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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | July 18, 2024

Styling White for Fall and Winter

A white or cream business suit is a great choice in the summer, but who needs to spend hundreds of dollars on a suit that they can only wear three months of the year? Here’s how to restyle your white or cream suit for fall/winter. Cream Suits vs. White Suits // For my money, a […]

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Ask the Edit, Posts, Style, Work | May 30, 2024

Ask the Editor: Work Dresses for Summer

If you’re still going into the office multiple days per week (or all the days of the week), this post is for you. Abra: June 3rd I start a job that is 100% in office.  The dress code is professional but from what I can tell does not require a suit.  Can you help me […]

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | May 7, 2024

How to Wear It: A Summer Shirtdress

A girlfriend texted me Saturday with a question that was uniquely D.C. Her office is no longer suits and sheath dresses, but it’s not jeans and athleisure either. “Can an office be ‘semi-formal’?,” she pondered. “What do I wear for that?!” Enter the shirtdress, the solution for summer.

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | May 7, 2024

How to Wear It: A Summer Shirtdress

A girlfriend texted me Saturday with a question that was uniquely D.C. Her office is no longer suits and sheath dresses, but it’s not jeans and athleisure either. “Can an office be ‘semi-formal’?,” she pondered. “What do I wear for that?!” Enter the shirtdress, the solution for summer.

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | April 24, 2024

Business Casual Outfit: Linen Closet

And just like that, it’s April. Summer is almost upon us, and the retailers are filled with linen wares. Now, you know that I am usually unwilling to wear linen to work due to the wrinkles. But in this post-pandemic world, perhaps my mind can change.

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Posts, Style, Work | April 18, 2024

My Secret Fashion Weapons, Pt. I

Have a big day ahead? Major hearing? Big trial? The presentation of your life? Gonna be at a conference with that ex? Whatever it happens to be, these are the fashion weapons that get me to the confidence level that I need to be at.

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | April 16, 2024

The Range: All the Pretty (Work) Dresses

Sometimes, you just want to wear something pretty to the office. Something that makes you feel good. A dress that makes your whole day better. These are those dresses.

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | April 16, 2024

The Range: All the Pretty (Work) Dresses

Sometimes, you just want to wear something pretty to the office. Something that makes you feel good. A dress that makes your whole day better. These are those dresses.

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Casual Fridays, Posts, Style, Work | April 8, 2024

Business Casual: Chinos are Back

In the 1990s and early 2000s, I wore a lot of Gap chinos. All colors. Usually with a t-shirt or a button down. Then, the style faded away, and I developed an affinity for wearing dresses and moved on. But like so many things from yesteryear, chinos are back for summer.

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | March 19, 2024

Work Outfit: A Cool Trench

When I was 24, I had my first real job in D.C. and a few hundred extra dollars burning a hole in my pocket. I came out of the Chinatown metro to find that the Benetton (RIP) was having a spring sale. I strolled out of the store with a black wrap dress, a khaki […]

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | March 5, 2024

Professional Style: Back in Black

For all my ladies who still commute to an office every day. For the girls whose dress codes weren’t relaxed post-pandemic. For the women who still need to dress like it’s 2019. This post is for you.

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Career Style, Posts, Style, Work | March 5, 2024

Professional Style: Back in Black

For all my ladies who still commute to an office every day. For the girls whose dress codes weren’t relaxed post-pandemic. For the women who still need to dress like it’s 2019. This post is for you.

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