Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
Reiss is another retailer that is fairly new to the States that has some great work pieces (despite their apparent affinity this season for the double-breasted blazer — do those look good on any woman?). For today’s TPS, we’re liking this wrap dress, available in “shell pink” (pictured) and black. We like the pleat details in the front, and we like the fact that the styling seems reminiscent of knitwear rather than a silky acetate, which is what the dress is. We’d probably wear it with layers — perhaps a gray long-sleeved crewneck beneath and gray tights until the weather is warmer, and then perhaps a simple white slip beneath it for the summer. It’s $255 at Reiss.co.uk. Reiss Sky Dress
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For today’s accessory, we like this feather printed cashmere scarf. We actually lurve it in the green, but it comes in brown, grey, and gold as well. At 28″ by 72″ it’s the perfect size for a wrap to keep you warm in winter months — particularly if you have a crazy radiator that shuts on and off at will — or to use as a travel blanket/pillow, as readers suggested. It’s $78 at Nordstrom. La Fiorentina Feather Print Cashmere Scarf
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Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
White House|Black Market has a ton of cute things on sale, including this lovely cashmere-blend wrap. We like the size of it, a well as the three layers of very workable colors: black, gray, and ecru. We’d add it to our office stash, or wear it with a turtleneck, as pictured. It’s $30 from White House|Black Market (was $58). Cashmere-Blend Multi-Layer Wrap
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We were thinking last week of the multitude of uses for the wrap, of which every woman should buy one or two to keep at the office. (Pictured: Made to order fabric shawl from Nitscreation, available on Etsy.com for $15-$30.) In addition to being a great way to keep warm during the summer (when air conditioning goes into overdrive) and the winter, they can be used to:
- Fold for use as a pillow for a power nap
- Add more color to your office, either thrown across a visitor’s chair or folded on the back of your chair
- Warm your legs when wearing a skirt, using as a lap blanket
- To add length/coverage to skirts when working alone in your office… Maybe it’s just us, but: when we’re working behind a closed office door, we tend to put our feet up on the desk and otherwise sit in positions that can be troublesome with a skirt (particularly A-line). And, of course, we’ve been embarrassed at least once when our secretary opened the door without knocking, or when that guy down the hall mistakenly opened our office door, thinking it was his own. Sure, we could stop sitting like that, but instead we tend to compensate by wrapping the scarf around our hips in order to add length to the skirt and to keep it closer to our body.
- To touch hot objects. Last week, we had to smile when we got one reader’s triumphant e-mail about her run-in with the hot office copier:
All alone in the office in the middle of the night, the copier broke. I took apart the machine to unjam the paper, but a mechanism had bent out of shape. Always one to listen to my mother (“don’t stick your fingers or a fork into the toaster while it’s plugged in! you could electrocute yourself!”), I struggled to improvise pliers out of non-conductor office items. I tried accounting tape ropes, inkless plastic pen wedges, and almost gave up–until I remembered the silk scarf around my neck. Wincing, I looped it around the mechanism and pulled–and it snapped back into place! Everything worked out and I finally left the office with all materials produced and the scarf none the worse for the wear! I can only thank myself, really, for matching that scarf to my shoes at the last minute this morning as I ran out the door!
Love it! A wrap would work just as well in this circumstance, we think. (And hey, we’ve all tried to fix the copier/fax machine/printer by ourselves in the middle of the night. It’s part of the fun of the job.)
Readers, what other uses have you found for wraps? We know there must be more…
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Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. We begin the week in splurge mode, with our most expensive suggestions, and wind our way to Friday, where a less expensive item of clothing might be just what you need to make it to the weekend.
As we approach spring (finally!) layering becomes more and more important, and one turns to the classic pieces such as wraps and stoles. These versatile pieces can be worn over a suit jacket, a sweater, or a sleeveless dress; the best ones are exceedingly soft to the touch and cut in a way that helps you avoids that “draped in a blanket” look. The beautiful wrap to the right is exclusive to Bergdorf Goodman online: a cashmere stole from Loro Piana. At $2,695 it is definitely an investment piece, but once you’ve touched Loro Piana cashmere, one you’ll know is worth it. Cashmere Printed Stole
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