How dressing for success can not be a giant pain in the ass.

In my field, there is a certain stereotype that we Realtors need to look very corporate, clean cut, and presentable. This stereotype is also true for office personal, any front desk experience, and anything administrative. As a professional "board folder" for about 6 months of my entire life, I can tell you it was required for me to dress appropriately at high end designer stores to maintain a certain image. If you're a person who wears jeans,tank top, and flip flops daily, this can be quite the change.

Example A:  Me in 2009.

This is a great option if you want to be comfortable. This is how I used to dress and do my make up. You best believe this was very comfortable when I was gaming. However, a little iffy to wear to a job interview. Maybe not the best choice.

So I'm about to give you a little insight on how to dress for success while still staying comfortable. While some instances apply to women, this also applies to men.

How Dressing For Success Can Not be a Giant Pain In The Ass: 

1. Stay on a budget: I can appreciate how some people will think that looking all sorts of clean cut means you need to clean out your bank account but that's not necessarily true. In fact, I am the type of person that will never spend $100.00 on jeans. I also won't spend more than $50.00 on a purse/bag. You might want to go ahead and check out stores like Ross, T.J. Maxx (which was my first employer by the way) and Marshall's. If you're not into stores like that. Check out Forever 21 and (one of my favorites) H&M. They have great prices on all sorts of items. There is nothing sexier than staying on a budget.

P.S. You can get really nice dress shoes at Ross and Marshalls. They don't have to be name brand (just saying)

2. Don't try to wear things that will make you walk funny: This applies to women mostly. If you have never worn dresses in your life, you don't have to. I went to a private school and I think I wore a skirt a total of 3 times throughout my whole four years of high school. Ladies If you're used to jeans you DO NOT want to make a sudden change to a skirt.. Buy yourself some dress pants, and if you're going to still wear jeans. Try wearing inch tall comfortable heels, or just buy some cute flats. If you're going to go with pencil skirts, wear flats if you're not up to the heels. If you're uncomfortable the world will know. Look at some magazines for ideas to accessorize with your jeans.

3. Use neutral colors: Colors like, Black, White, Beige, Navy, Gray will almost never look terrible when combined the right way. These colors give out a presence of formality when done the right way. Guys, if you're wearing dark jeans, wear a navy blue sweater with black dress shoes. Women, if you're wearing a pencil skirt then stick to neutrals.  You won't have to worry if something is a little too much if you're just subtle about it.

4. Keep it basic: You do not need to wear a tie, or a dress. Even long sleeves with a pair of jeans and some dressy shoes will look clean cut ( I would recommend neutrals)

Also ladies, keep it basic in the face. No need to wear buckets and buckets of make up. See my picture up there? Not that friendly really.

5. Carry flip-flops or comfortable shoes in your car at all times:  
Put on the snazzy shoes when you need to and when you don't switch to your comfortable shoes. It's just practicable. I wear suits in the office with flip flops until my client comes in for a reason; I walk a lot around the office picking up copies of papers, and asking people how their day was, so as i'm running around, this can make me feetsies hurt which causes me to not smile at the end of the day. Also, I don't want to walk funny when i'm trying to keep my balance. Hey, i'm new to heels so cut me break.

6. Smile: Chances are when you dress snazzy, you feel snazzy so the best type of accessory you can have is the smile in your face. When you dress the part, and you feel the part, you are the part. You don't need to convince the world that you're an entrepreneurial master; they already know.  All you really need to do is remember to exploit your dazzling personality for a killer combination of snazzy and have the confidence to realize that you look damn sexy when you clean up. The world turns around when you walk in the room so don't forget to smile.


<3 Real Estate gamer.


Oh and if you're wondering what I look like when I clean up and go to the office:

It's like a whole different person. *sniffle* *sniffle*