Best Office Basics Spring 2012

Spring and Summer can mean major wardrobe updates, and since there's nothing worse than being stuck in a pantsuit when it's 80 degrees outside, that means your workwear, too. Since you may not have unlimited resources to do so, we've made it a lot easier to upgrade your nine-to-five without compromising your budget. Sometimes all it takes is a printed blouse, a pretty shift, or a pair of new wedges to give your working wear a styled seasonal tilt, and we've culled 25 pieces that do just that for under $50. In need of a new pair of pumps or a classic pencil skirt? It's all inside — click on to see and shop your way to a Spring-and-Summer-ready office wardrobe.