I
love dressing up for work because it makes me feel a little more professional, but I can understand wanting to be comfortable too.
I remember thinking that I couldn't wait until I had a job where I got to
dress up for work in button - up shirts, skirts, and blazers.
I also like how this one looks great casually with skinny jeans as I've styled it here but looks good
dressed up for work too!
Not necessarily because it's typically a casual day, I am a huge fan
of dressing up for work, but because it means the start of the weekend.
I have to
dress up for work so I war dresses extremely easy to not have to plan to for the morning a dress is comfortable for a full day.
After writing
Dressing up for Work Life Balance, the «fake it til you make it» mantra rang in my ears as another method of regaining work life balance and feeling good.
I
remember dressing up for work, wearing my nice ironed dresses and walking around in high heels, feeling tall and proud to be starting a career at an international bank.
I also have a post on thoughts and tips
on Dressing Up for Work Life Balance so if you liked this, check that out too!
Jeans tend to be my go - to for almost any occasion —
dressed up for a work meeting, my usual travel attire, running errands on the weekend, and even a night out on the town.
I wanted to
try dressing it up for work, and since I've been playing around with pattern - mixing, the gingham in the same red + white seemed like just the thing.
If you're anything like me, getting
dressed up for a work related shindig is not at the top of your list of things to do on chilly December weekend.
A little background info: I work at a small - ish tech company that is extremely casual (as I've noticed of newer companies — they never have a dress code) so it's often difficult for me to get
dressed up for work all the time when everyone else is wearing jeans and tees.
While I definitely appreciated how easy it was to get dressed when I could wear ripped jeans and leggings to work (with a blazer), there is something really nice
about dressing up for work.
This is
what dressing up for work looks like for me, and I recreated it from a similar look I wore to an event earlier in the fall.
Of Mercer's Lenox Blazer ($ 195) and Mulberry Dress ($ 175) are two of my favorite pieces — the latter is a great dress for the hot summer months with a loose, breathable shape that's surprisingly flattering whether it's
dressed up for work with heels or dressed down for the weekend with flat sandals.
Featuring a solid black crop layered on top of white fabric and and a cute cross over design, you'll
love dressing it up for work or rocking it on the weekend with your fave pair of denim!