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Thursday, January 14, 2016

What to Wear to Work | Fit & Flare Dress

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Hope everyone is having a good start to the New Year!

January is the end of my company's fiscal year, so I'm spending a lot more time at the office to close out a successful FY16.  I'm doing my best to post as much as possible, but the next few weeks you might see less activity on social media. I'll be more active in February!

Moving on to today's outfit, I wanted to share a "cold weather" look for the office. When it's cold outside, I struggle to find something to wear to the office. There are a few tips for us corporate girls to look our best, while staying warm during the winter. The one obvious tip is to stock up on tights. I've purchased a few pair from WHBM, but my favorite tights are from Wolford. They're an investment,  but they're worth every penny. I've had this pair for over 3 years and they're still in excellent condition (also worn here). No snags from my nails and they also keep my legs warm.

The other tip is to try out a wide leg trouser with your favorite pair of work boots. Instead of wearing slim fit pants with heels (like I wore here), the wider leg pant will keep any part of your leg/foot from being exposed to cold temperatures.

Here are a few options for tights and wide leg trousers:




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Another tip is to have a few key blouses for layering. For example, this Kate Spade blouse can be worn with any color blazer, under lightweight sweaters and v-neck dresses. What's great about this blouse is that it can be worn with or without the bow. Sometimes a big white bow isn't appropriate for customer meetings. 

Here are a few more of my favorite white/cream blouses:




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A special thank you to my mom who gave me this beautiful dress for Christmas. She's always been my style icon and continue to inspire me everyday.
Dress - BarIII comes in several colors, I'm wearing a Small
Top - Kate Spade
Heels - Manolo Blanik (love these by Ivanka Trump)
Bag - Chloe 



Photos by Lydia Hudgens

Monday, January 11, 2016

Casual Look | Pink + Neutral

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pink wool sweater j.crew coat wool coat club monaco sunglasses reflective paige denim sam edelman kate spade watch corporate catwalk casual weekend nyc look fashion bloggers in nyc
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pink wool sweater j.crew coat wool coat club monaco sunglasses reflective paige denim sam edelman kate spade watch corporate catwalk casual weekend nyc look fashion bloggers in nyc
pink wool sweater j.crew coat wool coat club monaco sunglasses reflective paige denim sam edelman kate spade watch corporate catwalk casual weekend nyc look fashion bloggers in nyc
pink wool sweater j.crew coat wool coat club monaco sunglasses reflective paige denim sam edelman kate spade watch corporate catwalk casual weekend nyc look fashion bloggers in nyc

Sweater - J.Crew (similar here here)
Sunglasses  - Illesteva 
Denim - Paige (worn here)
Boots - Sam Edelman old 
Scarf - Club Monaco (similar styles here)
Coat - J.Crew (worn here)
Hat - Club Monaco old (similar here and worn here)
Watch - Kate Spade
Ring - Monica Vinader 

pink wool sweater j.crew coat wool coat club monaco sunglasses reflective paige denim sam edelman kate spade watch corporate catwalk casual weekend nyc look fashion bloggers in nyc




Photos by Lydia Hudgens

Monday, January 4, 2016

First Work Day of the New Year

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Happy New Year and welcome to the first day back to the office!

With every New Year, comes a chance to set goals and strive to hit them everyday. Three things I'm doing to make sure that stick to my goals are:

1. Write down goals and save them in a Word Doc
2. Spend 15 minutes a day working on my goals
3. Use a planner* and use it daily
(*Nina Truing recently sent me an XO Planner, it's been a great way to organize my days, weeks and months. I like that it has a section for "Health" and "Brilliant ideas".)

Two of my New Year's Resolutions are to plan out my daily work outfit and keep my closet organized. Nothing makes my mornings more than rummaging through my closet and not knowing what to wear to work. Last night I spend 15 minutes looking  through my closet and planned out today's outfit, I've already had a good start to the day! 

Today, I'm sharing some of my favorite work looks to help others get inspired for the first week back to work!

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Above photo wearing Reiss trousers and J.Crew Blazer. More photos here. 
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Wearing Citizen's Mark Blazer. See more photos here
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Wearing Banana Republic sweater and pants. See more photos here
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In the above photo I'm wearing a Citizen's Mark blazer with a J.Crew cardigan and Banana Republic top. See more photos here
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Three staple pieces in my closet, J.Crew dress, Zara trench coat and Saint Laurent bag. See more photos here
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Wearing J.Crew sweater and skirt. See more photos here
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One of my favorite looks. Wearing Zara skirt and Ann Taylor button down. See more photos here.

Follow me on Twitter, I'll be sharing more work outfits and articles for busy 9-5 women. 



Photos by Lydia Hudgens