This is the fashion item youll be seeing all over your office this summer

This is the fashion item youll be seeing all over your office this summerThis is the fashion item youll be seeing all over your office this summerFashion month is over, and a curious garment was all over the runways, as ManRepeller has noted shawls. They were on the catwalks of Vivienne Westwood, Sies Marjan, Louis Vuitton, and more draped and tossed around the neck and shoulders in a variety of glamorous ways.If you think about it, shawls are just the extension of the now-grubby giant blanket scarves weve been wearing all winter. (Its time to dry-clean those things)Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreWhich has us thinking its almost time to shed coats, and after that, endure air-conditioner season in cold offices. Shawls suddenly look like the chic and effortless alternative to the frumpy office cardigan or sweater draped over the back of the chair. Remember pashminas?The new crop of shawls are so much cooler, designed in a variety of prints or sherbert-colored styles.Whether your vibe is Stevie Nicks (who says she has a temperature-controlled shawl vault), Martha Stewart, or straight-up Paris fashion, know that youre more fashionable than a sweater when casually drape yourself in a shawl this summer, which will let you go from swanning into meetings to braving the A.C.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people