Other females and I always wore a skirt suit, but that sort of thing is relaxed now. We did it mostly to give the appearance of authority when we had to go into the factory to determine and set an eng’g change. Once form, fit or function changed, we had to to change the part number and halt production and process the eng’g change and get the needed signatures. Back then, if we waltzed in wearing today’s corporate casual, I don’t think we would have been taken seriously.
of course, we also dressed that way especially when we had to meet with the Customer, which was the Air Force.