Friday, July 29, 2011

Fashion Friday- Work Attire

I don't know about y'all, but I seriously need to vamp up my office attire! I've only been in the "corporate world" for 9 mos, and 2 seasons (winter and hot!) Luckily, I bought a few "staple" pieces right after I accepted my position as celebration for not being unemployed any longer, but I really don't have cute work attire, that's trendy. I got on a kick of shopping consignment stores and finding GREAT bargains on designer clothes, such as Lilly, and that carried me through the summer. I have some cute dresses for work, but not many fall dresses and I need some things that are trendy, traditional, timeless, and too cute! I found a few things on Pinterest while browsing the website for hours because it's literally my new hobby! Here are my finds!



LOVE this grey dress as a closet staple. SO many bright colors can be paired with it! MUST FIND GREY DRESS!! Also, nice to see deep purple is going to be a trend again.

Source: None via Morgan on Pinterest

Would have NEVER put these colors together, but how brilliant! Definitely a classic look for the office, modest, yet intriguing!



Love a sweater vest and pearls... masculine meets sweetly southern feminine.

Here are some transition outfits for those late August/early September days!


Source: tumblr.com via Morgan on Pinterest



Not sure if your office has the same problem as mine, but some days it's hot and other days you could hang meat! So I like outfits that incorporate a sweater, plus I'm a fan of layering! :)


I think this may be my new favorite fall look for work. LOVE the mustard/school bus yellow w/ grey skirt. I like the "old school/man" look of the sweater, and the white blouse underneath makes it PoP! <3 MUST FIND YELLOW SWEATER!


Again, LOVE the shade of yellow and this is a perfect, slenderizing dress that is modest enough to wear in the office, yet could be spiced up to wear out, like say to Happy Hour! ;)


Ok... do you see the trend! YELLOW!! But this time with a splash of teal! My other new favorite color! PLUS the GREY DRESS! Be still my heart! I want this entire ensemble!

Now, we all know and are saddened by the fact that Lilly P has to tone down her brightness for fall/winter, but she's got some great prints for 2011.... they made their debut yesterday & my sweet little email that came right before lunchtime (and right before a pay day, Friday) gave me the sneak peek! :) These pieces stood out and I'm leaning towards owning the skirt because it's just TOO ME!



This is even Orange and Navy.. perfect for wearing on a gameday Friday!


Perfect skirt for me! :)



Well... my life isn't all work, I play too! So here are a few casual weekend outfits that have caught my eye for the fall! Which in case you haven't noticed is not only my favorite season, but favorite FASHION season!



Source: flickr.com via Morgan on Pinterest

MUST FIND TROUSER JEANS!

Clearly, Fashion Friday the past 2 weeks has been about fall fashion, but I'm WAY over this dramatic heat and humidity and ready for mother nature to quit having hot flashes! Seriously. Hope everyone has a great weekend and can suffer the heat a little bit more with some fun on some water, or a cold drink in hand, or just a hot date on a summer night! :)








6 comments:

  1. Check out H&M's website for some cute, affordable work clothes. I was on their site the other day and saw a bunch of cute stuff.

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  2. Great ideas, love all the yellow. I'm just starting off my professional wardrobe too. As for gray dresses, have you seen this one at BR?:

    http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=69887&vid=1&pid=850631

    I know it's pricey but they so frequently have deep sales (30% for the next couple days) it might be a good foundation piece. I imagine there will be one with cap sleeves like you pictured as we get closer to fall.

    Now following, hope to see you do the same,

    Julia

    http://fashionandhistrionics.blogspot.com/

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  3. Great post! Loved all the outfits! Especially those black heels and the yellow dress. Happy Friday!

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  4. Everything is SO cute! I am loving the first outfit so, so much! My work is casual attire so I wear jeans everyday. Sometimes I wish we had to dress up so I'd make more of an attempt to look cute...

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  5. I ADORE those two gray dresses, both with capped sleeves. I need a dress like that... so chic!
    I'm loving your blog, I found it through the blog hop (that I'm not a part of haha). New follower!
    Meri
    http://merigoesround.com

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  6. i love the yellow cardigan! I've been looking for one just like that but to no avail :-(
    You have a really cool blog here so I added you thru Google Friend Connect..maybe we can follow each other? I just started my blog 4 months ago about travel and design and I would appreciate the support so, so much!.. I want to make it a place where people can come for inspiration and escape. Please come visit soon! Hopefully you like it enough to follow along also :-)
    Thank you and have a beautiful day!

    Hugs from NYC
    TravelDesignery.com

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