New day and I still haven’t found my way out of the jungle, for my near and dears this is no surprise as navigating has never been my strong side. Slightly off the topic, but here’s a Zoe confession:
“Hi, my name is Zoe and I have been lost whilst driving with a Sat Nav”Back on the jungle track, my current ocean of inspiration, when it comes to work place fashion, is Kim Raver’s character in Lipstick Jungle, the chic, slick and fists-of-steel Nico Reilly. Her wardrobe cheekily sneaks in carefully selected bold pieces with ample oomph which turns the plain office attire into a personal power suit.
More often than not, this magic piece is a necklace. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a picture of my all time favourite Nico outfit. More frustratingly, I cant even recall which episode it was featured in! She was wearing a black shirt which was appropriately buttoned, i.e. no attention seeking cleavage and not fully buttoned. Underneath the shirt, she was wearing a big, bold, beautifully detailed bright coloured necklace that was half concealed by the shirt collar but rebelliously peeking through the opening of her shirt. If any one knows which episode this magnificent assemble was spotted, please let me know.
Until then, you will have to make do with the following master pieces:
Imagine how plain this would have looked with a thin silver chain would have looked around her neck.
On its own, would you have worn that necklace to work? Not in my wildest dreams would that necklace have been allowed to even cross my mind! But paired with a sweater in the same colour-family, it looks great.
For those of you who still feel that this is a bit too much, opt for a similar couple, but in conservative colours such as black, grey,
sand,
eggshell,
cream,
off white - OK, I'm taking the piss, but you get my point.
At her late husband's funeral - with ingredients so simple and classic like pearls and black, it is easy to end up with something conservative and border line boring. The two strings of big pearls adds the oomph factor.
A tad bit too much cleavage for my taste but notice the dramatic bows on each sleeve - she certainly got one or two ace up those sleeves
Finally three beauties on my wish list: from left to right, Dori Csengeri, Agate Cabochon and Siman Tu.
The Fine Print: A warning or disclaimer may be called for here, if not careful, the, what I call 'magic pieces', could easily result in you experiencing one, or several, of the following:
• The curly finger from your manager for inappropriate attire
• A note from HR saying that you’ve offended half of the office
• A brown envelope
• An arrest by the fashion police
• Random people asking you where the costume party is.
The above list is by no means exhaustive and I, Zoe de la Jacobs will, at all times, not be responsible nor assume any potential liability as a result of what others choose to wear.
