Lemon Zest Dress

Here at 9to7, we are always searching for classic work wear with a modern twist. 

The yellow band on this Karen Millen LBD ticks the modern box. The reassuringly heavy jersey fabric steers it out of cheap high street number territory and the snake print is sufficiently abstract to avoid animal print clichés.

Wear with...

1. Lemon Meringue Necklace, Veraviridis, £19.10, Etsy 

2. Black Opaques, M&S, £8

3. Actute Patent Pointed Courts, Dune,£75

SME: Martha Costello

BBC Silk's Martha Costello

Source: http://donnashana.tumblr.com/post/23153330071

5 Lessons learned

                                          1. Red lipstick

                                          2. Simple pared back elegance

                                          3. Identical tailored white shirts

                                          4. Sharp black skirt suit

                                          5. Perfect monochrome capsule wardrobe

Paper London

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 Suit jackets with quirky sleeves and lapels.

Summer dresses in spring brights.

 And the gorgeous gorgeous Rayleigh Dress. This is on 9to7's bonus list.

Westfield on Boxing Day.

Frightening, but worth it when I found this amazing Jonathan Saunders for Debenhams dress for HALF PRICE.

I saw this dress blogged about a few months ago on Bargainista Fashionista and thought it was definitely a workwear dress.

Go to Debenhams.com & buy it!

Everything I saw in the sale in the Jonathan Saunders at Debenhams collection struck the right balance between fashion and quality tailoring... here is another I loved (Click on Pic to go to Debenhams Site).

The new JS collection proper 

 has lots of pretty soft summer bright colours and wearable damask esq prints.

http://www.jonathan-saunders.com/collections-current.html

I can definitely see the pink shift dress (Number 12) working with a pale grey summer jacket or contrasting with a black one. *sigh* until I am chair-lady of the board I will just have to hope that there is something similar in the next Debenhams line....