WOTD: H&M Suiting....Matchy, Matchy!!!!!

Good morning ladies:

Quick WOTD post, H&M dress and jacket combo.  I love this suit.  In fact I think I have another post wearing this exact outfit.  This suit consists of a dress and matching jacket.  The dress has buttons down the back, belt loops and a full skirt.  The jacket is kind of cropped with one button.  I wear this dress with a navy or black solid colored jacket as well.  This suit will also transition nicely into fall with opaque black tights, black heels, and a coordinating scarf/necklace.  The material is a relatively heavy viscose blend....very typical of H&M suiting.  This entire suit cost me $73.00....a great deal for so many pieces that can be worn so differently.

Today it is styled with a patent leather skinny belt from JCrew, and nude pointy kitten heel pumps from Nine West.  I'm also wearing a gold necklace which you cannot see in the picture.  It is easy and professional for a day of meetings with customers!

xoxo,

J.

WOOTD: 4/20/2010

Quick WOOTD post.  I was wearing:

Suit -- Tank Dress and Jacket -- H&M (bought it like two weeks ago so its prob still there)

Belt -- JCrew

Shoes -- Nine West Nude Kitten Heels

I love this suit.  I find a lot of really great summer suiting at H&M and it is so cheap but looks good for the money.  This jacket was $35.00 (originally $60 but they  had a promo) and the dress was $34.99.  So I got the entire suit for like 80 bucks.  I have worn the dress with just a black blazer.  I really like the material it is sort of like a really small check/houndstooth pattern.  This is the black colored one but they also had navy.  The dress has buttons down the back and I add a belt (removing the sad ragged sash that came with it).  It also has pockets.  Overall I am a big fan and I always feel very Mad Men when I wear it!

Have a great day!

xoxo,

J.

WOOTD: Work Outfit of the Day 4/16/2010

A new post series I'm going to try is WOOTD -- aka:  Work Outfit of the Day.  (If I stole this WOOTD from another blogger please let me know...I think I've seen it before but can't recall where)!  I LOVE looking at other bloggers' OOTD.  However, I find that most of the outfits posted out there are pretty casual.  I have to wear suiting (or scrubs) for work every single day.  I'm going to start doing a few posts a week on how I put my suiting together so it doesn't look so stuffy.  

Here is today's OOTD....right now I'm really into skirt suits with a shirt/blouse tucked in and a belt.  I also love me a pencil skirt and pretty much every skirt suit I own has one.

Today I'm wearing a really old suit from about 4 years ago.  I scored this on super clearance at Express.  We are talking like the entire suit for 40 bucks!  The catch -- I bought the jacket 2 sizes too big and the skirt 1 size too big.  I know an excellent tailor and for an additional $40 he resized the suit.  I don't know where else I could get an entire suit for $80!

Outfit details:

Suit:  Express, Spring 2005 

Belt:  JCrew (click here), Size Medium

Shirt:  JCrew Ruffle Tank (Spring 2009), Size XS (This thing ran HUGE!)

Shoes:  Nine West Nude kitten heel pumps, Spring 2010

Have a great weekend everybody!

xoxo,

J