Put a little lead in your pencil! Your pencil skirt, that is.

Nothing says, “I’m serious about work” like a fabulous pencil skirt. Which is exactly why most of us never wear our office-worthy pencil skirts anywhere BUT the office.

When styled with a denim bomber jacket a denim bomber jacket and low ankle boots, however, the pencil skirt works overtime (see what I did there?) for your casual and weekend wardrobes.

The only thing worse than feeling like you have two wardrobes – one for work and one for your life outside of work – is paying for two wardrobes. Making workwear staples more versatile is a great way to double the power of your investment and maybe in justify spending a little more for special materials like leather or suede. (I’ve had this leather pencil skirt longer than I’ve been a mother!)

Check out these skirts, jackets, and boots for more options and ideas for making your work-friendly pencil skirts life-friendly pencil skirts.

Thanks for reading,