Without being too frisky for work, this just low enough neckline will see you through to dinner
The neckline of what you wear sets the mood for the whole outfit. I’m not being judgy about cleavage, by the way, this applies to men, too. (Think of Fleabag’s hot priest in his dog collar, or the difference two or three buttons unfastened makes to a man wearing a shirt.) Sometimes a no-frills crewneck or a crisp button-down collar are exactly what you need, but when the sun shines, I feel the pull of a low neckline. Not in a frisky way, just because it is nice to feel the sun on your skin. And if you are not a short skirt person, which I’m not, then that means a lower-than-crew neckline.
But I can’t say I’m sorry that the off-the-shoulder milkmaid shape of the last couple of summers is on the wane. Nice as it is to ring the seasonal changes when summer finally arrives, we have not, as far as I am aware, time travelled into the 17th century. Lovely to be able to eat your sandwich in the park at lunchtime; unnecessary to dress in full pre-industrial-era peasant cosplay, bare shoulders rising from a froth of broderie anglaise. Also, those necklines are rarely comfortable worn underneath a jacket and, really, you have to carry a straw basket rather than a normal bag, which is an odd look in an office. I make no apologies for overthinking the details of this look because that is what I’m here for, in case you haven’t noticed.
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