Trend Alert: The girls are making office fashion sexy again

Pencil skirt. Kitten heels.

Tiny glasses. And a little dark edge.

These are just some of the elements of one of the most enduring fashion trends of the past couple of years: the office siren. But we're not just seeing this twist on office norms in fashion: we're also seeing it in TV shows like Severance and Industry , and with musicians like The Dare and FKA Twigs.

So what are people expressing by reimagining office fashions? Brittany is joined by NPR's Life Kit producer Margaret Cirino to discuss the "freakification" of office wear — its long lineage in fashion, and what office tensions this trend is speaking to right now.

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