Smile! We’ll Remember This Forced Fun Forever

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited. Not Into Group Photography My company is planning an off-site all-company retreat. As we are a virtual company, I am very excited to meet my co-workers. Management has…

Get Ready for Rock Girl Summer

Getting dressed is, in a sense, always a prelude to a performance. It’s your daily pregame routine, the moment when you pull on a pair of flared pants or a crochet dress, add a scarf or earrings, take off one thing, then brace yourself for leaving the house. Musicians know this better than anyone, which…

Comedians Are the New Fashion Icons

When Jordan Firstman rolled up to this year’s Sundance Film Festival to promote his movie Rotting in the Sun in an oversized shearling-trimmed leather coat and white tights, worn proudly with a lusciously hairy bare chest, it was a rare serve that stopped even the most jaded Park City locals dead in their tracks. It…