get yourself ready for an attempt at a fashion post. i didn't get my butt going fast enough tonight to take photos of my actual outfits like i planned, so outfit collages it is. most mornings i try to wake up as close to 6:00am as possible. it's easier when Mister Man isn't here, because then there is no one keeping the bed warm, and then what's the point of hitting snooze, you know? so the intention to get up and ease into my day is totally there. but you know, the best laid plans and all that nonsense, there are a lot of mornings i roll out of bed closer to 7:00am.and it's on those days, when i'm hurrying to finish my makeup and waiting for the dry shampoo to rub out of my hair, i'm so thankful that i have a work uniform. obviously not prescribed to me by my work, but a self-imposed uniform that i've developed over the past four years. (sidebar: how am i old enough to have worked at the same place for four consecutive years?)
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i like to call my work uniform "comfy business casual". it consists of skinny black pants, a t-shirt/cardigan combo or a sweater. it doesn't matter if it's summer or winter, my office is freezing all the time, so my uniform never changes. i make all my work clothing purchases based around this fact and am in the process of collecting enough skinny black pants that i never have to wear anything else. can i just tell you that when i first started wearing them, i felt like i was doing something wrong? BECAUSE SKINNY PANTS WERE SOMEHOW SHOCKING. yes. that's what i'm dealing with here.
i try to get more creative with my style choices outside of work, but i always try to dress to flatter my shape, which for me means fitted shirts with everything. when you're top-heavy like me, you don't get to wear those cute button-up shirts that make you look automatically professional. and you just have to be okay with that. layers are definitely your friend if you're in this situation, unless you want to get to know human relations really well. it's amazing what people think passes for acceptable work clothing. i once saw a woman in my building who was wearing a purple body-con minidress and hooker heels. i wouldn't even have worn this outfit to a club (do people still call them clubs?), that's how bad it was.
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i couldn't live without the
really skinny premium pant from GAP. they are amazing. fit like a dream and hold their shape so well. one of the most flattering things i've ever put on my body. if they ever need a really short, average shaped spokesperson, i'm their girl.
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long cardigans from banana republic are my favorite as well. that layer thing i mentioned up there? these are basically the best substitute for jackets you can get, and you still look really put together. (i suppose i'm kind of a GAP brands slut when it comes right down to it, aren't i?.)
is that weird that i wear the same thing just about everyday to work, or do other people do this too? my work uniform basically keeps me from being late to work 90% of the time, because when you're a bum like me, you need to cut corners when you can.
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