3 Pant Silhouettes to Create 3 Three Levels of Dressy-Casual Style

Have you found your professional attire moving toward a “dressy casual” look and feel?

And notice that you tend not to wear professional trouser pants like you used to?

You know you need another option in pants, but are not sure what to purchase?

Today I’m going to share three pant options to add to your professional wardrobe that will give you the dressy casual look and feel yet sharp and polished.

#1 Dressy Casual Level One – the Joseph Ribkoff Trouser Pant

• What I love about these pants is you can dress them up or down, which gives you versatility and ease when getting dressed.  

• The pant has elastic at the waist. There is something so comfortable about elastic, as it allows you to move and breathe in your pants with ease. Gaining a few pounds around the middle gives you some wiggle room to still feel comfortable and confident. 

• It’s an ankle-pant. You can wear an ankle-pant with various shoe styles. A traditional pump. A sandal. A fancy sneaker.

#2 Dressy Level Two – Dark Wash Black Jeans 

• The straight-leg silhouette is classic and timeless. It is always in style and does well with most body types. 

• The dark wash black jean gives you the visual appearance of a pair of trouser pants but the look and feel of approachable and understated. That is dressy casual. 

• The black jean has a professional yet stylish appearance that can be styled with jackets for a crisp sharp presence.

#3 Dressy Level Three – 5 Pocket 4-Way Stretch Fabric Pant

• Here I am introducing a lululemon pant but there are so many options available in this level of dressy casual.  Looks like a jean silhouette but with more polish and elegance.

• Personally, I love the polished fabric with a 4-way stretch fabric that is ultra-comfortable and allows you to move with ease.

•  This pant also gives options to wear with multiple shoe styles.  From a dressy sandal or pump to a dressy casual sneaker.

BONUS: The Skort – Skirt with Benefits

• Dressier than a pant but not a professional skirt style. 

• Benefit of the spandex short underneath so you can move with ease. 

• Personally, I wear my skorts to work in front of zoom to riding my bike to the winery and then to dinner.

As you may have noticed, all my pant options are black. 

Yes, black is versatile and easy to mix-and-match. 

To expand and optimize your wardrobe, I encourage you to ‘try on’ and consider other neutrals like navy, khaki, or white. 

Join me next week for part 2 of the dressy casual wardrobe series as we chat about shoe options. 

If you haven’t already, please come join us in the Style with Significance Private Facebook group as we continue the conversation. 

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel

12 Style Tips to Show Up as Your Best Self as You Go Back to The Office

You’re a different woman than you were 24 months ago, you've evolved.

 As you're looking in your closet you may be thinking, I don't even wear half of these pieces. 

You may be getting ready to go back to work, or already in the trenches of back at the office, and you're looking at your wardrobe thinking, “Oh my gosh, I don't wear 50% of the pieces I already have.”

Realizing over the last couple years how differently you were dressing, right? 

You may have lowered your standards of how you showed up, especially on zoom.

Remember, the world told you it was o.k. to wear pajamas to work.  

Sometimes you get sucked into the world views thinking it’s normal, and then one day you wake up and realize your self-confidence isn’t what it used to be when it comes to style and looking the part.

This is why I’ve come up with 12 style tips for you to show up as your best self as you go back to the office.

Style Tip #1 One by one, begin removing pieces from your closet that don't make you feel like a million bucks. 

Style Tip #2 Take note; you probably purchased clothing pieces over the last 24 months that were designed to be in front of a zoom camera. 

Style Tip #3 Give yourself permission to be done with them and say goodbye.  

Style Tip #4 When you have unwanted pieces, they clutter your mind.

Style Tip #5 You do not want the illusion that you “should” have all kinds of amazing potential outfits, when you do not.  Let them go. 

Style Tip #6 Maybe they remind you of COVID and it is a negative in your subconscious.  Let them go. 

Style Tip #7 Because you didn’t care as much, the quality isn’t aligned with you and your normal standard of purchases. Let them go. 

Style Tip #8 They're tattered, they're ready to go. 

Style Tip #9 One of the things I learned from Marie Kondo and recently did myself was, to completely clear your closet and then begin adding the pieces back in one-by-one. 

Style Tip #10 My philosophy is that everything must be invited back into your closet, and you should love each piece. Marie Kondo would say, “Does it brings you joy?”

Style Tip #11 Do you want to continue to wear them as you move forward into 2022 and beyond? 

Style Tip #12 Do the pieces you are keeping align with how you want to be perceived as a businesswoman? 

Does this process overwhelm you? 

Does it stress you out? 

Would you love help? 

I am here to help you. 

You are invited to my new program that was designed especially for you, called The Seven Day Signature Style Edit.

HERE ARE 3 WAYS I CAN HELP YOU DRESS WITH EASE, BE ON-BRAND, & GET NOTICED:

1. Capture my BEST style strategies and image advice that include secrets to honoring your inner beauty, to what style basics are a must, to creating a color wardrobe capsule – Get Your Ultimate Style Guide: 7 Ways to go from feeling ‘off’ to rocking a signature look that is uniquely YOU!

2. Work with me privately to take you from questioning your clothing and style choices to creating a signature wardrobe that is uniquely you. Schedule a 30-minute Get Dressed with Ease Breakthrough session to share a little about your image challenges and what you’re envisioning for yourself, and we’ll devise a strategy, so you are ‘stepping into your excellence’ and showing up as the powerful woman that you are and dressing with ease. https://www.annettebond.com/contact

3. Join other like-minded successful smart women in my Style with Significance Facebook Group! This is a place to share personal styling ideas, get advice from a professional stylist, and meet other powerful professional women who value looking as good as they feel