Colour power
Muted hues don't have to dominate your work wardrobe. Take a cue from Hillary Clinton and inject flashes of purple, pink or orange even during office hours.
Before you dismiss any ideas about stepping into the office on a Monday morning in a purple blazer or orange shift dress, take a deep breath and think: Hillary.
From the time she was First Lady to her presidential run in 2017, Hillary Clinton has been a fan of Nina McLemore, a former Liz Clairborne executive turned fashion designer. Not quite a household name amidst the likes of Lagerfeld of Armani, she has nonetheless dressed more powerful women than they have. Pepsi's CEO Indira Nooyi and the United States Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Elena Kagan come to mind, and if you think her popularity comes from putting them in black and grey suits, on the contrary. She loves colour, and she makes it look good in the boardroom.
Her mantra is that "colour can change your attractiveness entirely and how people see you." Which is why Clinton's wardrobe includes pieces like a bold turquoise jacket which she wore to meet South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak, a fuschia blazer (one of her favourite choices for TV appearences) and who could forget that canary yellow pantsuit she wore a decade ago at the Democratic National Convention.
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