Here’s the key: When it comes to fashion trends right now, you get a pass. You do not need to buy the Pantone color of the year or the new skirt shape. But when it comes to style? Absolutely yes, you can have great style without spending your baby’s fledgling college fund or mummifying your midsection in Spanx. It might even make you feel better at your job. Like it or not, “style matters,” says former Facebook exec Debra Bednar, “because the way we dress affects the way we think, the way we feel, the way we act, and the way people react to us.”
