Jennifer Aniston Nails The Smart Work Dress – And Now We Want One, Too

First we obsessed over her hair, then her Nineties-tastic wardrobe of combat trousers, slip dresses, straight-leg jeans and leather coats. Now, Jennifer Aniston has done the impossible. She’s got us googling ‘power dresses’. The actor appeared at Variety’s Power of Women lunch in LA on Friday to be honoured for her work with St Jude Children’s Research Hospital – and looked smart in a pin-striped Alexander McQueen power dress.

You’ve probably buried your boss lady work dresses and sharp-shouldered blazers at the back of your wardrobe since casual Fridays spread to Monday-Thursday. However, now’s the time to dig them out because, Jen aside, the autumn catwalks were full of looks that said smarty pants. Sportmax showed a sleeveless navy dress with white top-stitching, while Tibi's trouser suits came with split-hems and pin-stripes. We’re also about to see a lot more ‘power dressing’ in action, with The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, dropping on 1 November, and Bombshell, with its stellar line-up of Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie, out on 24 January 2020.

If you’re looking to invest in something suitably sharp to get you in the mood, might we suggest Joseph’s chocolate-brown dress in wool or Arket’s sleeveless crepe twill dress in navy? Both are sleeveless and fitted in all the right places, like Jen’s, and you can slip a polo neck underneath when the temperature drops.

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