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Ali Wentworth: 8 stories from an inside-the-Beltway childhood

From her new memoir 'Ali in Wonderland,' the actress and comedian shares memories of her Washington D.C. upbringing and later life as a wife and mother.

5. Wentworth ran afoul of the dress code at a London job

By Lali Masriera

  • By Molly Driscoll, Monitor contributor

When she was 17, Wentworth interned for a summer at Christie's, an art and auction house in London. The second day of work, she wore tweed pants, but was told that women working for Christie's never wore pants, period. The third day, she wore her hair loose and was told that all long hair had to be pulled back. "I used paper clips to keep my hair in the best croissant I could muster without a brush or mirror, which set the metal detector off coming back from lunch," Wentworth writes.

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