Beat that mid-week syndrome with a 'YOU' dress!

Wednesday: What to wear on a mid-week?

The alarm clock rings. You hit the snooze button. Minutes later, it rings again. You're feeling lethargic. Even though Monday seems far away, shades of blue still linger on. Friday is a bit of a stretch away for you to shout out TGIF convincingly.

It's mid-week - Wednesday.

It's the hardest day to pin down what style to wear. You need not be too formal, since all the important meetings are over. Yet, it's not quite the end of the week, so you can't dress too casual.

But it's also the most interesting day of the week, since we get to exhibit our individuality and be more like ourselves (unless you're a seriously workaholic power dresser by default!). Look at the different styles of dresses we have to choose from!

Tips:

1. Be cautious not to go too wild, even though you may be tempted to unleash the inner you. The level of acceptance for mid-week dressing differs drastically from workplace to workplace,and usually depends on:

-- industry (e.g. media folks tend to have more poetic licences vs. techies who prefer to play it down)

-- function (e.g. marketing team tends to soak up all the creative juices in the company vs. customer service needs to be proper and presentable to customers)

-- job level (Dress your part. Will you be taken seriously in this dress? Will I stand out from my colleagues...in a bad way? How will my reports, coworkers, bosses, and clients see me?)

2. Play with styles, details, colours, fabrics, and accessories.

-- Styles (e.g. wrap dress [1], a-line dresses [3, 4/5, 6, 7, 10])

--Details (e.g. bow [2], trimmings [3], buttons [10])

-- Colours (e.g red, green, yellow, blue...and multi-coloured!)

-- Fabrics (e.g. tweed [3], satin sheen [7])

-- Accessories (e.g. necklaces and shoes [4/5])

3. Gradually let loose if you're new in the company/team. When venturing into new territories, you don't want to be the talk of the town - for the wrong reasons. I'll always don my 'safer' pieces first before decking out the more striking ones (e.g. sticking to muted colours such as beige rather than going for yellow)...until I build rapport with everyone, and get a hold on the workplace fashion boundaries!

See Wednesdays aren't that bad after all right? Go on, show off your inner-self today! :)