's thinking about how much fun it is to channel Ma Yi-deum.

Also, Snoopy is a beagle... and G is a legal beagle!

I relate to this! Appropriate work wear is such a struggle. At least I have to wear a robe in court so the judge can't throw me out based on my fashion choices.

At the office... it is a different story. Lawyers are so judgmental towards eachother... and even if they wouldn't be, you want your client and especially the other party to take you seriously during contract negotiations, which requires some effort as a twenty-something young woman.

Why is office wear also always so expensive???

Coat and tie are absolute requirements where I practice.

I hit the send button too soon. Coat and tie are required in my courts, but we do have some discretion as to their color- I usually wear navy with a gold or red tie, and the ties have patterns. My favorite ties include one with a pattern from a painting by Josef Klimt. I have yet to finish Witch's Court also.

Good luck honey , all the best concoring the world dominated by males and thriving in it to the top

Fantastic point by point presentation, @greenfields, followed by a beautiful summation narrative.

Same as @cloggie, I love how you bring attention to drama attire that would not be real-life appropriate. I am already imagining you with your own show on The Learning Channel “What Not to Wear, with Green Witch in the Legal Battlefield.”

@greenfields, lovely post! I, too, have lots of office-wear, and lots of skirts and button up shirts. I like color and thankfully, I can wear a lot of it. But in the US, skirts are normal business attire for women, and above the knee is fine as well, just not mini or tight. However, in the winter, I tend to wear dress pants with an array of blouses and knit shirts. When I see these shows with women attorneys I always add a blazer to the ensemble, but then realize how uncomfortable they are under a white coat and then have to take them off when I get to work! At least I can look fab walking from my car to the clinic, anyway. I'm sure you are better dressed than 90% of the people you meet. Congrats on a great write-up!

Loved this post!💐✨ 💖

I like that you pointed out why certain outfit won't work out at courts or when meeting the clients; the culture, the season and personal taste.

Sometimes I do wonder when watching kdramas where the setting is at professional place and the character wear this flashy outfit, I thought, "You can wear that there?" 😂

I chuckled at the Snoopy shirt, so cute and somehow it gives the positive light energy despite you being at serious place🌸so refreshing!

Also, fighting!

@greenfields Those shirts are awesome! I'm glad you found a way to express yourself within the courtroom dress code.

@greenfields you are just the awesomest. Thats all. Thats what Ive come to say. I thoroughly enjoyed your piece. I have nothing to add and goodbye.

That Snoopy shirt is everything!! I suppose we have similiar styles :) Here is my list:

- a navy high collar top with tiny white dinasours
- a maroon shirt with orange & blue ballerina's
- a pink button down with little black weather baloons
- a dark brown shirt with pink kittens

I wonder if people take me seriously when I do my countless speeches at work...

Love your writing!

@greenfields I have re-read your very well written piece and realized that I hadn’t responded to your last sentence- about attitude. I am going to share a piece of advice which my Civil Procedure professor gave us on the last day of class. He was a great man- extremely respected (he was part of the US Supreme Court’s Rules and Practice Committee) and the finest gentleman I have ever known. He noted that he had met most of the greatest judges and lawyers in the land, and they varied a great deal one from the other in many ways except for one single attitude that each of them had in common with the others. That unique quality was kindness. He told us that we should certainly work hard, study hard and represent our clients zealously but, if we really wanted to be successful in the law that we should cultivated that attitude. And it makes a lot of sense if you think about it- whether you are in an initial consultation with a potential client, talking to a potential witness or cross-examining a witness in court, dealing with your fellow counsel or even the people at the clerk’s office that attitude will tend to disarm people and break down a lot of unnecessary barriers and reduce unneeded hostility. I am not saying that you should become a pushover- I am simply saying that if you treat everyone with kindness- to the extent it is possible- it will help you in every aspect of your practice. Unfortunately most Kdrama writer’s don’t understand this (perhaps I should say most drama writers generally) which my be why the images of what successful lawyer likes like are often such caricatures – which is often why I and many of the other lawyers are so often unable to complete a legal drama- Witch’s Court included. I might add that my professor also noted that kindness might not initially come naturally to us but that was OK- we could fake it. If we faked it long enough it would eventually became a real attitude – which is essentially a Confucian observation that would probably come quite naturally to a Korean.

Thank you @greenfields for this great post and I wish for you much success in the law. This is a beautiful example of the idea that "every person (in this case a kdrama-WITCH'S COURT) is entitled to defense".
I finished WC and it was my least favorite drama of 2017. I was so annoyed at the way Prosecutor Ma Yi-deum (Jung Ryeo-won) treated junior Prosecutor Yeo Jin-wook (my boy Yoon Hyun-min). Ugh! Crazy but I think took her treatment of YHM's character personally like he was a family member. LOL.
Anyway as an ahjussi I am kind of dense and generally don't pay attention to clothing so your post was a real education. Count me in a loving the snoopy shirt! Good luck.

This was a fascinating read, thank you for sharing @greenfields!!

Congratulations on being published @greenfields! What a great read. I love your snoopy shirt! It's hard to stand out in a sea of black and white, but you're doing it one cheeky shirt at a time!

What a great read! Thank you for sharing your experience. I love Jung Ryeo Won but I haven't watched Witch at Court yet. I do know she won an award for her performance. I can't relate to your fashion dilemmas cos we only just wear scrubs where I work. Lol. I love the snoopy and birds shirts. Keep doing you. :D

I loved this @greenfields unni ~ Since I started Father is Strange the lawyer unni has become my mental image of you, somehow. She's always dressed fantastically, never takes any s*** from anyone, and is fiercely loyal. I kind of want to be her ~

Here are gifs of her talking about the statistics of being a first generation female lawyer in Korea ~

Also she did this during a dream/fight sequence

Awesome post. We are restricted to black and white although there are those out there who challenge the boundaries with grey and dark blue. In the higher courts it’s possible to hide under the bibs and robes though. But most rarely do!!

@greenfields It was an amazing read from the start till the end.
Though I have not met you but while reading the post I'm forming a mental image of you like Ma Yi-Deum. I loved her character and dressing style. (I love formal clothes *__*) It was classy yet simple not like Lee Da-Hee's character which I can never imagine a lawyer wearing in our country.
And your Shirt is too cute. I seriously love your shirt. My favorite color white and the snoopy and flamingo.😍😍

Hey greenfields I have no idea which part of India you're in (hello from Bangalore!) but I LOVE the idea of you in court in your Snoopy shirt wherever you're practising. Long may k-dramas continue to inspire you ha ha!