Fashion

13 Pieces of Plus Size Officewear You'll Actually Want to Have in Your Closet — And Maybe Put On Every Day

I'm not sure if this was just me, but one of the reasons I didn't want to grow up to be fat was that all of the plus-size clothes I saw adults wearing just weren't stylish. My adolescent thinking on adult plus-size fashion was a hearty "no thank you." I think that this is mostly due to the fact that the majority of my run-ins with grown-ups were in professional settings and the drab, ill-fitting basics available to fuller-figured women 15-20 years ago were abysmal. I've always said that there is a special place in hell for the people who designed the prints for plus-size women of the 90s. Luckily, variety and style are much more accessible to the plus-sized women of today. So there is no reason to traumatize the youths!We spend so much of our waking hours at work that it makes sense to want to feel stylish whilst there. Getting dressed should be fun, rather than just another boring necessity. So the workwear I've rounded up isn't just practical. It's fashionable, too.

by Jodie Layne

Winter Floral

Printed Kady Print Pant, $88, eloquii.com

Floaty Femme

Striped Chiffon Wrap Blouse, $43, torrid.com

Peter Pan With a Day Job

Work to Play Dress, $55, modcloth.com

Lovely in Leather

Wrap Pencil Skirt in Leather Look, $55, asos.com

Printed But Professional

Belted Knit Jacket, $43, fashiontofigure.com

Black and White and Chic All Over

Window Pan Shift Dress, $89, eloquii.com

Bright Colorblocking

Colorblocked Asymmetric Tunic, $79, lanebryant.com

Printed Joggers

Colorblock Floral Print Jogger Pant, $46, torrid.com

Twist on a Classic

Open Suit Jacket, $128, eloquii.com

Navy is a Neutral

Wrap Pencil Skirt With Colorblock, $19, asos.com

The Ultimate Black Pants

Essential Pull-On Ponte Pant, $49, additionelle.com

Menswear-Inspired

Teri Blouse, $59, eloquii.com

Sophisticated But Sassy

Magisculpt Illusion Bodycon Dress, $110, simplybe.com

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