Is this outfit okay for business casual day?!

[VandalSquirrel]

I work with people who wear socks with sandals in a business environment (insert crying and rocking smiley). I don't think socks should be worn with Chacos, Birkenstocks, Tevas, Danskos, in any environment except when trying them on in a shoe store. pacific Northwest, where socks with sandals, a utilikilt, and a polo/shirt with either Microsoft or Amazon on it is business casual.

OP/katiecouture19 those pants might be okay, depends on the fabric, but those shoes are never business appropriate due to the platform and open toe. Well, maybe business appropriate if work is working it and making it rain $1, but you're going to sorority rush and you have to also walk in those shoes. I don't consider your top choice a blazer, but like my squirrelly sis suggested, a cardigan with a cute top is a good choice. it also may just be my body type and shoes, but a cuffed dress pant can look real nice.

Advice to all ladies, fabric choice can make or break an outfit. Anything that is shiny or pills, or is the wrong type of fabric for the cut/design can work against you. No one should be buying business casual or suit pieces in odd number sizes. Move on to the misses department or petites if you are still growing in your late teens. I grew two inches in college and crossing department lines is not a scary thing if it makes you look good.

[victoriana]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Advice to all ladies, fabric choice can make or break an outfit. Anything that is shiny or pills, or is the wrong type of fabric for the cut/design can work against you.

Well said! I couldn't agree more. There are certain types of fabric that don't look good on certain shapes and sizes, and you have to know how to work with that.

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

No one should be buying business casual or suit pieces in odd number sizes. Move on to the misses department or petites if you are still growing in your late teens. I grew two inches in college and crossing department lines is not a scary thing if it makes you look good.

I 100% agree! I don't think anyone past 10th grade should be shopping in the Junior's department. IMO, The styles are just so tacky and unflattering on anyone over 14 or 15.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by victoriana

I 100% agree! I don't think anyone past 10th grade should be shopping in the Junior's department. IMO, The styles are just so tacky and unflattering on anyone over 14 or 15.

You have stumbled onto one of my three fashion rules.

The other two are:

1. Just because they make it in your size, doesn't mean you should wear it (and that goes to both ends of the size spectrum).

2. Just because it zips, doesn't mean it fits.

I used to work at a department store, and I saw all three rules violated daily.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by victoriana

I 100% agree! I don't think anyone past 10th grade should be shopping in the Juniors department. IMO, The styles are just so tacky and unflattering on anyone over 14 or 15.

It didn't always used to be like that. I think it's swinging back a bit now, actually. You just have to know how to pick and choose. I've gotten some tops and a dress recently in juniors that are basically the EXACT same thing as in the misses department...except they're $20 less. (A big reason why so many women are loath to leave the junior department.)

[victoriana]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It didn't always used to be like that. I think it's swinging back a bit now, actually. You just have to know how to pick and choose. I've gotten some tops and a dress recently in juniors that are basically the EXACT same thing as in the misses department...except they're $20 less. (A big reason why so many women are loath to leave the junior department.)

Good to hear! I would think that some stores would have better junior's departments than others, like Nordstrom of Bloomingdales. I've gotten a few things from the BP section of Nordstrom recently, and they don't look like something you'd find in the JCPenney's junior department at all. Then again, BP is more of a young woman vibe rather than a middle school vibe. To be honest though, I haven't really shopped in the junior's department in many moons... Once I hit about 14-15 I was too womanly up top for those sizes