by Solange Lopes | Feb 13, 2015 | Career |
Desigual – Photo credit: eonline.com
New York Fashion Week is in full swing, what with its slew of original fashion gracing its stylish runways. In the midst of all this blindingly fabulous fashion extravaganza, and all the reports on the best (and not so good) shows out there, it can be at times a bit of a challenge to distinguish between the fashion you’d sport to work (read, not the fur boa that’d freak your boss out) and the stuff you’d wear to impress your friend (exactly, that fur boa)…
So, since I couldn’t be at the front row of some of my favorite designers’ shows (hint, hint), I scoured the blogs and online magazines to compile my 10 best favorite designer looks for work, courtesy of NYFW2015. Here we go:
Desigual – Photo credit: eonline.com
Josie Natori – Photo credit: forbes.com
Marissa Webb- Photo credit: fashionista.com
BCBG Max Azria – Photo credit: silhouetteandstyle.com
Tadashi SHoji – Photo credit; forbes.com
Desigual – Photo credit: http://www.fashionisers.com
Trina Turk – Photo credit: fashionisers.com
by Solange Lopes | Feb 11, 2015 | Career
Photo credit: redstamp.com
Did we mention Valentine’s Day is right around the corner? Other than your favorite gifts for the career women in your life, there’s an app for sending personalized cards, in paper or digital format, out there…
It’s called Red Stamp, and is available on iOs Android.
My $0.05: I love cards, in paper or digital form. And if there’s an app for it, all the better…
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Feb 11, 2015 | Career
Galentine’s Day card – Photo credit: http://www.ivankatrump.com
Did I mention Valentine’s Day is right around the corner? Just in case you haven’t set foot in a store in ages,the chocolate-and-bear-hug-kisses holiday is back (and has been for the past month or so). For a change, instead of catering to the partners in our lives, how about treating the ambitious, career-oriented, uber-busy women in your life. Here are a few ideas I’ve picked out from the buzz around (please feel free to send any of these my way):
- Send her a Galentine’s Day e-card: Why wait for February 14th when you can be a lady celebrating other ladies on February 13th, also dubbed as “Galentine’s Day” by Parks & Recreation’s Leslie Knopp? Ivanka Trump’s design team designed some fun, special and downright empowering Galentine’s Day digital cards you can share with your favorite girl crushes;
- Speaking of cards, I had featured MEABbyBianca stationery last year, an Etsy line of greeting cards dedicated to women of color. Send this thank you card to the career woman who inspired you the most this year!
- In honor of Black History Month and to salute the courageous women and men who fought for all of us, offer the ambitious and driven women in your life The Dream journal. This may be the start of their own dreams;
- I love mantras, I write them down everywhere, repeat them everywhere out loud. No wonder I fell in love with these made-to-order necklaces from Speakable. How about engraving one with #girlboss and sending it out to the girl bosses in your life;
- And because I’d pick coffee over flowers (or anything else) any day, this Valentine’s Day mug and coffee gift set will make any coffee-addicted career woman in your life consider you their new girl crush.
Notice this list does not feature any flowers, whatsoever…
Anything else you’d like to add to the list?
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Feb 11, 2015 | Career
The Kooples Stretch Wool Pantsuit – Photo credit: nordstrom.com
I don’t usually feature very many suits, especially in traditional colors, yet this navy The Kooples stretch wool jacket and coordinated pants from Nordstrom caught my attention. Loving the menswear -inspired look of this classic single-button closure stretch wool jacket. The length, side vents and four-button cuffs add some unmistakable flair to an otherwise very traditional piece.
The coordinated pants are slimming and quite flattering as well. This jacket is more of a (well worth it) splurge at $470, while the slim stretch wool coordinated pants are $240!
Psst: Nordstrom is having its clearance sale until February 22nd, take advantage of discounts as deep as 40%!
The Corporate Sis.
by Solange Lopes | Feb 11, 2015 | Career |
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Valentine’s Day is rearing its pink candy-assorted head, and there’s a chance Cupid may be out on duty this year again. Yet when it comes to love connections that last (or even make it to the second date), much has been said about career women dating, even marrying, not so career-minded men.
While some men often have a hard time understanding career women, others admittedly prefer them to their homemaking, no less busy and deserving of respect, counterparts. Yet what happens when a career, ambitious woman is involved in a relationship with a man who’s not so much into climbing the corporate ladder, or concerned about any success in the career realm?
A great friend of mine is married to a mechanic who’s great at what he does, but just happens to think work is just that, work. Meanwhile, she’s a thriving journalist making waves in her field. They’ve now been married almost 10 years and going strong. According to my friend, their marriage works because they give each other what the other does not necessarily have. She provides him with the career perspective he would have never fathomed had he not met her, and he takes her away from the stresses of the corporate world. Besides, his job affords him the availability she doesn’t always have to care for the kids when she’s working late or traveling the corners of the world. It works out! Does it mean they never clash because of their differing occupations and jobs? Certainly, but they’ve come to accept and even enjoy their differences.
Other similar couples wouldn’t weather their differences, for obvious reasons, one of them being the woman being the breadwinner. Others still wouldn’t even attempt such a union, for fear it would be doomed from the start. After all, career women are by essence defying some of the most basic societal concepts around the woman being a caretaker first and foremost. And for many, it can be a non-negotiable argument…
What do you think happens when a career woman meets a non career-minded man? Is it doomed for failure from the start, or is it a good balance for both?
The Corporate Sis.
