* Blazer – H&M * Dress – Forever 21 * Belt – H&M * Wedges – Nine West *
I am a real stickler when it comes to dressing appropriately at work. I convinced myself this dress was work appropriate and I was wrong. I felt uncomfortable all day, despite all the compliments. This dress sure did look a lot longer on the model when I bought it, but that’s the downfall of shopping online right? You take the chance of something arriving not exactly how it appears on the website. I am sure this dress would pass in some offices depending on the company culture.
Have you ever made a dress code faux-pas? If so, did anyone at your job ever call you out on it?
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Super cute dress.
the dress is lovely; i understand where you're coming from. i work in a law firm and it male dominated – i try to make sure that my dress/skirts are of a appropriate length!
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I love this u look gorge babe the yellow blazer just brights the whole look up
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I hate when that happens! Oh well, at least you can wear it out on the town and look great!
I sure did about a week ago in a polka dotted skater dress…glad I had on opaque tights! You look gorgeous appropriate or not!
This dress is really cute!!
I understand about dress code and being a stickler about it. I work in IT and we have a business casual dress code (for those that aren't technicians). I like to wear dresses/skirts because being an Analyst I am in the office all day and I don't go out into the field and need to wear jeans, but I have to still watch the length of my dresses. I made the mistake of wearing one that I felt was too short and I was glued to my chair all day, LOL. I was too embarrassed to let anyone see how short I thought my dress was, I felt like everyone was staring at me all day!! :-O
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Cute dress love the pop of color 🙂
Too cute!! And I love the fit of that blazer! I know exactly what you mean. My butt tends to hike up every dress and/or skirt that I wear!! I'm always self conscious and checking myself. Luckily I've never been called on anything, but if I feel uncomfortable i in something I won't wear it again. It's hard to be fly and uncomfortable! LOL!!
I totally know what you mean, and like you, I felt uncomfortable all day. No one said anything but for me it was uncomfortable!
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so when i wore a dress similar to yours with a white jacket, even though i felt uncomfortable, i too kept receiving compliments – folks even wanted to know if i was going on an interview, which i thought was odd. just goes to show – when you wear something well no one can tell your discomfort.
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I love the dress and the whole look! I'm always on eggshells about wearing short skirts/dresses to work so I understand. But you rocked your dress very well and you look very professional. I don't think you violated but being comfortable is part of being confident.
You look nice, but I do get what you're saying. Typically if we feel uncomfortable it's because it's our inner being saying you know you should'nt wear that :)!!! Or for me I can hear my mother saying now girl u know better than that. I work in professional environment but lawd people come to work in much worse. I had to ask someone whether they were going to a club a one shoulder dress to work!!!
Aww!! You look amazing! love the blazer and dress 🙂
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love the blazer and the dress is very pretty on you!
Very cute! I love the flared skirt silhoutte and above the knee lengths make me feel so – saucy! To get away with wearing my skirts to the office I pair them with tights in cold weather and sheer stockings in warmer weather.
Omg!! Love!! I want that dress!! You look adorable as always!!
Very nice, I have been thru this before and I am a thick girl myself so I felt that whole day that my dress was way too short in the back and I always slid out of the chair just to make sure too much wasnt showing. I still like it
I find that for those slightly shorter dress that is missing those few inches, pairing the outfit with some black opaque tights allows you to maintain a more appropriate look for the office