Go From Humdrum to High-Powered at Work

Glamour editor's tips to avoid fashion disasters in the workplace.

ByABC News via logo
June 20, 2007, 11:31 AM

June 20, 2007 — -- Remember the immortal words of "Working Girl" Melanie Griffith? "If you want to be taken seriously, you need serious hair."

The bottom line: A wardrobe malfunction at work could mean career suicide.

"Good Morning America" workplace contributor Tory Johnson and Glamour fashion editor Suze Yalof Schwartz came to the rescue of two women with the dos and don'ts of what to wear to work in a business casual office environment.

Humdrum to High-Powered: Elaine Verna, 48-year-old senior vice president of Archive Systems Inc., is the most senior female at the company but was still dressing like a junior.

Unkempt to Enterprising: Nicole Mustacchio has been a 21-year-old client service representative with Archive Systems for 15 months.