It started innocently enough: my boss told me to wear jeans to work instead of my normal business casual. Accustomed to something a little more formal, I began with the baby step of swapping out my pressed pants for tailored dark jeans. After a year, the tailored jeans became a little less nice and the classic top had digressed from twinsets to basic sweaters with a statement necklace. The slippery slope continued into year two and three and into what would eventually be deemed Hobo Chic…I had officially given up. Holes in jeans, tennis shoes and sweatshirts with the occasional fashion scarf... on most days I looked like a 50 year old single woman with cats who had given up. On bad days, I looked closer to a well-dressed homeless person. And on the rare day that I would receive a compliment, it was typically the result of me having brushed my hair and put on a pair of heels.
And so, after a particular day in July when I was told I was
too cute to dress like I did, I decided to challenge myself – for the entire
month of August I was going to put an effort into my wardrobe and business
attire…no casual jeans, no t-shirts and absolutely no sweatshirt material. I cleaned out and organized my closet to
avoid any temptation and picked out the outfits for each week on Sunday.
Below is a montage from the month, including my extra credit
week in September.
After the month, I was impressed that 1) I had that many
outfits hidden in my closet (and still had a few to go), 2) I was surprised at
how easy it was to dress nicely with a little planning and 3) I felt so much
better at work, playing the part of a successful woman.
I am not sure how much longer this will last but at least I
have a few ideas for future outfits, if needed.
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