Summertime usually means patio season, rooftops, and outside concerts — just to name a few of our favourite summer activities. And while were excited for the season, it’s hard to fashionably adjust to the weather when you’re stuck at work for most of the day. We get it, you don’t have time to rush home, change and become a completely different you in within an hour, but don’t stress! You can definitely keep your schedule busy, while looking the part for work and your night out, with these simple nine to five fashion tips.
Block and Platform Heels
When going from work to play, your feet usually get the biggest hit. To stop this from happening, the key is to find shoes that will last but still add to your ensemble and platforms and block heels are the way to go. Platforms offer a lot of support while block heels, as well as platforms, are much easier to walk and dance in! Go for shoes like wedges, and shorter block heels with thicker straps against your toes. Comfort can be stylish, too!
Shop the Look: Raye Baker Heel, $240.18, available at revolve.com and Call it Spring Louth Wedge Heel, $19.99
Accessorize
The character Doug from one of fashion’s all time greatest movies, The Devil Wears Prada, once said, “An accessory is merely a piece of iconography used to express individual identity”. To summarize: accessories can take your outfit places. Although, accessorizing can sometimes become distracting when you’re on the go at work. Why not save your bold jewellery statement for your night out? It’s as simple as belting your fit and flare dress for that extra kick or adding a pair of chandelier earrings to jazz up your office updo (who really has time to curl or straighten their hair?).
Shop the Look: IRO Belizary Belt, $500.50, available at Shopbop and Hanging Hoop Earrings, $15.74, available at na-kd.com
Wear Multifunctional Items
Just like technology, fashion gets innovative by the second so we have to give praise to the multifunctional clothing items that are hanging in our closets. It’s as easy as wearing your satin shift dress tucked into your go-to pencil skirt as a top and pairing it with a cardigan for work and then wear just the dress out on the town. Or use your summer wrap dress as a cardigan, by leaving it unwrapped at work, and then wrapping it up into a dress for drinks.
Shop the Look: Zara printed mini wrap dress, $49.90 and Silence + Noise Square Neck Slip Mini Dress, $59, available at Urban Outfitters
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Image courtesy of Carmen Grace Hamilton
Product Info:
1. Raye Baker Heel, $240.18, available at revolve.com
2. Louth Wedge Heel, $19.99, available at Call it Spring
3. IRO Belizary Belt, $500.50, available at Shopbop
4. Hanging Hoop Earrings, $15.74, available at na-kd.com
5. Printed mini wrap dress, $49.90, available at Zara
6. Silence + Noise Square Neck Slip Mini Dress, $59, available at Urban Outfitters
By Prescylla Mizinga, Toronto, @prescyllav
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