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TFB: 5 Ways to Stay Classy at Your Holiday Work Part

There’s one party every year where business is guaranteed to mix with pleasure: Your holiday work party. As fun as it is to finally let your hair down with your fellow co-workers, the savvy Budget Fashionista remembers that staying classy is just as important as dressing for the job. Keep these five tips in mind and you’ll have no qualms about showing your face at the office on Monday morning.

How to Stay Classy at Your Holiday Work Party

Libations: There’s always one person who drinks too much – don’t be her! My rule of thumb is to watch the office slosh (you know who it is) and stay a few drinks behind him/her the entire night. You’re an adult, so stay clear of your limit and you’ll be scotch-free (no pun intended). Here is a link to one of my favorite resources for “how much to drink” at your holiday fiesta!

Dress: Take the chance to shed your daily work attire and show some personality. I always say to dress somewhere between your chosen “first date attire” and “a night out with the girls” – and make sure that it goes along with the theme and expectation (that is, if it’s tropical and on a boat, don’t wear heels and a gown). Take the chance to stand out, just make sure it’s not because you are hanging out.

While your initial inclination may be to avoid your boss at all costs, think again. Take theopportunity to get to know your superiors in a more casual way! Chat about holiday plans, hobbies, etc .

Attendance: Don’t be the last one at the party – It’s not cool, and whatever you do, don’t leave with a fellow co-worker unless you arrived together.

Dancing: While the music may remind you of being at a bar or club, you’re not! Keep everything PG and refrain from any kind of moves that include shaking, touching the floor, bending, or being in physical contact with another person.

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TRACEE ELLIS ROSS IS LIVE!

 

When Joan Clayton became our weekly best friend on the hit television show Girlfriends, we immediatly fell in love with the woman who played her character oh-too-well,  Tracee Ellis Ross.    She related to us on so many levels but what we loved most was Tracee’s style on screen and certainly off.  Thankfully, we can follow the fun and stylish actor on her new self-titled lifestyle blog.  I immediatly fell in love with her tear and wear it section. Take a look for yourself: http://traceeellisross.com/style/tear-it-wear-it-an-introduction. In the meantime, enjoy these lovely images of Tracee’s looks that you can incorporate into a styles for work.

THE ART OF PACKING BY LOUIS VITTON

Whether you are going on a business trip or taking a vacation, packing is probably the worst part of your trip (well that and long lines at the airport ranking at number two).  Louis Vitton is giving travelers a virtual guide to packing.  Check out this interactive clip and tell me is it the luggage your after or really learning how to pack?

MARIE CLAIRE: OFFICE CONFIDENTIAL

Still sitting in your cubicle thinking about your soon-to-be dream office? Take cues from these hollywood chiefs who added bold personal touches to their office space.  

DONNA KAREN TALKS FALL 2012 COLLECTION & SHARES IMPORTANT STYLE TIPS FOR WOMEN

What kind of woman do you design for? I design for a universality of women who are urban, creative and passionate. Even if she doesn’t live in a city, she has the sensibility of one who does. This is a sophisticated woman—one who multitasks in her daily life, one who travels, one who always feels like she’s short on time and needs day-into-evening clothes she doesn’t have to think about.

What is the inspiration behind your pre-fall and fall 2012 collection? We called pre-fall and fall Wo-Man. The concept is about empowering women with a potent mix of his tailoring and her sensuality. To me, style is in the contrasts—strong, soft; light, dark; liquid, structure.

So the objective was to offer her a sharp, shouldered and slim silhouette that could multi-function with ease and sophistication. A great, double-breasted cutaway jacket she can suit up with cuffed pants or a splice skirt. The femininity of a silk bodysuit. A tailored dress that is seduces by flashing just enough skin at the neck and/or leg. A topcoat she can wear over everything. The more pulled-together, the more confident, the more seductive.

If you could give a woman just one style tip, what would it be? Know yourself, your body, your style, and dress to accentuate the positive and delete the negative. There’s nothing more stylish than confidence.

How has your brand evolved from where it began, and what’s next for Donna Karan? Evolved is the perfect word because our Seven Easy Pieces philosophy is the same it was when we first began. Yet the woman and her lifestyle have evolved, and so the actual pieces have evolved with her. She’s even more diverse, pulled in even more directions. Style-wise, she’s more flexible, more creative because she’s not an either/or, she’s an “and.” That’s why we’ve opened Casual Luxe, to address her more relaxed side with sophistication.

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GLAMOUR: HOW TO WEAR A SUIT AND STILL LOOK LIKE A LADY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OFFICE STYLE AT THE JONES GROUP

It’s a fashionable mix of brands—31, to be exact—that influences office style at the headquarters of the Jones Group, located in New York’s garment district.

The apparel maker, which owns labels such as Nine West, Stuart Weitzman and Rachel Roy, has 435 employees at 1411 Broadway. Designers and brand teams share 14 floors of space in the high-rise building.

In her studio, designer Rachel Roy wore a black top and yellow pants from her own label. “I have the luxury of wearing samples because I design for the woman I aspire to be,” she said.

Ms. Roy said that every woman should own a trench coat that can be worn as a dress. “It’s quite smart looking, it’s very slenderizing, it’s powerful and yet feminine,” she said. “It’s a piece that my mother wore, and she was not a fashionista. But it’s the one thing that when she put it on, I was moved by. And so every single collection, I design a trench dress.”

Meanwhile, designers Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra of the label C&T Costello Tagliapietra have been sporting the same look for the past 10 years: beards, plaid shirts and suspenders.  “I think there’s 200 plaid shirts in the closet at any given moment,” said Mr. Tagliapietra. “Our style speaks for itself.”

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