To continue or our special weekend Sustainability Series, TheWorkingWardrobe is honored to bring you an interview with Chicago’s sustainability maven, Jessa Brinkmeyer of Pivot Boutique, Chicago’s very first eco-fashion boutique.
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What is your personal background that inspired you to open Pivot in 2007 as Chicago’s first eco-fashion boutique?
Jessa Brinkmeyer – Pivot Boutique
I studied journalism in college [...]
Kate Coxworth, the genius behind fashion label Kate Boggiano, famous for its gorgeous ruffled blouses and jackets along with camisoles and leggings, didn’t start out with ruffles on the brain. “I was a total science geek,” said Coxworth. At Indiana University, Coxworth worked as a pre-med student for 2 1/2 years. “I never thought fashion [...]
Students at the University of Texas at Arlington who can’t afford business attire for interviews will soon have a campus-grown resource: Project Success, a student organization.
Project Success is seeking donated clothing and money for dry cleaning. Mission Arlington has agreed to keep the clothing in a dedicated area of its downtown offices, within walking distance [...]
Alice Berry has been working in design for the past 25 years – not necessarily in the same fashion. Working as a clothing designer at the beginning of her career, she decided to cut clothing out of her designs in 1997. Until 2000, Berry went from having a name in the clothing industry to making [...]
You’ve applied for that dream job and you’ve scored yourself an Interview. Good work. Now what to wear to that all important, possibly life changing moment? As superficial as it may sound, potential employers not only look at your overall suitability and experience but they also take in how you present yourself. It is simply [...]
by Whitney Middleton of Fauxshionable
I recently had the honor of ransacking the exquisite closet of Rachel Yeomans from TheWorkingWardrobe. At first I thought maybe I’d pull some looks that transition from work to night – but as I started digging, I knew I wanted to focus on looks for strictly for play. Besides – Rachel [...]
When you think “job interview”, usually the first outfit that pops into your head is the business suit. However, what if you are applying for a job in a creative field? What would you wear if the position you are applying for demanded that you make a strong first impression without blending in? This fantastic [...]
“Corporate was the first thing I noticed when moving to the city,” Orlando Espinoza told me during a visit to his Chicago-based showroom. Since moving to Chicago from LA, that was nine years ago. Since then Orlando Espinoza has earned the reputation of dressing the working woman in strong and confident ensembles that turn [...]
Read what Victoria E. Freile of Democrat & Chronicle conveys from an interview on how the office dress code reflects the office itself.
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We ask executives to address issues facing young professionals. Today’s expert is Donna Schultz, president of Mirror Show Management in Webster.
What’s your philosophy on a dress code?
First impressions count. If anyone [...]
It is a nail-biting experience entering (or reentering) the workforce. You went through all the stress trying to get a job. Now you have one and you are about to walk in on your first day, make impressions on your colleagues, and hope like crazy that you will work in this position, that your boss [...]
