I have this one top in my closet that I knew I was going to buy as soon as I saw it in the store. It is charcoal grey and made of a thick ponte fabric that feels as soft as a sweatshirt. It’s got these wide, sewn-down folds that run diagonally across the waistline….
With each day that passes in September, it is more noticeable that the hours of daylight are lessening for us here in the Pacific Northwest. At this point in my life, I no longer feel the pull of back-to-school time at the end of summer, nor the need for back-to-school clothes. Instead, I feel the…
As we enter into this season of warm days and cooler nights, layering pieces become all the more important. The leather biker jacket is one of those magical closet items that have the ability to transform your outfits. The classic jacket with all its zippers and snaps is like magical fairy dust for your closet….
National Underwear Day National Underwear Day, since 2003, has been about celebrating how exactly right our bodies are. The intent is to help women and men embrace their body image. Every body is beautiful, and National Underwear Day is for celebrating this fact. In an effort to help you feel beautiful in your underwear, we asked…
My own personal office dress code is shirt-and-tie equivalent. My boss wears a button down shirt, dress pants and a tie to the office every day. Occasionally his attire includes a suit jacket. So where does that leave me? Dressy separates (in multiple layers) with no sandal-style shoes, essentially. Here’s my go-tos for summer work wear….
It can be a difficult balance to manage the heat of the summer sun while maintaining a professional appearance at the office. Given that many of us struggle daily to figure out what to wear, summer temperatures can certainly increase your closet frustration. You need to avoid excessive sweating on your commute to work, and…
Dress For a Party Picture this: you’re wearing your party outfit, your shoes are just right, you’ve got a glass in one hand and an hors d’oeuvre in the other. At the same time, over your shoulder is your every-day bag, that one that holds your life. You can solve all of your life’s problems…
A pencil skirt is one of those classic closet items that is a wardrobe work horse. It dresses up for corporate settings, and dresses down for weekend daytime events. Pencil skirts have this mystical power to look amazing on all body shapes. They add curves to straight shapes and graciously slide over hips on curvaceous…
[sources] What Shoes Will Work at Your Work? The days are getting hotter. For the next few months, even at the office, we just naturally want to wear clothes that are a lighter weight. Footwear that is dark and heavy and clunky stays tucked at the back of our closets in favour of something lighter…
Outfit planning is a fast-track way to turn your post-vacation mantra from “I barely wore half of what I lugged around the Mediterranean” to “packing is my super-power”. I touched briefly on the value of outfit planning in the previous Carry-On Only posts Part 1 and Part 2. Now I want to delve in to…