If you have special eating needs, how do you navigate the business lunch, as well as other noshing and networking events? What are the best tips and practices for enjoying a gluten-free business lunch? Today’s guest poster, Valerie from City|Life|Eats, tackles this very issue. Valerie is an old friend to Corporette, having written here before … Read More about How to Be Gluten-Free in a Business Environment
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. Our guest poster this week: Lisa Carnochan from Privilege — a huge welcome, Lisa! – Kat By the time you reach vice-president, or partner, you have some wardrobe leeway. If, that is, you’ve loosened the stricture of corporate dress code … Read More about Sort of Splurge Tuesday’s TPS Report: Audra Dress
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. Our guest poster this week: Lisa Carnochan from Privilege — a huge welcome, Lisa! – Kat
Hello Corporette readers! Can you hear me in the back? Raise your hand if your flight was delayed at O’Hare! (Always a good ice-breaker at national meetings, that one.)
I will be here all week with my TPS picks. Thank you to Kat for the lovely invitation. As background, I’m 54, semi-retired, and tend to look at professional attire from the end of that long career hallway. Imagine rows upon rows of office doors and greige carpet. Cold bagels, smart people. Oh, wait. That was then.
Today, for Splurge Monday, let’s look at a piece you might wear at the pinnacle of your profession. I imagine this vintage Chanel dress, pleats swinging, on the board room threshold. Or, if things take a difficult turn, testifying at a Senate hearing. Brown pumps. Diamond studs. A trench coat for the passage from driver’s car to building lobby. Not much else required.
You will want, by then, to have established a certain style signature. You will want others, when they see you, to nod their heads a little. “Oh yes, she often wears vintage, or dresses, or large collars.” The specific details are yours to choose. The dress is $1,260 at C.Madeleine’s. 1960s Chanel Pleated Camel Vintage Dress
Seen a great piece you’d like to recommend? Please e-mail [email protected] with “TPS” in the subject line.
(L-0)
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This week, we welcome guest poster Becki Singer of Shopping’s My Cardio. Here’s another store I almost can’t believe I’m suggesting. But this spring, I wrote a feature on my site about red pants, and the fact that they’re sweeping … Read More about Frugal Friday’s TPS Report: The Christie Flare Pant
If you’ve been ogling designer shoes but aren’t sure where to start (or whether to make the leap!), this post is for you. I’ve been reading Tiffany’s blog at I am Style-ish for a few years now, and I’ve always admired the professional but chic way she incorporates designer shoes into her outfits. She has … Read More about A Newbie’s Guide to Designer Shoes
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This week, we welcome guest poster Becki Singer of Shopping’s My Cardio. I hope my darling hostess won’t hate me for it, but I went the tiniest bit over budget on this pick. Forgive me? Absolutely every closet needs a … Read More about Thursday’s TPS Report: Silk Bookmark Blouse
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This week, we welcome guest poster Becki Singer of Shopping’s My Cardio. This just goes to show there’s fashion everywhere. Not in a million years would I normally suggest Bebe for anything, really, much less work-ready fashion. But this jacquard … Read More about Wednesday’s TPS Report: Leopard Jacquard Pencil Skirt
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This week, we welcome guest poster Becki Singer of Shopping’s My Cardio. If I ever come into a large sum of money, my first stop after picking up my check will be a Chanel boutique (preferably in Paris, of course), … Read More about Splurge Tuesday’s TPS Report: Crepe-Trimmed Tweed Jacket
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This week’s guest posts are from one of my best friends since college, who we’ll call Auntie M – read more about her here. – Kat First off, I have no idea why this mustard color is called “Calm Forest.” … Read More about Frugal Friday’s TPS Report: Tab Waist Ponte Knit Dress
2018 Update: We still stand by this discussion on corporate women and gray hair, but you may also want to check out our latest discussion on how to go gray intentionally. Men who go gray gain an air of experience and gravitas — but women who go gray are often seen as “letting themselves go.” … Read More about The Feminine Touch of Gray: Corporate Women and Gray Hair
Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This week’s guest posts are from one of my best friends since college, who we’ll call Auntie M – read more about her here. – Kat I own these pants. I *love* these pants. I’m a curvy girl who used … Read More about Thursday’s TPS Report: ‘Aubrey’ Wide Leg Pants
How to choose the best glasses for your face is one of the trickiest questions in the book, so I asked style expert and You Look Fab blogger extraordinaire Angie Cox to weigh in on the issue…- Kat As a fashion stylist who has an aversion to contact lenses and wears glasses every day, I’m … Read More about How to Select Stylish Eyewear
