So many of my clients in Northern states have been told they’ll be working from home until at least November.

Many of these women are industry leaders, they run teams, and they’d like to maintain their sense of authority and preparedness even through video conferencing.

What To Wear For

Your Next Zoom Meeting

So if you find yourself suddenly looking a bit unimpressed on video with your normal work staples, focus on the following areas to being your personal style on screen.

First, let’s focus first on pops of color. What brightly colored tops do you have that can brighten up your face? Not only will a pop of color look great on video calls but it will make you feel energized too. A scoop neckline is fine, a v-neckline is even better which will draw the eye up to your lovely face.

More beautiful blouses and earrings can be found here.

These are great pops of color too.

Let me offer some guidance about pattern on camera. There’s lots of advice out there to NOT wear pattern. This is pretty decent advice for on-air appearances, television. I’ve styled for the camera many times (news, QVC) and that advice is fine but this doesn’t really apply to our “new norm” which is Zoom and various video conferencing. This is not live TV, wear your favorite pattern if it makes you happy.

In the “board meeting” pic above, see how you can tone down a polka dot pattern with a blazer, it kind of “grounds” the look. Go for that if you wish or rock the pattern if that makes you smile!

Next, focus on your accessories. My advice is to always choose one out of two pieces: either some fun statement earrings or a stand out necklace…. not both, that’s too much going on when the person on the other end can only see the top half of you. You can do that in-person, not on video.