Recently I’ve noticed a pattern in my closet: I feel great on “dressed up” days, but absolutely blah on casual days. Walking through the airport this weekend, I was experiencing a strong case of travel uglies and admiring everyone else’s outfits on the moving sidewalk. And this led me to a fashion diagnosis: my basics are too basic. So today, here are five wardrobe basics I am planning to swap for less boring counterparts.
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Welcome back to “just one store” conference wear shopping, where we are picking academic conference outfits that you can easily load into one cart and hit check out. I didn’t expect to be back so soon, but Old Navy has a really good 50% off sale on right now. Here are some business casual items that might look good in your next conference suitcase!
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Welcome to my new series where we make academic conference outfits from just one store! If you’re shopping for conference clothes I hope this helps streamline your cart and gives you some ideas for how to mix-and-match out of your packing list. If you’re shopping your closet I hope the outfit ideas also prove helpful!
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So you’ve been handed a university tee shirt, or, better yet, a golf polo (WHY). And it’s suggested that you wear it to a recruitment event, homecoming, a sport, or on casual Friday. The big question here is what to wear with a polo shirt for women? What to do if you dislike branded merch and love expressing your personal style in the office? Here are a few ideas…
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What I wear when I’m out of ideas, my errand running uniform, and a review of the Encircled Revolve dress.
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This blog post is actually me styling straight leg jeans as a skinny jeans loving millennial because I have several pairs and am still getting used to them. But I love that millennials are suddenly talking about what Gen Z likes! I love it because I’ve been teaching Gen Z for a couple years now and I definitely can’t wholesale categorize them as people (duh) but I have noticed the style changes they bring to class! So today I’m reflecting on incorporating new trends while also staying true to what I like.
Continue reading “Millennial thoughts on losing our cool factor, aka, straight leg jeans will not make me younger”If you don’t know about Sezane you should probably skip this post, because I think the cool French clothing company is out to steal my whole wallet. They’re unsuccessful, though, because $120 for a shirt is noooooope not happening on a graduate student budget.
….but that doesn’t mean I can’t look.
Looking at expensive clothes is actually a hobby of mine. It could be purely painful, but I actually like looking at the inspiration and then keeping a phone note of items I want to find on sale or thrift. In the spirit of that, here are some Sezane pieces I have been coveting, along with cheaper “dupes” of those items. Now updated for 2025!
Continue reading “Style on a budget: Sezane lookalikes for cheaper”This semester just went from 0 to 100 real quick. Here’s what I wore on a very “put your hair up and deal with it” week.
Today, my friend Sue, who graduated with her MA last year, talks about dressing for your first adult job!
Hi y’all! I’m Rebecca’s friend Sue. I just graduated and I’m back in the working world. Before I got my MA I worked at a Fortune 500 company, so I had to adjust my wardrobe for grad school (the West, a more casual vibe). I moved back to the East Coast this fall and started a new job so I had to adjust my wardrobe again.
Monday
I typically start the week in a dark dress – I think because it’s easy to roll out of bed Monday morning, put on a dress and not worry about mixing and matching. I typically pair with a cardigan or (maybe) a blazer. My office is business casual, leaning more towards the business than the casual…no casual Friday’s here! I had a few staple dresses from grad school but definitely have been in a bit of a buying frenzy and utilizing Rent the Runway Update!
I’m sitting in Newark (drinking rosé, eating fries!) after a successful 3 days of conferencing. It turns out that being on the job market DOES suck some of the fun out of conferences because it amps up all nerves I’ve been harboring as-is. This conference was specifically for doctoral candidates on the job market to be seen by established professors in the same field, so as you might imagine, the pressure felt real.
Anyway. On to clothes. This was a fall conference, which is the best time to dress for because business casual is no longer too warm! Here’s what I wore…