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All in Style
Being fashionable and appropriate in the a work setting can be tricky. You want to be cute while staying within the dress code. No one wants to work with or promote a sloppy or unkempt person, no matter how hard of a worker you are. Bottom line your appearance is important.
April has been a pretty interesting month weather wise. The weather has flipped back and forth from cold to hot. Hopefully, we will have consistent warm weather soon. When it begins to warm up, most of us tend to become more relaxed with what we wear to work. I believe you still need to be office appropriate even if it is hot as the crap.
Spring is here, although it may not feel like it. Transitioning your wardrobe to Spring can be nerve wracking especially when you live in the South like I do. Once you build your wardrobe basics, transitioning your wardrobe from season to season should be fairly simple. One way to do this is to create a capsule wardrobe.
A wardrobe with a solid foundation should last from season to season. Your wardrobe basics should provide you with several options that you can mix and match, no matter what the season is. The purpose of building your wardrobe basics is to create a functional wardrobe.
When adding new pieces to your wardrobe this Spring, remember to use the 70/30 Rule. Your closet should be 70% classic and functional pieces, 30% trendy and fun pieces. Here are a few basic pieces you should definitely add to your closet, if you haven’t already.
Casual Fridays were started in Hawaii in the 60s as Aloha Fridays. It was started as a way to sell floral print shirts. It was adopted on the mainland as Casual Fridays in the 90s by Levi Strauss & Co to promote their Dockers brand. Most of us look forward to the day we can be a little more casual in the office and throw on a nice pair of jeans.
