About a year ago I had a post devoted to Dress to Impress about the attire for special occasions. Actually, they are rear and mostly the urgent question is ‘what to wear to the office every day’ rather than ‘what to dress for a party a few times in a year’. So I decided to have this post about a dress you can wear to the work to suit to your everyday needs.

First, the demands:

• see-through dresses are out of the list. They are intended to be worn late at night, or at least when you are about to seduce someone. A work place is not the one (I hope) you are going to practice your skills in luring your boss. What you have to showoff is your personality neatly hidden behind decent and stylish clothing.

• a dress should underline your best parts (say, long legs or nice calves) and at the same time hide your flaws as much as it’s possible.

• a dress should suit the occasion, in this case we are speaking about the office. I doubt that pink dresses like in Legally Beauty will have the same effect as they did in the movie. So say ‘yes’ to elegance and ‘no’ to loud-colored and flashy attires.

I’m sure this list is not complete, but I found these three the essentials for me. Now let’s get closer to the dresses. The best work dress is that in classic shape that won’t be out of fashion next season. The silhouettes are usually simple. It may not sound that optimistic, and if the only dress that comes to your mind is dull and boring, then don’t rush into the conclusions too fast – work dresses can be beautiful. Just imagine that simple design made in rich fabrics, embroidered with laces and fur herewith looks dainty.

Actually these are the trends for this fall in many designers. For instance Victoria Beckham offers a wide range of amazing work dresses to fit each woman’s taste (and satisfy my demands), but unfortunately far from fitting the budget. The price stars from $1,500 and goes up to $3,000 for a dress. With Elie Tahari the cost doesn’t usually exceed $500, this is the reason I like his outfits. The price satisfies me the same as the designs. To illustrate the latter it’s better turn from words to pictures. These are only few of many ‘dresses for success’ from Elie Tahari Fall collection, but they are my favorite:

Elie Tahari Selma Dress $598

Elie Tahari Lolly Dress $368

Elie Tahari Sophie Dress $398

A full collection of dresses you will find here