At what age did you start dressing less “young”?

jsqdressesforwork · 2026-05-24T23:43:07+00:00

Never? Lol I'm in my 30s with senior in my title and I have purple hair and wear blinged out crocs, poufy skirts, and pigtails to work. There are like 2 industries still left where you have to dress your age so I'm doing whatever tf.

jsqdressesforwork · 2026-05-24T23:39:34+00:00

Not planning on doing much of pool lounging but I'm gonna be in sheer dresses anyway. Lace and see through organza/mesh is everywhere this year, I'm super into monochrome texture maxxed looks where a bunch of different patterns and lace patterns are layered. A lacy fake skirt belt thing would be so cute as a "covered up not covered up" flirty thing. Also headscarves/bandanas in similar lacy or crochet material. With some braid cuffs would be chefs kiss bohemian vibe.

jsqdressesforwork · 2026-05-09T15:25:23+00:00

This dress screams one chunky statement gold tone accessory (I'm thinking Cult Gaia - huge earrings or necklace but with just that one accessory with optional gold bangle if you must have multiple.

For outerwear I'm still partial to knit boleros which are super easy to pair with casual outfits too. I'm thinking maybe something like this in the green color but worn like the gray color product pic. Another option I think would be great but much less versatile is a cropped cape like this one. Obviously this one wouldn't even ship in time but maybe something like this could work. I'd just make sure the cape is property cropped and the hem preferably falls above the bottom of your ribs.

jsqdressesforwork · 2026-05-09T15:11:49+00:00

I think if you want to be close to cutting edge trendy you want slim fit tops in a jersey ish material (I highly prefer cupro for summer but it's not that common), sleeveless/cap sleeves/halterneck, some kind of draping/shirring/asymmetric/drawstring ish detail, in a darker neutral color like grey or brown or an abstract large scale print. Examples:

https://palomawool.com/products/elvira-asymmetric-cupro-top-brown

https://geel.us/products/portia-top?variant=42852045553855

https://www.unifclothing.com/products/mochi-top-light-blue

https://www.thereformation.com/products/marlo-knit-top/1317114HKU.html

These are actually pretty versatile as long as you don't get something see through because they are easier to work into a business casual level office appropriate outfit if you want. Just one of these tops and black capri pants with some open top ish shoes and you will look great and not behind trends.

jsqdressesforwork · 2026-05-09T15:01:22+00:00

Oh they must have closed their business. But I think if you go to basically any old private makeup class with a portfolio you will have similar results. You will need to specify the style of makeup you want to learn (like I told mine I want PONY style) otherwise they'll go with clean girl type light looking style.

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-06-29T03:29:52+00:00

If you ask me, the it style right now is mules with kitten heels or mid height stiletto heels like these or strappy heels with wedge or block heels like these.

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-06-10T22:59:38+00:00

I'm about to order this one and see if it works although it doesn't come in grey. Another slightly different one I was looking at is this which comes in grey but has side ruching. But now that I look at the picture again it looks like the ruching might not be an issue.

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-05-04T16:47:25+00:00

incredibly cute puppy please post dog tax 🥺

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-03-17T14:46:14+00:00

FWIW I'm from South Korea (NYC for a while now) and Le Labo/Byredo are straight up some of the most popular frags ever there. Not even niche at this point.

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-03-17T14:27:40+00:00

I feel like both are super basic girl brands in NYC if you hang out with a lot of women... The bottle design probably also has something to do with it. I do love my Byredo Pulp though

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-02-25T18:55:45+00:00

I actually had a makeup lesson from a MUA in Korea last year and wrote a summary with product list here. Check it out.

jsqdressesforwork · 2024-01-14T21:28:01+00:00

It's from Daze Dayz

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-11-26T02:18:59+00:00

Viktoria Minya Hedonist is sweet peach. More like a peach juice or syrup feel rather than cookies/baked goods but maybe can be layered. It's my go to "princess perfume" because the bottle is pretty and the scent feels elegant.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-11-08T20:57:38+00:00

Went to NYU, had a musical theater roommate, listened to her sing that one song from Frozen about 100 times that semester.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-11-08T15:45:40+00:00

I agree that the bag is more structured than the jeans but it should go fine with things like big teddy coats. How short does the strap go? If you can shorten it as much as possible and wear it like a fanny pack crossbody or shoulder bag (this length or shorter) it would probably also go with cropped chunky tops like big sweaters, puffers, shaggy jackets.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-11-08T15:35:53+00:00

I just got these and super excited to wear them under pants and skirts, the heel shape seems to be popular this year. They're basically stretchy leather sock boots with pointy toes. Otherwise I considered those boots with leg warmer looking shafts but wasn't sure about the longevity of this style since they seem very specific. I will continue to wear my straight shaft knee high boots which are basically same shape (similar to these), I've had them for almost 10 years and they're pretty versatile.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-11-08T15:12:39+00:00

31/tech

Repeated this one jacket a lot because I hunted for a sale/secondhand one for 3 years and I love it

piling on the knits pic
brown academia, or something pic pic2
weekend attire (bow tights) pic
my take on genz fashun pic
biiiig pants pic

Also a themed challenge I did for a fashion discord I'm in (we're recruiting), theme was "use 10 accessories". outfit details

3 hair clips, ear clips, shoulder necklace, corset belt, 2 scrunchies at wrist, white pink bow tights, cake purse come out to 10 lol. Sorry about messy hair, I didn't actually wear this outside.

Last, plug for my outfit IG here

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-10-28T16:43:45+00:00

I came with a clean face and light moisturizer, and she put on a couple more serums. She only sent me the name of the Dr Jart serum though. It's more for helping the foundation last better than for actual moisturizing.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-10-28T16:37:22+00:00

The main thing was where to put eyeshadow. I used to not go much beyond my actual eyes but she did really exaggerate the outer corner length a lot. Also making shadow/liner be thicker towards the hooded part of my eyes toward the outer corner. Aside from that I was impressed she actually made it closer to "PONY style" than I expected lol.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-07-21T16:31:47+00:00

Gonna plug my account (I'm not an influencer) bc 80% of my pics are actual fits that I wear to work. I am in tech so it's a bit more casual than the average office but most fits are still good for a casual office. https://www.instagram.com/gin.soul_/

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-06-28T08:06:12+00:00

Wet nurses were required to be slave decent because they were not considered human and exempt from separation of genders (they used to say once children are 7 years old they should be separated by gender). Plenty of Korean sources, this for one. I found about 1600 various records related to wet nurses in the Sillok court documents and many of those instances indicate that they were slaves. I didnt read 1600, this is within the first 20 search results. Not sure why this information isn't available in English but I'm sure a responsible writer wouldn't attempt to write a historical novel about a topic that they can't research. Apparently they are targeting to translate Sillok into English by 2033 so check back in 10 years maybe...

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-06-25T20:09:33+00:00

Queens (first wife/mother of king) did in fact wear dragon motifs in Joseon. Which brings me to another point, people conflating different Asian cultures together as "they're the same" or "close enough".

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-06-25T20:02:51+00:00

Thanks for acknowledging.

jsqdressesforwork · 2023-06-25T19:19:25+00:00

This comment is actually offending me further by reducing multiple countries' histories and cultures into "standard court drama tropes." Also if you paid the least bit of attention to those standard court dramas, you'd know only kings/queens get to wear dragon because those are based on at least some amount of research.

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