A bump is not a reason to look like I gave up on Monday. I still use the Seattle office bar, prepared before I speak, when friends have client lunches, all-hands, or dinner out while pregnant. Chic pregnancy outfits, for…
If you have ever stood in front of your closet at 8:05 with a too-hot travel mug, already answering Slack in your head, you know the comfy work outfit problem is not vanity. It is hours of sitting, weird AC,…
If you have ever stood in front of your closet at 8:03 a.m. with cold coffee, convinced you have nothing to wear to work, I get it. I spent years in Seattle offices, and the gap between a dress code…
Let us be honest: pregnancy style can turn into a long stretch of leggings and whatever still zips, and I get it. Comfort is not negotiable when you are growing a human. Still, I miss the version of me that…
I still remember a Tuesday in Boston when a client texted me between classes. She had three back-to-back lectures, a short meeting with her advisor, and she wanted her school outfits to look intentional, not like she spent forty minutes…
I have lived this phrase in every cubicle, conference room, and break room in Seattle, and I still flinch a little at how vague “business casual” can sound. When I talk about business casual outfit ideas, I do not mean…
A European summer is not a single aesthetic. It is sun that does not let up, stairs that do not care about your shoes, and photos that get taken whether you are ready or not. I am based in Boston,…
I managed front desks in three Seattle offices before I wrote full time. The phrase “business casual outfits for women” used to frustrate me, because the Pinterest version rarely matched a cold conference room, a last minute client, or a…
I am Hannah, and I spent years as an office manager in Seattle, dressing for industries that all said “business casual” and meant slightly different things. I stopped treating the phrase as a mood board. I treat it as a…
When I was still running workshop nights for juniors who were panicking about May, the same students who could pitch a project in a classroom would go quiet on what to wear to a home game. I get it. A…