Business Travel Part 4 – Time To Go Home

So you almost didn’t get a picture today, because I overslept by an hour, packed my hotel room in a flurry, hopped in a cab thinking I’d be 5 minutes late for my morning meeting and … Apparently the metro is closed in DC. Did y’all know that? I didn’t. You can imagine was the uptick in motor traffic was like then.

Thankfully, when I showed up at 9:25, everyone was understanding, and I wasn’t even the last person there. Doesn’t that automatically make it better? It should. Someone codify that.

And I kid. I’m a professional, but oversleeping and being late like that (I typically build in plenty of time for DC traffic, which would have saved me here) was pretty unprofessional. So I apologized (and meant it – that part’s important), and then got down to business so I could minimize my disruption as much as possible.

There, professional, non-sartorial advice today. You’re welcome.

Now back to this blog's intent … Here’s my travel-day, business meeting dress.




Not knowing I’d oversleep (which makes dresses handy), but knowing I’d have packing, cab ride, meeting, meeting, cab ride, airport sitting, airplane sitting, driving home … I wanted comfortable. In other words, it was not a suit-wearing day. Not that suits can’t be comfortable, but there’s just a natural uprightness I feel when I wear them, like I costumed to be a badass.. But these were informal meetings and there was a lot of “active” time. It was another comfy dress day. I don’t know why, but dresses can just be infinitely more comfortable than a suit on a plane. Of course, I still bring a jacket (not in the picture because I didn’t need it), because you never know what meeting rooms and planes are gonna do temperature wise. Doesn’t matter if it’s June, plan for layering.

If you went to the link, you already know that this is another Eloquii. I’m kind of in love with Eloquii right now. You can find career wear that’s got just enough edge to stand out (but not inappropriately so) in a fairly conservative industry. Remember this post? Also an Eloquii. Plus, they have a lot of great sales, which does not suck at all.

The cut of this dress is actually pretty simple, and very comfy. The tie waist gives it the right amount of shape. And I never tie tie-waists too tight, because then I not only get uncomfortable (which defeats the purpose), but I also look kinda ridiculous. It’s a relaxed professional look, don’t make it tight and stodgy!

So there ya have it! I’ll take a couple of days respite now to get my act back together (and see if I can seek out a new selfie stick so I don’t end up posting a ton of bathroom pics, because that just seems gross), and more posts next week!


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