Make it work

Welcome, viewers, to this week's special installment of Project Runway Mission: Put Together: The New Job OMG Edition, sponsored by our friends at Ann Taylor Loft*!

(*By "sponsored," we mean don't I wish.)

Dress: Ann Taylor Loft; Sweater: Target; Necklace: Gift from Joel

Not pictured: Black Nine West Flats

For this first  look, our designers were inspired by the fact that the model's Serious Business Suit no longer fits.  I mean, it would fit if it were still its original size but someone had it taken in a few years ago when they attained their goal weight for all of five minutes.  A risky move!  Our designers scrambled and selected this simple gray dress from the closet as a business-like substitute.  It has pockets and is our model's favorite work dress ever.

Our model's limp hair and grim facial expression are courtesy of a nasty stomach bug and for the actual runway show she wore a different necklace and ditched the sweater.  The photo above was provided from the outfit's practice run the day before, and if you don't wear important outfits for test runs to ensure that belts dragged out of the back of the closet won't start cutting off circulation after ten minutes, well, then you're a brave lot of souls.  Shut up. 

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Serious Business Suit: surprisingly NOT Ann Taylor Loft; Long-sleeved tee and necklace: you guessed it

Not pictured because there's not a full-length mirror to be found in this town: Nicole Miller gray flats

Our companion look, inspired by the dry cleaner designer's  ability to restore the Serious Business Suit to its original proportions, was ready just in time for the highly anticipated Bryant Park Show Second Interview!

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Corduroy Jacket, long-sleeved tee: Ann Taylor Loft; Bootcut Jeans: Gap

Not pictured: brown boots that I don't have a photo of anywhere

And lastly, our third look represents a combination Casual Day at the office and our firm belief that you should always look put-together when you're giving notice at your job.

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And the winner of this challenge (me, since I GOT THE JOB!) gets to break her spending freeze and buy this necklace as a New Job Prize: 

The lovely Mrs. Squirrel is going to claim that I totally stole this idea from her, but WHATEVER.  It was in my original sketch.

 

Comments

[Mom]

you look super!

[Janssen]

AWESOME! Good for you!!!

[Ashley, the Accidental Olympian]

Love the necklace. Congrats on the new job!

[Mary]

Congrats on the new job! I like how you have the same facial expression in 2 of the pics but different outfits. Versatile!

[Liz]

Yay! New job! So exciting! You'll have to tell me about it some time. And you look great in all three photos. The necklace is a nice little prize too.

[-R-]

Congratulations on the new job!!!!

All the outfits are good, but I love, love, love that first dress!

[Zandria]

That is AWESOME! What's the new job?

[heidikins]

Yay for new jobs!! And double yay for awesome-sauce outfits!!!

xox

[nancypearlwannabe]

Oh, exciting! New job AND new necklace! Also, how cute are you in professional wear? I hope I never need to wear a suit again.

[RA]

I love this post! This is true PR application in real life. I'm glad you listen to The Gunn, unlike some other auf-ed designers (ahem, HAYZOOS, ahem).

I think the dress-as-quasi-suit is a great move, and much easier to handle when things mysteriously do not fit (by shrinkage of their own merit, obviously). And of course, I love love love the necklace, and not just because it's greeeeeen!

[Stephanie]

I actually need to see the dress sans sweater. Though from experience I know that most dresses can not be worn in the office without a sweater due to sub zero temps.

So basically I don't like you, your cute clothes and your new job. Butthole.

[Life of a Doctor's Wife]

OMG! Congrats!!!

You look great!

(PS: I do test outfit runs too. It's smart and prevents last minute "I look too fat in this and have nothing to wear!" breakdowns.)

[Angela Noelle]

Congratulations on both the new job and the clothing fabulosity!

[Lindsey]

Congrats on the new job!!! I WANT that necklace!!!!

[Julie]

Congrats on the new job!!
:)

And you are totally put together!

[Isabel]

hey...i miss you. Is the new job keeping you too busy?

[HollowSquirrel]

Oooh I want to see a picture of you with the necklace!!