Office Capsule: Pull-On Flare

It’s not often that I come across a pant that looks amazing on different body types. Similarly, it’s rare to see black pants that aren’t boring. And I think we can all agree that it’s hard to find a pair of pants that are both comfortable and polished. Well, the perfect pants have arrived and found their way into my office capsule! Meet the Apiece Apart Rene Pull-On Pant.

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Ali Hellmuth
Office Capsule: Pencil Skirt

Let’s continue the conversation with the pencil skirt. Not just any pencil skirt, but the slightly longer pencil skirt that sits effortlessly at your natural waist. I found a good one and I’m going to walk you through the reasons why I bought it and added it to the office capsule, but I will also share why it’s good for stuff outside of the office!

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Ali Hellmuth
Office Capsule: Balloon Skirt

Part 1: The Balloon Skirt

My process of discovering interesting pieces never had the words behind it until I decided to make personal styling my job. Now it feels like all I do is explain to clients why something does or does not work based on a few key elements. The balloon skirt contains all of the factors of what catches my eye in a killer piece. Let’s run through these elements and hopefully you can start to drum up your very own capsule!

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Ali Hellmuth
Creating the office capsule

Every August I get that fall fashion reset feeling. You know what I’m talking about. My heart says “cozy” and my head says “it’s too hot”. This inner struggle continues until around the end of October. To complicate things even more, many of us have to get dressed for work.

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Ali Hellmuth
How to Style Bermuda Shorts

A few years ago I asked my seamstress to chop up my mom’s retro 80’s suit into a pair of Bermuda shorts. Sadly, I recently parted with them because they were so tight around my waist, but they were so killer. I’m finding that there are a few trends circulating that I have always loved, which makes me think they are less a trend and more of a classic piece. Bermuda shorts fall into that category for me.

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Ali Hellmuth
Summer capsule packing

When I was a little girl, my mom would have me roll up each of my thoughtfully curated outfits and place them into a labeled (by the day) gallon sized ziplock bag. I’d stack the bags into my giant suitcase and we’d be off to our destination. This process was super organized and thought out, but it was definitely not the most space-effective, and I strongly remember a sense of feeling disappointed when I pulled out a ziplock bag of pre-styled clothes that I didn’t feel like wearing in that moment. All of my looks were independently styled and none of them worked together. I was stuck. 

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Ali Hellmuth
Styling Horseshoe Jeans

The construction of this fun denim style is curved and wide with a tapered shape at the bottom. If you hold your weight on the bottom or on the top, I have found these jeans to be outrageously flattering. The shape can balance a bigger chest, but can also give some structure to those with a little bit more weight in the thighs and hips.

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Ali Hellmuth