Maybe Cardinal and Meng Die are trolling both Anita and JC, since one is always "ew girly" and the other one has a poofy shirt obsession. Cardinal is Damien's GF and we all know that Damien is the only person in this series to mention that he doesn't like JC's fashion choices. Card (being awesome) agrees wholeheartedly and Meng Die hates Anita enough to go with getting Anita a dress that Anita will like (because it is actually 30 years out of style and shows skin) and that JC will approve (because shiny).

Everything is so much easier and interesting if you pretend that all of the ignored and long suffering underlings are lying to their bosses at every small opportunity.