where to buy office suit?

[nightcat]

Starting a new job soon and need to update my wardrobe, help!
Can't find anything in M&S, Debenhams, Next are mainly trouser suits but I need a skirt.
Austin reed to expensive .
Where else for a suit under £200, size 14-16??

[nightcat]

forgot to say, would need to try it on first, so not online (if poss)

[NorkilyChallenged]

Why do you need a skirt? (just being nosey)

I tended to buy trouser suits from the places you mention, so not sure where else.

Austin Reed have a good sale on at the moment, with quite a few jackets at under £100 and skirts of all kinds from £27 upwards so worth a look if your budget is £200.

Try somewhere like John Lewis or House of Fraser if there's one near you, perhaps, so you get a range of options nad hopefully can find something good.

[NorkilyChallenged]

Also Hobbs sale - you have to hunt a bit but I found for example that the Glen jacket and skirt were both in the sale for a total of just over £100.

I've never bought anything from Hobbs, but trying ot think of shops with a choice of skirt suits for you.

[NorkilyChallenged]

Audley jacket & wrap skirt from Hobbs, £150 in total.

Sorry can't link to individual items at Hobbs website but maybe worth going in there to try on in real life?

[nightcat]

cool, thanks NC, will revisit AR. Personally I think trousers are too masculine. Will try Hobbs (never been before), JL a more distant possibility.

Can you believe, got the job after the interview in the not-current Tesco suit ().

[bunnymother]

Have you been to Banana Republic? They make lovely suits.

[Quattrocento]

I second Hobbs. You said that Austin Reed were too expensive but their sale items are quite good and you could get a suit for under £200, I reckon.

[NorkilyChallenged]

Nightcat - did you manage to get to the shops at all? Just wondering if you tried anything on/found anything suitable?