What Is Business Casual and How is a Woman to Wear It?

Everyone is talking about work attire, especially business casual. No wonder when the words themselves are an oxymoron. Here you will learn what business casual means and how you can dress accordingly. In an environment where jobs are on the line, what you wear to work has become more important than ever.

DRESS LIKE YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A TEAM. What to wear to work is determined by your work environment. As many employees work in teams, you have to dress as a member of that team. There is always an implied dress code. If you are unsure, observe other successful women where you work, or consult your HR department to understand what is required.

REALIZE THAT "CASUAL" SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LITERALLY. Your personal level of comfort should not be offensive to your co-workers. Clothes and shoes should be clean, well-maintained and not revealing. Undergarment straps/colors should be hidden.

WEAR CLOTHES THAT FIT. A tailored fit is always appropriate for business. Clothing that is too tight, too loose, too short, too revealing, or has too many layers, ruffles, edges or adornments is not appropriate.


KEEP ACCESSORIES NEUTRAL Closed toe shoes you can walk in, handbags not suitcases, and jewelry that doesn't jangle are all appropriate. Make-up should be natural and perfume left for evening.

ALWAYS ASK YOURSELF "WHERE CAN I WEAR THIS OUTFIT". If you think you can wear it to the beach, a barbecue, or a club, you cannot wear it to work.

SIMPLY STATED YOUR BUSINESS WARDROBE SHOULD BE JUST THAT, CLOTHING THAT IS RESERVED FOR WORK. Always be ready to meet the boss, an important client, or promote your career by dressing appropriately every day.

How to Look Like You Lost 5lbs by Wearing Slimming Clothes

We all want to look thinner faster. And although diet and exercise is the way to go, it is a slow process. So in the interim, what’s a woman to do?

BUY A BODY SHAPER: There are many great shapers out there to diminish your flab and make it go somewhere else. If where your body fat goes is not obvious, you are in luck. And, if you don’t mind getting in and out of one of these iron maiden “garments” you can look 5lbs thinner in your clothes when you wear one.

WEAR DARK COLORS: Dark colors make you appear smaller. That’s why the “little” black dress is a classic. Will wearing black make you look 5lbs thinner? It depends on your body type and the specific dress.

WEAR CLOTHES THAT CREATE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS: When what you see does not match objective reality, what is created is an optical illusion. Cashmere tops by Sweater Art are optical illusion garments that may make you look like you lost 5lbs. Clothes with color blocking, particularly darker colors at the sides of the garment, will make you look thinner. Clothes with diagonal lines which angle towards the middle of the body are also good choices

TIPS:
1. Shop your closet and try to achieve slimming effects by pairing dark and light colors.
2. Shop stores with a focused desire to find clothes that make you look thin.
3. Shop with a true friend who will kindly tell you what she sees.
4. Starting August 30, shop the Sweater Art online store.

Slimming Sweaters - Colorful Illusions

What makes you look slim? First and foremost, it's clothes that fit you. Bulky, voluminous garments do harm adding to your figure. But that doesn't mean that what you wear should be tight. Both fitted and A-line shapes can have a tailored, business casual appearance.

Our "Zelda" alpaca cardigan is slimming because the use of a darker color at the sides makes the silhouette look narrower. Use colorful illusions like this to mix and match pieces from your own wardrobe. Or contact us to buy the "Zelda" cardigan.

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Sweater Art - Slimming Sweaters

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Slimming Sweaters - Optical Illusion Tricks

Optical illusion is all about perceiving visually something that is different from objective reality.

Playing tricks on the eye is something you already do. Applying makeup is an easy to understand example of using color optically to create highlights and shadows to sculpt your cheekbones, or deepen your eyes.

With clothing, darker colors make a women look thinner hence the "little black dress" is classic.

The concept gets more interesting when lines are used to create shape. The inward angles of the lines on the the sweater at the left narrow the body.

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Slimming Sweaters - The Optical Illusion Garment

Sweater Art is a line of intarsia knit alpaca and cashmere sweaters for the executive woman. We use design and color to fool the eye and camouflage the body. Color theory and graphics help us accentuate the positive through optical illusion. Our sweater shapes show the figure to its advantage. We believe our ideas are "creative solutions" for women 45+ who want to project a powerful corporate image.

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Work Attire - Sweaters in the Summer

Feel the heat? Work attire during the summer months is often a challenge. We don't go there.

At Hallet Sweater Art we want to suggest that summer is a good opportunity to clean and store your luxury fiber sweaters so they will be fresh when fall arrives.

Pillow cases are great storage bags as they allow air to circulate and act as a barrier to moth larvae. If you want to use plastic bags, place a piece of tissue paper in the sweater fold to absorb any ambient moisture.