Dress for success: Women’s work wear in Calgary
Whether you’re a self-employed entrepreneur, a hard-working corporate communicator or a visionary CEO, a put-together wardrobe says you mean business. Visit the following independent clothing boutiques and women’s wear departments to create or complete an office look that works as hard as you do.
Studio Intent Boutique
805 1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 7N2Located in the Alberta Block Building on Stephen Avenue Walk, Studio Intent specializes in women’s clothing by Canadian designers. Lines include sophisticated dresses and blouses by Broken Doll Clothing and leather jackets by Bano eeMee. Displayed by colour, the shop’s selection of business-appropriate attire is chic and sophisticated.
Espy Experience Inc
1009 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0S6Staffed by professional fashion stylists, Espy is the perfect place in which to put together a work wardrobe with a little friendly assistance. The store carries an array of clothing from cool ’n’ casual to form-flattering formal, including a lot of very stylish denim.
Holt Renfrew | Canada’s Designer Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle Retailer
510 8 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB T2P 4H9This affordable luxury fashion department store carries up-to-the-minute women’s clothing styles for work and play. Its racks are chock-a-block with designer label-frocks from frou-frou to minimal-chic in designer labels too numerous to mention.
Michael Kors
6455 Macleod Trail SW, Calgary, AB T2H 0K9For high-end office garb, visit Michael Kors. This men’s and women’s fashion shop has three locations in Calgary, including one in Chinook Centre. Wow ’em at your workplace with sharp, house-brand pants, sweaters, shirts, dresses and skirts as well as trench coats. Also find a wide selection of shoes and bags from satchels and totes to handbags.
Blu's Clothing Ltd
265-100 Anderson Rd Se, Calgary, AB T2J 3V1Sister store to Henry Singer, Blu’s is a Western Canadian fashion boutique carrying dresses and skirts, pants and tops as well as classically cut, contemporary suits. Complete your office look with boots and shoes as well as handbags. Contact the shop to arrange a wardrobe appointment with a Blu’s stylist.
Hudson's Bay Optical
100 Anderson Rd SE, Calgary, AB T2J 3V1One of several city locations, The Bay in Southcentre Mall carries all the building blocks of a stylish women’s work wardrobe. The country’s oldest department store chain leans to affordable, designer-label clothing from Jones New York tops and Donna Karan pantyhose to Calvin Klein women’s suits and Ralph Lauren blazers and all stops in between.
