Corporette's Workwear Hall of Fame

Workwear Hall of Fame

Corporette's Workwear Hall of Fame The best-selling, classic workwear styles that professional women need!

Welcome to The Corporette Workwear Hall of Fame! I started this blog in 2008 — and I’ve been fascinated to see how, every so often, a company gets such a rave response to a dress, bag, or blazer that they keep producing the item, year after year. There may be new colors or patterns, or slight adaptions like pockets or sleeves — but in general it’s the exact same product. These classic, best-selling styles are exactly the pieces you want to use to build your work wardrobe. We always mention the Hall of Famers in our biweekly Hunts (where we go on the Hunt for a classic workwear piece), but I thought it would be great to collect some of these heavy hitters into one easy place for readers to review the items. Thus: the Corporette Workwear Hall of Fame was born.

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Workwear Hall of Fame: Felicia Flat
Updated05/31/2022
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Update: This comfortable flat (with serious padding!) is included in the Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale for as low as $83.

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Workwear Hall of Fame: The Columnist Pant
Updated12/28/2019
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. I don’t think we’ve ever had a Workwear Report on Express’ two very popular pants styles — the Editor and the Columnist — but we’ve mentioned them in our various roundups like machine washable pants for work and the best…
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Workwear Hall of Fame: The Taylor 2.0 Dress
Updated12/28/2019
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. We just did a Hunt on sheath dresses, and I didn’t want to include colorful dresses like this one from MM.LaFleur — but then I saw this deep plum color, which looks gorgeous. It also comes in a really nice…
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Workwear Hall of Fame: New Lightweight Sweater Blazer
Updated12/31/2019
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This lightweight sweater blazer comes in several colors and has a nice laid-back vibe.
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Workwear Hall of Fame: Transport Tote
Updated12/22/2020
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Dec. 2020 Update: There are a ton of great colors of this bag in the 2020 Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale for as low as $59.