Professional, Smart & Chic – How to Wear Pretty Print Dresses to Work

David Meister Geometric Dress

A work-appropriate look you can get excited about. I love coming up with ways to wear print dresses to the office – including pretty floral dresses. One of my favorite professional looks is a print dress paired with a solid blazer, sweater jacket or cardigan. Yesterday’s post included a versatile black sweater jacket that you could pair [...]

Professional, Smart & Chic – Best Office Dresses from Ann Taylor

Ann Taylor Color Splash Wrap Dress - spring 2013 wrap dress for work office - are floral prints professional appropriate for work

A work-appropriate look you can get excited about. Last summer I wrote a Commandress post about Ann Taylor’s fantastic collection of chic and easy to wear jersey wrap dresses. I’m pleased to report that Ann Taylor has kept up the good work! Today I have several chic and professional jersey dresses to recommend – including [...]

Professional, Smart & Chic – Top Five Professional Blazers Under $100

LOFT Shawl Collar Clean Cotton Blend Blazer

A work-appropriate look you can get excited about. I’ve had a lot of fun hunting for great blazers that are under $100. So much fun, in fact, that today’s post presents my Top Five Professional Blazers Under $100! Blazer Bonus: The Tahari by ASL Yellow Shawl-Collar Blazer that I posted last week is now on [...]

Professional, Smart & Chic – Lovely Peplum Tops for Fall 2012

Alive + Olivia Peplum Top

A work-appropriate look you can get excited about. I’ve been a fan of peplums for years, so it’s been exciting to see so many different tops, blazers, skirts and dresses with peplums this year – a trend that will continue into Spring 2013. What’s so great about a peplum? The combination of a fitted top [...]

Dear Commandress – Do You Need To Tuck in Your Shirts at Work?

Tinley Road Blazer

Today’s Commandress post addresses a question recently posed by Reader M: Dear Commandress:  Do you tuck in shirts when you wear a suit? Sometimes I think it is cute to have a little color poking out under the jacket, but I don’t know if that is just sloppy. Technically, my office dress code is business [...]

Commandress Color Week Fall 2012 – Peacock Blue

Brahmin Anytime Bag - Peacock

Commandress Color Week features work-appropriate clothes and accessories in Fall 2012′s most gorgeous colors, including dark purple, dark green, peacock blue and burgundy. Dark blue does not always mean navy, and my favorite shades of dark blue include cornflower, periwinkle, teal and peacock. As with burgundy and plum, it can be difficult to distinguish dark [...]

Professional, Smart & Chic – Best Office Dresses – Ann Taylor Wrap Dresses

Ann Taylor Wrap Dress

A work-appropriate look you can get excited about.  You know how sometimes you write a store off for a while because it’s not suiting your style, but then one day you take another look and the store is undergoing some sort of renaissance? I’m hoping that’s the case with Ann Taylor right now. Every few [...]