The Personal Shopper (TPS)

Advice on what to wear to work and office attire.

  • Wednesday’s Workwear Report: Bell Sleeve Dress

    Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. This Calvin Klein dress has bell sleeves, which, as we’ve been noting for months, are very trendy but also very impractical in many ways — so I like that these aren’t full/fingertip length. It’s a nice, breezy take on a shift…

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  • Tuesday’s Workwear Report: High-Waisted Pencil Skirt

    Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. Black Halo’s Jackie dress has been in our Workwear Hall of Fame for years, and I may have featured this pencil skirt before because it has that classic, universal, sophisticated look to it. I like a high-waisted pencil skirt, especially with wrap blouses…

  • Workwear Hall of Fame: Knot-Front Top

    Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. Readers were talking about liking this top from Kohl’s for wearing under blazers and cardigans as a much more affordable version of the beloved Boden Ravello. Some of the prints are kind of out there, but the solid colors look…