内容摘要：Athena said she and her siblings are not fond of the phrase “genius” being used to describe them.

Athena said she and her siblings are not fond of the phrase “genius” being used to describe them.

“Oh, before I forget, I do have to tell you that someone mentioned a complaint about your shorts. Short shorts aren’t allowed," Carreño recalled her manager saying. “To me, they seemed fine. I didn’t see anything wrong with them. I think you look nice, but unfortunately I do need to let you know we can’t wear short shorts or short skirts.”Carreño responded affirmatively that she wouldn't wear them to work again. But her workplace's dress code, outlined in the employee handbook, doesn't actually ban short shorts.

"Clothing should be clean, unstained, untorn, properly fitted, and free of inappropriate or suggestive content. Undergarments should not be visible, and overly tight or revealing clothes are not allowed," the policy reads, according to Carreño.So Carreño took to TikTok to settle the debate. Commenters argued her outfit definitely wouldn't be appropriate for a corporate position, but Carreño tells PEOPLE there's a wide range of outfits going on at her workplace: jeans, cargo shorts and trainers, to button-ups, polos and slacks.Others suggested shorts in general aren't appropriate for the workplace, and Carreño's shorts aren't revealing or inappropriate in any other context. Still others argued that her fashion choices had no bearing on her ability to complete her job functions, and dress codes have been contentious for years now for that reason.

"It's made me think more critically about how dress codes can be both necessary and limiting depending on how they're applied," she tells PEOPLE.Carreño didn't expect her video to go viral, she tells PEOPLE, and a few people at her workplace have caught wind of it. Still, there's been no formal acknowledgement from HR about her outfit, but she admits all of this has opened her eyes to how "widely" workplace attire differs.

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, but there’s one part of her getting-ready routine that she says is essential to get into the right headspace.more often than making a restaurant reservation, and all those dinner parties and teas came with an assortment of beautifully designed serving pieces and perfectly specific items that were pulled out for celebratory events and everyday occasions alike.

Armed with many of these inherited items in our own china cabinets (or, for lack of space, kitchen cabinets), we're petitioning to bring them back, and here are eight of them items at the top of our list.Sure, you could make a cocktail in your double old fashioned glass, and call it a day. But why not pull out all the stops when you indulge in a Friday evening at-home happy hour? From crystal decanters to ice buckets to ice scoops and quirky stirrers, there's no reason to let these items go to the donate pile simply because they're not in your current rotation.

"It’s nice to see these objects being passed down from generation to generation with no specific purpose other than to delight and entertain; that’s what makes them so special," says John Jones, Director of Estates and Appraisals atin New Orleans, Louisiana.