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"There&amp;#39;s a time and a place for every outfit, my dears, and the world&amp;#39;s most impeccably-dressed women are the ones who know exactly when to wear what (we&amp;#39;re talking to you, SJP!). A pantsuit and pearls may not be appropriate for partying in Las Vegas...but are a minidress and high heels okay for a classical piano performance?\nPinterestFacebookHands playing the piano\nPHOTO: Getty ImagesThe gals at Jezebel have discovered a heated debate going on in the world of classical music: Yuja Wang, a young female pianist, gave a performance earlier this month in a bright orange minidress and serious stilettos (check out the look here). When a Los Angeles Times critic reviewed her performance, he couldn&amp;#39;t seem to get past the super-hot hemline. Mark Swed wrote, &amp;quot;Her dress Tuesday was so short and tight that had there been any less of it, the Bowl might have been forced to restrict admission to any music lover under 18 not accompanied by an adult. Had her heels been any higher, walking, to say nothing of her sensitive pedaling, would have been unfeasible. The infernal helicopters that brazenly buzz the Bowl seemed, on this night, like long-necked paparazzi wanting a good look.&amp;quot;\nThe Washington Post&amp;#39;s Anne Midgette wasn&amp;#39;t thrilled with the review, saying it was sexist for focusing on her wardrobe in the first place: &amp;quot;Men have a uniform: they either don formal wear or daringly (I am being heavily sarcastic here) eschew it. Women do not have a comparable uniform, in part because women&amp;#39;s fashions are more varied and in part because women didn&amp;#39;t play a major role in classical performance in the years when these traditions were being codified...Let&amp;#39;s have a reality check for a minute. Yes, the dress is short, tight, and revealing. But in the real world &amp;#8212; the world outside classical music&amp;#39;s still-prurient bubble &amp;#8212; this is not unusual attire for a young rising starlet in the public eye. For the sake of comparison &amp;#8212; or education &amp;#8212; go to the blog Tom and Lorenzo to observe what other young women about Yuja Wang&amp;#39;s age wore at a Hollywood event that took place a few days after Wang&amp;#39;s concert. You can criticize these women for their fashion choices; you can like or dislike what they&amp;#39;re wearing; but these dresses and shoes are not inherently shocking &amp;#8212; let alone a cause for restricting admission to those under 18.&amp;quot;\nShe goes on to point out that the field of classical music has long been lamenting its increasing irrelevance in society, but that old-fashioned attitudes (like women shouldn&amp;#39;t be allowed to dress however they please) are exactly what&amp;#39;s contributing to that irrelevance. Talented young women dressing in chic, of-the-moment clothes will help attract a younger audience, she suggests, and the kind of finger-wagging Swed did in his review will simply turn them off. According to the Los Angeles Times, there is a very strict dress code for members of the philharmonic, but soloists (like Wang) don&amp;#39;t have to adhere to the same rules. A representative for the orchestra told the paper that soloists &amp;quot;can choose whatever they feel is most appropriate. For women that&amp;#39;s traditionally an evening gown, but that&amp;#39;s not always the case.&amp;quot;\nSo...was Yuja Wang just being savvy about crafting her image and attempting to attract younger patrons to the classical music scene? Or did she overstep a boundary with her outfit? (Click here to see more photos). Do you think it was inappropriate for her to wear? Or was the critic&amp;#39;s decision to focus so heavily on it the inappropriate move? Would you be distracted by this dress at a classical music performance? Or would it help enrich the whole experience? Whose side are you gals on here? Discuss!\nPLUS...\n\nWhoa! A French company just introduced lingerie for 4-12 year olds. What gives?\n\nAND!\n\nOMG: The $18,000 pair of flip flops (yeah, seriously!)\n\nMore Ways to Get Glamour:\nChat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;#39;s schedule\nGet the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion\nCheck out our chic Tumblr!\nRead Glamour magazine on your iPad&amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;#39;s now part of your subscription plan!\nLike freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nSign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#39;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise).\nAnd, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;#39;s the ultimate boredom buster.\nPhoto: Iconica/Smith Collection/Getty Images\nWant even more STF? Follow us on Twitter!\nLatest Tweets!\nFollow us on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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