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By Sharalyn Hartwell It’s that time of year when Gen Y’ers are packing up, getting ready for summer jobs and internships. Space is often limited and cramped, especially when it comes to closet space, which means you have to make your wardrobe stretch. Your favorite graphic tee is more versatile than you might think. Comfy [...]
By Sharalyn Hartwell As female young professionals, we have to walk a delicate line. In my career, I’ve seen far too many women make the mistake of either thinking only about portraying their age in their office attire or only portraying their professionalism. Neither extreme works. You can convey both professionalism and youth, in a [...]
By Sharalyn Hartwell Even though most offices operate under a business casual dress code these days, it is still imperative for every young professional to build a strong working wardrobe. This can seem a daunting task, particularly for the young male. The typical college guy’s wardrobe full of jeans, graphic t-shirts and Chuck Taylors isn’t [...]
My recent incursion into the workforce has rendered me confused as to what exactly constitutes business attire in architecture. With no enforced dress code, the firm I have been working for in the past months continues to surprise me each week, with its similarity to the casualness of a Silicon Valley start-up (though, with the [...]
Be it your first internship, your first job or your promotion, there is a time when the excitement of a grand opportunity is temporarily outweighed by the fact that a new work wardrobe must be purchased before a paycheck is delivered. At these times you ponder the basics of discount work wear shopping: H&M, Nordstrom [...]
When Emilia Dlugolecka was laid off from her corporate job in January, she never imagined she’d become an entrepreneur. “At first it was like, this is great, I’m gonna hibernate this winter and I don’t have to fight traffic or get on the El when it’s like zero degrees,” she recalls. A few months later, [...]
When you interviewed the new hire, he came in wearing casual business wear. You had no reason to go over the company dress code. On his first day of work, though, he walks in with a shiny diamond stud earring. It’s time to set the record straight. Read what Adelia Cellini Linecker of Investor’s Business [...]
