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My Dress Code? Anything that Lets Me Navigate the Maze of Wires on Movie Sets

June 12, 2017

By Gissy Michael

The tenth in our series on why women wear what they wear to work. Read parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine.

I live a very uncomplicated life. I go to work, I travel, I meet new people, I unwind when I have the time to, and I’m not married. You don’t spend a lot of time wanting when you’re quite satisfied with life. My life is very comfortable, as is my dress sense.

Gissy Michael

I’m a very basic dresser. Being a sound artist on the sets of movies requires functionality in movement, which is I how I dress. My usual clothes consist of shirts, jeans, shorts and comfortable shoes. Shoes are the one thing I really care about — about finding something in my size that is also comfortable. Navigating through the maze of wires on the floor is a pain, so shoes are quite important.

At work in the woods.

The one thing I love the most about my work is the travel. I’ve been doing it for almost 20 years, and I love being on the move. Some days I’m in one city and then within a few hours I’m in another. I keep my packing light and again stick to the basics. I pack accordingly to the climate too. One time, we’d gone to Lahore to shoot a couple of scenes for some movies, and this was in winter, really early in the morning. I had packed almost five layers of clothing against other peoples’ two layers, because I can’t stand the cold, being from Kerala and having lived in Mumbai. I seldom do ethnic wear; I used to wear salwaars in college, but after that, I stopped wearing them because I was most comfortable in my shorts and shirts. I barely accessorise either.

Gissy Michael at work

Earlier, I used to get a lot of comments from friends and family for the way I dressed, simply because I didn’t dress up much. They’d buy me dresses and make me try them on and I’d wear them for a day, but after that I’d run back to things that I was more comfortable in.

One thing that does give me some trouble from time to time is my hair. I have really curly, bushy hair. When I head back to Kerala to visit family and friends, they often still tease me about it. I’ve honestly just given up on my hair — I always tie it up when I work and let it be when I’m not working. It’s been a really long time since I used a comb. I don’t even own one.

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