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 t
he 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?
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