I have an interview next week - first for quite a while - what shall I wear?

[puddle]

I really want this job.

I would quite like to buy something new so I feel superconfident but have hardly any time to look around.

I have a very boring array of clothes I wear to work - wide legged trousers and smartish tops with ballet shoes mainly, or slightly flared knee skirts. Never wear suits but perhaps I should for an interview?

The job is in a creative organisation - it's not formal like banking etc.

[toadstool]

If it's creative you probably don't need a formal suit. I sat in on interviews at my job recently (on the smart-casual end of the spectrum), no-one wore suits but the 2 candidates who looked the best both had a good haircut, and wore [a] a cardigan and puff-ball skirt outfit in black [b] a dark linen dress plus co-ordinating but not matching jacket in beige linen that matched.

[toadstool]

Sorry, last sentence made no sense - i.e. it wasn't a 'suit' in the strict sense of the word and the colours went together without being identical!

[mslucy]

wear what ever makes you feel comfortable.
Try and find something without food/sick/felt tip on it.
if you are still breasfeeding try to avoid leakage.
I think people make too much fuss about what to wear to an interview.
If you've got the right qualifications, a decent reference and are basically an ok person, that does tend to help.

one can only polish a turd so much.

I only notice what someone is wearing if it is totally hideous or incredibly inappropriate - hotpants on a fuller figure in Jan etc

[toadstool]

Mslucy, agreed... but the person who made the worst 'impression' on the day was the worst dressed (i.e. she looked like she'd popped out to the shops). People are very superficial...

[bookwormmum]

How about a new suit jacket to wear with your trousers you already have?

[BellaLasagne]

You need to feel good about yourself, so wear something smart-ish but most importantly, comfortable. As long as you look clean, neutral and neat I don't think it matters too much.

Do you know what the other people in the workplace wear?