One in two women spend 15
minutes the night before work, working out what to wear. Equipment seems to
have the solution to your time-consuming dilemmas! Office-wear can be tricky to
separate from casual wear but needs to be clearly distinct. “Absolutely!”
Gabriella emphatically agrees with us. Gabriella Krasnitsky is a Real Estate
Salesperson but also well-known fashion blogger, from New York. Appearance,
according to her, plays a big role in Real Estate. It is a rule that clients
tend to trust more easily people that make a good and neat first impression, in
any client facing business.
“I
don't think you need to necessarily be dressed in a suit at work but you have
to look like you take care of yourself, be presentable. This way you look more
confident and you are nicer to be around”, she advises.
Gabriella
is hiding behind our latest favorite/must-read blog “Brokers and Bags”. The
name of her blog says it all. She started blogging in order to have a creative
outlet. She has worked in banking for a few years and before that attended a
Business School. Gabriella explains that she chose blogging because it was a
way to incorporate her new career and something creative. And she does it very
well, I may say! On her page, you’ll find great advice on office wear and not
only.
She
has been a fan of Equipment for a few years now, and currently obsessed with
their new crew neck cashmere sweaters with prints. As she revealed, her
snakeskin one is the one to get the most compliments. She also adores their
classic silk blouse and of course has a couple of these “babies”, as she calls
them. Although her favourite is the one that has the shoulders cut out, it
immediately adds a badass element to a conservative look.
Another
huge fan of Equipment is Rebecca Atrill, the style-advisor Manager at Harvey
Nichols. “I love equipment,” she admits. She had an interview recently where
she was just wearing all Equipment. It’s her go-to brand, as she confessed to
us.
We
met Rebecca on the third floor of Harvey Nichols while she was supervising the
stylists helping out a lady to pick up a dress for a Christmas party, a fancy
one. Her team usually has to deal with customers that have gone through a
life-changing experience, it might be a first child, it might be a new job, that
they had just been promoted, or that they moved to a different city. They don’t
only go to the department store but also contact them through email or phone.
The service is complimentary and I would give it a try if I were you! The team
is constituted by other experts other than Rebecca herself who gives different
styling advices on everything you ask for.
“Whenever
I don’t know what to wear I just go with skinny jeans and an Equipment shirt
and it’s done!” she says snapping her fingers as she finishes her sentence.
Equipment adds a “parisy”, chic kind of identity to your style. It’s everything
you can ever imagine in one shirt, you can have the oversize, you can have the
slim fit shirt, and they even do the dresses now, the blazers for the summer, and
amazing pajamas as well! (The most comfortable pajamas you can ever wear,
speaking from personal experience). Their clothes are 100% suitable for office
wear, Rebecca advices.
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| Outfit idea by Gabriella, from brokersandbags.com |
“Living
in NYC, I think everyone is interested in Real Estate”, Gabriella observes. She
prefers sales because she gets to interact with people everyday, which is exactly
why she truly loves her job. She gets to meet all different types of people
everyday. At the same time, she has always been into fashion. Despite the fact
that she was never someone who cared about Fashion Week or watched Project
Runway, but was always a “fashionista”, as she calls herself. She would also help
her friends pick out new clothes and work out outfits.
Creating outfits is what she
loves doing most, so she decided to do it for you this time! Outfit idea 1: 1.
Signature Green silk blouse from Equipment, tucked into a pencil long beige
skirt (could be leather or suede for more fun) and beige pointy toe pumps. Who
would love that look? Outfit idea 2/A more formal version: Equipment silk
blouse tucked into Equipment silk pants with a structured blazer and a pair of
black pumps. Extra outfit idea 3/for a more casual day: regular business slacks
with the Equipment white silk blouse and an their V neck cashmere sweater in
any neutral color, including hunter green, over it. If you get hot, wrap it
around your shoulders and tie in front or wrap around your waste and tie. You
can wear flats or pumps with this outfit, depending on how lazy you are to walk
on heels on your day off.
Gabriella starts her day with a motto that drives her career
at the same time that it inspires her style: "If you're going to do it,
don't do it "just to do it", do it right and do it the best".
Keep that in mind tomorrow morning ladies, as you are working out your outfit
for the day. It will sure save you some time!
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