My daily work attire usually consists of slacks, a dressy top and a cardigan. It's getting a little drab and boring and I'll like to mix it up a bit.
What's your typical work wardrobe if you work in a business casual environment? How do you dress "down" a bit on Fridays, if jeans are not allowed?
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I love black skinny pants and a tunic with a flowy open sweater. Granted, that's just a VERY slight twist on your usual...but still!
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Mix in some jersey dresses and lightweight scarves?
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Business casual is challenging! We are officially business casual but I feel frumpy unless I am wearing tailored clothes, so I have on a blazer most days.
I take more liberty with prints, though. I love a good pattern and color, lots of color.
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I wear a mix of dresses and slacks. For dresees I choose fun prints/ patterns and most are not suiting material which can feel stiff. Depending on my day I will pair a dress with a blazer or cardigan. Some of my dresses have some kind of sleeve and for those I just wear the dress.
For today I'm wearing a printed blouse with a "sweater vest" and slacks. It's hard to describe the vest, but I could wear this V neck, no button top alone if I was wearing a business suit. But I like layering this piece.
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I dress on the very casual end of business casual. Slacks with t-shirts and cardigans or slacks with a blouse. I have a cotton dress on today with nice sandals. We can do jeans on Friday, but i tend to wear a lot of skinny black pants (they're actually a lightweight denim but they don't look it, and I'd wear dress skinny black pants if i needed to). Other casual yet business appropriate pants I wear are khakis (kind of old man-ish, but that's the world i live in) and cotton twill type pants from Loft. They're actually my favorite but they don't sell them anymore. Oh and cords. I can wear corduroys.
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I actually hate wearing pants, maybe it is because I haven't found a pair with the right fit. I wear a lot of pencil skirts-all different kinds of fabric-with a printed blouse & cardigan, dresses and skinny jeans on Fridays. It is still in the 80's here but when it gets colder, I wear a ton of sweater dresses with boots or the same pencil skirts with tights and booties.
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On days that I teach, I dress more formally, but still not like, corporate formal since I'm in an academic setting where anything kind of goes--usually a jersey or wool dress with boots and leggings when it's cold, and with flats when it's warmer. Sometimes jeans with a blazer. Or slacks with a blouse.
On other days that I will interact with students or professors, I dress more casually but still nice-- skinny jeans with a nice top (nice sweater, long sleeve shirt, button down, or blouse), and either boots or flats. Like, today I'm wearing skinny jeans, flats, and this top: http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=17083&vid=1&pid=125024042
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I don’t really like wearing pants, so I wear dresses almost every day. Dresses are SO EASY and people always think you’re “dressed up”.
I like sheath dresses, and find this brand at Nordstrom to be good quality, good fit, complementary, etc.
Some of them I’ll pair with a cardigan and tights in the winter. I always wear heels at work.
On Fridays, I sometimes wear jeans, but more often do a more casual look like skinny pants with riding boots and a tunic sweater. Or skinny black pants with flats and a sweater.
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Scarves, pencil skirts instead of slacks, flats/boots instead of pumps...
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