By Emma Childs
last updated January 29, 2025
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You know you’re in good hands when your lawyer walks into a meeting wearing cashmere, a coveted leather tote from The Row, designer loafers, and an impressive jewelry curation—like Lisa Ing-Marinelli, a London-based corporate lawyer and content creator who has phenomenal office style. Her followers—including all Marie Claire fashion team members—are continually inspired by Ing-Marinelli’s showing of daily winter work outfits. She masters blending personal style with professionalism during the serotonin-zapping season, pairing fine knitwear with the season’s top trending coats, perfectly pressed tailored trousers, and refined work bags that are the antithesis of boring briefcases.
Come January and into the winter doldrum months, injecting personality into your cold-weather office style when all you want to wear is elastic waistbands isn’t easy. Liza Belmonte, the former fashion executive behind the style newsletter Every Body Gets Dressed, says it’s perhaps women’s biggest pain point with winter fashion. “One of the most common questions I get from subscribers when it comes to dressing for work in the winter is, ‘How do I dress for the office and still feel and look like myself?'” the writer explains over email.
