For people who've known me longer than the past few months, you'd know I'm not really into fashion. In high school, when I wasn't in school uniform, I would be content with oversized t-shirts (preferably black), jeans and creepers. In college, I was still the t-shirt (not so oversized), jeans and sneakers type of person.
When I started working and maybe til about late last year, my idea of work clothes would be a collared blouse and slacks. Occasionally, I will be caught wearing a proper blazer. Oh, I'd be wearing heels but would prefer flats. It wasn't til about 5 months ago when I started "dressing up at work."
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| URC Days, late 90s. Wearing jeans, shirt blouse and a borrowed oversized blazer. |
So why the sudden change? Let's call it peer pressure. (Kung kelan tumanda saka nagpa-peer pressure!) Actually none of my colleagues were pressuring me. But if your younger colleagues start looking better than you, baka mapagkamalan kang assistant nila! Hindi happy thought yun. Hahaha!
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| During a Singapore business trip in 2006. Wearing long-sleeved shirt, slacks and slippers! (I can't remember if I just changed my footwear here coming from the session. I hope so.) |
My transformation started slowly and small. I started my fashion change with shoes, that is, wearing heels.
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| I discovered 3 1/2" heel arch is still comfortable for me. Also, wedges and platform helps a lot! :D |
Also, I started wearing blazers more often. I found that wearing a jacket gave me a more formal office look even if I was actually just wearing a t-shirt underneath that jacket.
And lately, well, I've taken to wearing dresses! I actually have 3 dresses that I can wear to work in my closet! ha!
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| First office dress I got at an export overrun store. Super sulit at P700! :D |
It's still not a complete transformation. Mostly I still wear my traditional collared blouse and slacks but this time I make sure I stop wearing them when they're all faded out. :P
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