Gen Z women are leaning into office-inspired clothing — but they're not wearing it to the office

• Gen Z women are leaning into the "office siren" aesthetic, a sexified business-professional look.
• They're taking it beyond the office: Work-inspired clothing has made it into street fashion.
• In the work-from-anywhere age, the boundaries between work and play are blurring.

At first, Julia Quang posted her workwear outfits because she had nothing else to share.

As a fashion influencer, 23-year-old Quang had built her audience by posting outfit-of-the-day videos on TikTok, usually modeling casual womenswear trends.