Even if you're a Harvard - educated scientist, odds are colleagues will still take you more seriously in a blouse and a pair of
slim pants rather than denim cutoff shorts and a pair of flip flops, or a skintight minidress and stilettos.
For a second dressy look, consider a pair of fancy
pants or a
slim cut trouser and try a more delicate necklace (or none at all) with another mom MVP (for its magical ability to define a non-existent waist), an obi belt, like the Stitched Obi Belt at The Limited (please tuck the ends in
rather than tying them in a big honkin» bow, however) or, my real fav, Cecilia De Bucourt's obi belt at Barney's.