work choices

 

Olympia Gayot's Instagram is the kind of feed that makes you want to rethink everything you’ve ever worn to work—and maybe your life choices while you're at it. Her outfits hit that perfect sweet spot between polished and cool, with a rotating lineup of pieces that are somehow both timeless and totally of-the-moment. Naturally, most of them are from J.Crew (she is the creative director), and many of her recent looks are now a glorious 40% off. But before you load up your cart with half the site (including her black slip dress, off-the-shoulder LBD, and laminated barn jacket), there’s one recurring detail that deserves a closer look: the flats. A single pair of sleek, minimal Loro Piana flats appears again and again (more sizes here)—paired with tailored pants, crisp skirts, relaxed dresses—and they are quietly anchoring the whole vibe. So now the question becomes: do we make the smart move and snag the J.Crew pieces on sale? Or go full splurge and invest in the power shoe of the season? Sorry to introduce a new crisis to your day... but you didn’t really want to be productive anyway, did you?