PRIVATE ICON: CLOCKWATCHERS

Our favorite office rebel can't quite climb the corporate ladder - but she looks good trying.

Forget Office Space—no film quite captures the mind-numbing existence of cubicle life like Clockwatchers. The 1997 flick follows four temps trying to look busy as they do nothing all day; while Toni Collette plays shy, Lisa Kudrow plays dumb, and Alanna Ubach (remember her?) plays perfect, it’s Parker Posey who steals the show.

As Margaret, the renegade office worker, Posey doesn’t just deliver the most memorable lines—“Oh, you think I’m your little office thief? Well you got me! You finally got me!”—she also has the coolest outfits this side of 9 to 5 Dolly Parton. From bright red bow ties to cropped blazers to a boxy briefcase, Margaret may not have climbed the corporate ladder, but she certainly look good falling down it.
REBECCA WILLA DAVIS

1. Grey Ant sunglasses - $253

2. Trudeau insulated travel mug - $20

3. Rag & Bone blazer - $495

4. Smoke and Mirrors skirt - $73

5. Kerastase Verni Nutri-Sculpt ultra-shine top coat - $29

6. Lark & Wolff by Steven Alan button-down blouse - $40

7. Deux Lux knapsack - $58

8. Bass loafers - $90



This story was published on January 30, 2009.