Shaking Up the Corporate Dress Code: Embrace Bright Colors and Stand Out

Many professional women in corporate/professional settings need help accepting that bright colorful clothing is okay to wear to work. Being comfortable expressing yourself through fashion is important because learning this will help you be more creative, inspire more confidence and stand out in a good way!

This post will show you easy ways to include color into your professional wardrobe

On the surface it seems minor but stepping out of your comfort zone to expand your professional workwear to bright colorful clothing will help you make more comfortable standing out and expand your ideas.

Sets are trending, use them to your advantage

Sets are trending, use them to your advantage will help you easily plan your outfits for the week, so you don’t have the dreaded “I have nothing to wear” phrase on Monday morning.

When something is trending, it gives you access to a variety of options since they are readily available. Also, it makes it easier to take advantage of sales. I’ve seen a lot of professional vest sets for women. Sets are an easy way to start because you already have the matching top and bottom. You can also break the pieces apart for additional outfits for the week. If you want more cost per wear, try to envision how the set can work with other pieces you have in your wardrobe. An easy way to extend a colorful set is to find a neutral piece of clothing to wear it

 Dresses are a great way to add color

1: Dressed in Joy Dani Shirt Dress 2: Marina Rinaldi Poplin Dress *Links are not sponsored

Dresses are a great way to add color and instantly have an outfit without having to work too hard. Not to mention they are much cooler to wear in the summer heat!  As a professional woman working in corporate/professional environments I wear bright colorful dresses all the time. Each year I try to get one bright colorful dress for summer. I always get compliments too. If you don’t know where to start finding a shirt dress is a good place to start. I have found that shirt dresses are not only professional, but they are versatile. They work on a lot of body shapes as well. Don’t waste time trying to mix and match tops and bottoms when you have one full outfit in one. Check out dressed in joy

 Pick one color to be the focus

You’re going into the office and you’re trying to experiment with your clothing because you’re tired of wearing the same combinations. Picking one color to be the focus and building off that is an easy way to pull more color out of your outfit and won’t make you late to work. Also, don’t wait until the morning to do this. I recommend playing with your combos over the weekend to give you time to test things out. An easy way to do this is to take a neutral pattern and pairing it with color. Doing this will help get the creative thoughts flowing and allows you to easy into more color. The mixture of pattern with a color really does pop.

Here’s how you can get started with picking one color to focus on allows you to enhance the outfit and have one focus for your wardrobe story.

Doing Sets are trending, use them to your advantage, Dresses are a great way to add color, and pick one color to be the focus will help you Less stress when making outfits for work. Avoiding the dreaded I have nothing to wear thoughts. and allows you to express your creativity and stand out without saying anything.