Why do tv weather/anchors wear summer sleeveless dresses to report to audiences with subzero temps?

[hlthe2b]

I sit here with two space heaters running and indoor temps no higher than 57F and outdoor temps
at minus 11F since midnight and extending well through the morning.

So, the female weather announcer on MSNBC is wearing a very pretty, but clearly summer floral sleeveless frock as I grab yet another fleece to layer on. What is that all about? It feels like she is trolling the audience. Am I in an SNL skit?

[niyad]

1. It does seem that way.

[2naSalit]

2. Maybe she suffers from hot flashes?

It is a good question but it gets hot on set so I can see why someone would not wear warmer clothes. Maybe they change before they leave the building?

That's all I can come up with.

[True Blue American]

3. They are not alone. Everywhere

You look women are wearing sleeveless dresses and the front cut so low you sit there and wonder, well, you get the drift.

How bad is it where you are? Here in Southeast Ohio it is to reach 70. I wake up and wonder if I moved south. We had one ice storm at Christmas.

[woodsprite]

4. Hot studio lighting? nt

[Phoenix61]

7. Not since they went to LED which most lighting is now. nt

[badhair77]

5. There's a local morning weekend news anchor who is sleeveless all winter.

It actually made me feel cold so I finally changed the channel. I would understand if she were broadcasting from a warm climate but she was also whining that she was cold.

[hlthe2b]

6. That is the issue for me. Just watching her makes me colder. I get they may have hot lights on set,

but, Mika, Joe, and the entire crew were managing to wear winter-appropriate clothing, so why just the WEATHER reporter--of all persons--wearing summer clothing as she reports the intense coldwave moving east nationwide?

[Wolf Frankula]

8. Because in winter they go from heated cars to heated offices

to heated weather rooms.

Wolf

[hlthe2b]

9. How HOT do you heat your house, car, office? Heavens... Certainly not summer temps.

Knowing her reporting is going out to people across the country facing many feet of snow, heavy driving winds, and subzero temps, don't you think she would get a "clue" that that might be a bit insensitive?

[gab13by13]

10. Al Roker wears sleeveless dresses?

[hlthe2b]

11. Al Roker is not on MSNBC. Nor female, the last I checked.

and always dresses season-appropriate, I might add. If only others would emulate him a bit more on this.

[PJMcK]

12. To make the snow-bound viewers feel bad

Also, for eye-candy.

Most of TV news is meant as entertainment not really information. It’s why they almost always give a headline without deeper context.

[Biophilic]

13. I suspect that's what their bosses tell them to wear. Sex appeal, ya know. nt

[LakeArenal]

17. Exactly. The post says "anchors"

Those anchors are all women… Sexy sells. Or what “they” think is sexy. No matter how inappropriate.

[Submariner]

14. And in spiked heels for breaking through the winter ice?

Are the spikes to crack the driveway ice on the way to your car?

Is it mandatory for women wear those things. On GMA/Today, or any cable news show, they all wear them. More than a few times in my life I have rolled an ankle wearing work boots or sneakers, and it swells and hurts. Heels would only seem to exacerbate the roll problem.

[Polly Hennessey]

15. I have wondered the same thing. Weather women

seem to dress a tad inappropriately to my mind. Not only sleeveless, plunging necklines, but the dresses seem tighter than tight. Once I thought I saw our weather critter’s belly button outline. I also noticed that the male weather critter always wears a suit and tie. I fear one day that the male weather person will be wearing a tank top and a speedo. 🥶😱

[doc03]

16. If Desantis becomes president he will be passing a law forbidding women from baring

their arms in public.

[LakeArenal]

18. Even on Fux Youz???? I doubt that.

Maybe Fux will be gone😳😳😳😳

[doc03]

27. Remember the freak out when Michelle Obama showed her bare arms, that was a bigger

scandal than when Barrack wore the tan suit.

[LakeArenal]

28. The only "scandals" they could drum up.

That, and, I think he bowed his head to a Saudi or something.

Compare children to the other’s…..

Obamas in a landslide.

[Earth-shine]

19. Second amendment rights -- the right to bare arms shall not be infringed!

[LakeArenal]

30. Good one!!! Maybe the Constitution made a typo!!!!

Spell check?

[Fla Dem]

20. Not just weather reporters. Stephanie Ruhle wears sleeveless fairly frequently.

Nicolle Wallace as well but not as much. Don't want to judge, but just does not seem appropriate.
But until they make Jungle Jim Jordan wear a jacket, I can live with it.

BTW, fan of both. Their shows and Lawrence are the ones I watch the most.

There was an uproar about women legislators having bare arms in the Missouri Legislature last month.

