April 2015 - Amy Schwarzenbach - Blog Writer for Commandress.com

Amy E. Schwarzenbach is a contributing writer to Commandress.com, a blog about professional fashion and other “uniforms” for busy women for which she authors several reoccurring weekly columns. Class It Up draws on her legal industry experience – including some of the mistakes she saw along the way – to share ideas for taking professional women’s work wardrobe to the next level. Fashion Flashback features 1980s fashion retrospectives which inspire contemporary fashion choices. 

A formal legal recruiting professional, Amy came of age during the 1980s when feminism merged with new views on femininity – resulting in the first wave of modern power dressing. As a tween and teen, Amy paged through her mother's Talbots catalogs anticipating her future career - doing whatever - dressed in professional attire. 

But when Amy began her professional career in the 1990s, her wardrobe aspirations were stifled by grunge and a casual work environment where t-shirts, jeans, and shorts were de rigueur. 

Things picked up for Amy's wardrobe in the aughts when she took a position in the legal industry as a law firm recruiter. Finally, Amy had the outlet to wear the clothing of the consummate professional.

After twelve years helping attorneys and law students with their careers, Amy relinquished her full-time career to let her husband pursue his – and found herself cast adrift with an image crisis. Amy is currently reinventing herself and her wardrobe as a writer, wrestling & lacrosse mom, volunteer, logistical coordinator, chef, chauffeur, laundress, dog walker, and aspiring yogi.