Legacy of Pearl

Business Casual or Smart Casual has been a part of my wardrobe since ten years when I started my current job. As a part of it, I fall back to jeans and pair them with dressier items to make them work appropriate. Since this week was astressful week which is meeting light week with a lot of writing to do and less visitors (that's what I thought!),I decided it was the perfect week to issue a challenge for myself and wear jeans everyday. I wouldn't call this such a stylish week, but functional one. I have weeks like this often when I have a deadline or two where I dress around comfort or efficiency. When I dress in jeans for work, I generally use same couple of pairs. This week I pushed myself to wear different types of jeans just to see if they pass. So the goal was not just to wear jeans, but also change the style of jeans and make it work in an academic venue. Long story short, here's what I did:

• MONDAY: Bootcut jeans with a more casual wash (Mine are A-Pocket from Seven)

This is usually the type of jeans that come to the playground with me not to work. But I think it worked in this particular outfit with flats, patterns and bold colors. The rest of the pieces are moreeye-catching so it is harder to see the wash details of the jeans.

• TUESDAY: Dark wash straight jeans (Mine are Seven Straight Leg Trouser Jeans)

This is the easiest choice for many reasons. The dark wash is easy to pass as work appropriate.

• WEDNESDAY: Bootcut Grey Trouser Jeans (Mine are Jordache by Heidi Klum)

This is the second time I wore these jeans in a smart casual outfit in my blog. First time was two weeks ago.

• THURSDAY: Light Colored Skinny Jeans (Mine are from Ann Taylor)

I think it was ok since the tunic looked like a shirt and the accssories drew the eye upwards like Monday.

• FRIDAY: Wide-legged trouser jeans (Mine are from Yaso)

These jeans can almost be called as trouser jeans so I used it like any other dress pants.


An important detail about making jeans at work is to press them properly. I press my jeans like dress pants after each wash and in this way they look extra sharp when I pair them with dressier items.

So how did I do? What would you change? Do you wear jeans to work? What style is your preference when you do?