Stay Polished at the Office This Season With These Chic Dresses
No matter what season it is, weather is always a factor when it comes to making our sartorial decisions—especially when we’re getting dressed for the office. During the winter, we’re often tasked with choosing pieces that feel polished and professional without compromising our level of much-needed comfort. While indoors we’d love to wear our most comfortable items (e.g., sweatpants), the second-best option is to wear effortless winter dresses for work.
When the last thing you want to do in the morning is leave your warm bed and brave the winter elements, an easy dress is the perfect one-and-done staple for your office wardrobe. The only other things you’ll need are a pair of tights for an added layer, a coat, and chic boots or heels to finish off your ensemble. Below, we’ve rounded up the 17 best dresses that’ll keep you warm and cozy throughout the workweek but still highlight the working professional you are.
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Dale Arden Chong is the Senior Fashion Commerce Editor at ELLE.com, where she edits and reports on the latest trends, labels, and designers in the fashion space to bring you the best items that will elevate your wardrobe. She has a robust knowledge of high-quality design, construction, and materials based on testing hundreds of products over her eight-plus years in the industry, writing stories for Glamour, Who What Wear, Entertainment Tonight, and others. Dale graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Communication Design. In 2015, she was a finalist for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award.