Under The Dress
I'm wired!
Whenever I wear a dress to anchor a newscast, there is nowhere to clip the units for the remote microphone and IFB (that’s for our earpiece, allowing us to hear the director and/or producer in the control room). Each pack weighs almost a pound so we need pretty sturdy material to hold them in place.
Years ago, I learned this great trick from other anchors – clip the packs onto an elastic/velcro strap on one of our legs. Then, they can be hidden under the dress. There are other options – I’ve actually seen anchors have equipment clipped onto their bra straps in back or they wear a belt underneath. But that makes for a pretty lumpy look in back.
The "ugly" accessories.
Since “Good Day Chicago” is on the air for 5 hours, the audio guys have to make sure every mike and IFB pack has new batteries at the start of the show. With numerous anchors, reporters and guests weaving through every hour, you can imagine what a challenge it can be for the person running the audio board. The guys we have doing that are great. I never see them wearing dresses, though.
And it’s a very cute dress, too…
Oh, that works girlfriend! Dress is HOT!!
So, someone needs to find a way to make the IFB pack holder into an attractive fassion accessory.