Missouri Republicans' Dress Code for Women Blasted: 'So Many Questions'
BY GIULIA CARBONARO ON 1/13/23 AT 4:37 AM EST

Missouri House Republicans' decision on Wednesday to tighten the dress code for women legislators has sparked criticism and outrage on social media, with many questioning why no similar rules were imposed on men. The new measure, prohibiting women legislators from having bare arms while in the chamber and initially calling for blazers to be mandatory, was spurred by Missouri's Republican Representative Ann Kelley during the House's opening session.

The proposed changes reportedly originated in last year's session, when several lawmakers complained that some of their female colleagues weren't dressed at the required standard. The update was immediately bashed by Missouri House Democrats, who questioned whether changes to the chamber's dress code were really that high on the list of priorities. But despite the criticism, the measure was eventually passed with some changes, allowing women legislators to wear cardigans as well as jackets in the chamber, but still preventing them from showing their bare arms to "maintain a formal and professional atmosphere."

The dress code for women lawmakers now states that "proper attire for women shall be business attire, including jackets worn with dresses, skirts, or slacks, and dress shoes or boots."

News of the decision in the Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives sparked significant backlash online, with many questioning the need to control how women dress in the chamber.

"Wait. How come only MEN are allowed to bare arms? I have so many questions...," author David Brin wrote on Twitter.

More>>>>

https://www.newsweek.com/missouri-republicans-dress-code-women-blasted-so-many-questions-1773481

[hlthe2b]

22. It only bugs me when it is as cold as minus 14F outside, and snowing like crazy--i.e., winter.

I'm not trying to demand a dress code, but seasonal-appropriate dress when you are speaking of weather to a nation largely experiencing major winter storms just seems a reasonable thing to expect.

I just don't get it. If they were stationed in Miami and broadcasting locally, it would make sense, But out of Rockefeller Center, NYC in the middle of winter to a national audience?

Oh, well, we might even get above zero F. today, so maybe I'll break out the spring frocks. LOL

[Karma13612]

24. I understand!

But, in the southern states, which would be included in “national” broadcasts, you would be welcomed wearing summer frocks because it’s in the 70’s here. It’s going to be close to 80 tomorrow here in NC. So, seeing someone in a summer dress would be fine!

I know that those in the upper states are freezing and it feels frustrating. I sympathize completely! I lived in Northern New York for most of my life and faced miserable winters.

The problem with national weather broadcasting is that you won’t be able to match your clothes to everyone’s current dress expectations.

[hlthe2b]

25. She's forecasting WEATHER on a national broadcast. No one is telling residents of warm climates

not to dress accordingly. But the insensitivity of a weather reporter doing so--beyond the incongruous nature of it when she is showing video clips of record blizzards, subzero temps and road-closing ice storms with power outages is a little much. There is a big difference. No one is telling Miamians or anyone else how to dress in their locale. Can you not see that? All the rest of the Morning Joe crew were dressed in winter dress--from multiple studios. But the weather lady reporter can't?

[Karma13612]

21. I'm guessing it depends on where

They are broadcasting from.

Where are the MSNBC studios where she is locally? She can be doing forecasts for the whole country but, if she is local to DC, then she is probably wearing clothes for DC?

Just guessing.

Today in North Carolina, it’s in the 70’s so I would be surprised if someone was wearing a sweater and corduroy slacks. It’s all in perception.

And I agree, maybe the studio is hot so they dress for their comfort.

I understand the frustration of seeing people dressed for summer while you are freezing in areas of freezing cold and snow. It’s incongruous to be sure. But that’s the thing about regional and national reporting.

[hlthe2b]

23. National Broadcast and I believe she was at the MSNBC/NBC studios in Rockefeller Center, NYC

[Ocelot II]

26. Assuming she's inside in a tv studio,

it's probably because female tv personalities are expected to show as much flesh as possible, even weather reporters. Men get to wear suits and ties and look professional, but women are supposed to look attractive and dress as if they just left a cocktail party.

Don't get me started.

[IcyPeas]

29. The media use wardrobe and image consultants. It's possible they don't actually choose what to wear

Some anchors are also given a clothing allowance.

And the majority of them seem to be a size zero also. 🙄

[jmowreader]

31. Would you prefer they wear parkas in a room full of heat-producing equipment?

Even with LED lighting a studio is a hot place to be.

[hlthe2b]

33. You know that is not what I or anyone else are suggesting.

Really? Such an over-the-top, exaggerated response to a simple observation?

'Sorry that I appear to have incited you in some way... This is a lounge post and was not intended to be inflammatory in the way you apparently perceived it.

[GenThePerservering]

32. Short sheath dresses are a uniform.

if you're a right wing newcaster you also have to wear the pharisaical little gold cross necklace. But can it be worse than Kyrsten Sinema's Big Bird outfit straining at the seams? Why do we women make clowns out of ourselves?

Edited for snark

[machoneman]

35. Dressing hot means they are trying to get Fox to hire them. Hotness at Fox more money!