| Dress For Success- What To Wear to Work | | | | great look for more casual workplaces. |
| Men at work are dressing up to beat the credit | | | | Avoid cleavage displays, midriff tops, informal clothing |
| crunch Bespoke tailors report increased sales and | | | | such as T shirts, beach sandals, and loud "bling" |
| there is a feeling that being causal at work translates | | | | jewellery. Grooming is important, hair should be well |
| to casual in your job. The hedge fund dress down | | | | cut, clean and not extreme in colour or cuts. Make up |
| Friday look has largely been replaced with a return to | | | | should be discrete, wearing makeup has been shown |
| formal suits and shirts this is an easy uniform to | | | | to increase your chances of promotion just don't |
| adopt. | | | | overdo it. |
| For Women the work arena presents a unique set of | | | | Colour is really important too, choose colours that |
| challenges, how to look professional whilst retaining | | | | flatter depending on your colouring. Traditional work |
| femininity is hard. Many City Women in Financial | | | | colours are black (chic), navy (trustworthy), red |
| Institutions choose pin striped suits and tailored shirts | | | | (dynamic, aggressive), grey (conservative). To |
| from men's tailors to fit in within a masculine | | | | venture into hot pinks, oranges and wild prints is far |
| environment. The right outfit could be the difference | | | | riskier and after all it is your career on the line. |
| between climbing the career ladder and losing your | | | | Look at yourself in a long mirror before leaving the |
| job. Many women struggle to know what is | | | | house, check clothes are ironed, that there are no |
| acceptable at work. | | | | ladders in your tights, check shoes are not very high. |
| The City Accountancy Firm Ernst and Young have | | | | Invest in good quality suits and coats and aim to |
| just put 400 women on a course to develop their | | | | keep them for several years. |
| work look. The firm was concerned that many | | | | Learn what your colour palette is and what styles |
| women are too casually dressed and did not look | | | | suit you. If you don't know use a personal stylist and |
| professional enough. First impressions count people | | | | find out the best colours to bring out the best in |
| make decisions on us in the first 30 seconds. You | | | | your skin tone and hair colour. Summer brings more |
| never get a second chance to make a good first | | | | challenges and women should ideally buy a summer |
| impression. | | | | smart work wardrobe of tailored dresses that will |
| A skirt suit works really well in any work environment | | | | compete effectively with the men sweltering in suits. |
| providing the skirt is not too tight. In a more casual | | | | Invest in a few key outfits that will last a couple of |
| workplace separates skirt and coloured jacket look | | | | years, linen shift dresses look great as do linen mix |
| great too. A dress and jacket also looks good | | | | suits providing they are crumple proof. |
| providing the dress is smart enough and not too tight | | | | Dressing to impress in the current economic climate |
| or too short. Think elegance here. Sweater dresses | | | | should be seen as an essential strategy to getting |
| cut to knee length with a toning jacket is another | | | | and keeping your dream job. |