As the summer begins to wind down and your summer office job along with it, the question becomes: what lasting impact have you made on the company and your co-workers? Will anyone even remember your name a week after you leave? While second-guessing the files you didn’t “file” or the transcriptions you forgot to “transcribe”, ask yourself this question before you turn to attention-grabbing fashion as your signature at the office’s end of season luncheon: Do you want to be hired again?
If the answer is “yes”, stick to the dress code: closed toe shoes, modest skirts and pants, no jeans, and nothing too revealing. Maybe, if you’re really gunning for next year’s summer associate position, whip out the company T-shirt. Here is a perfect example of humble, appropriate, and traditional office wear:
Macy’s is having a 20-50% off sale this weekend, so hop on down to get this look with:
D-ring pencil skirt- $29.40
Ruffled short-sleeve Blouse - $26.40
Kenneth Cole Pump - $82.50
If returning to your summer job makes you want to strangle a newborn koala bear (or worse!) it’s time to break all those conformist rules:
No opened toes, you say? Well flaunt more than your pearly pinkies with a pair of BCBGirls “Iriana” Pumps:
Modest skirt? Laura Ingalls Wilder would change her religion to if she was allowed to knit her patchwork quilt in to one of these leggy beasts:
Tommy Hilfiger Patchwork Miniskirt - $41.65
And while I would recommend a plunging neckline as the final upset to office decorum, Macy’s does not dabble in such risqué material. The best I could find was this Lauren Jeans Co. off the shoulder top, but it will do.
Best of luck in your final days of mindless summer corporate work! Don’t forget to end on your own terms.
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