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Need help dressing for work

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BackinBlack24 · 10/07/2025 09:29

I’m 38 and will be returning to work soon after having my first baby and have been off for an extended period, the office is casual some ppl take the casual aspect to a whole other level but I’d like some business casual outfits that I can rotate along the lines of a blazers top and jeans . Does anyone have any recommendations for outfits or nice jeans ? Jeans need to be high waisted and maybe a straight leg to be worn with flat trainers maybe platform converse . Im very out of touch with fashion at the moment the jeans especially are throwing me as I love always worn skinny jeans but the figure for them is long gone

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Silvertulips · 10/07/2025 13:30

Marks and Spencer have a great range of jeans - some with a good stretch.

Teens wear Levi’s

MaxineHarper · 10/07/2025 13:34

I would not wear m&S jeans. Sorry PP, to me they are “mumsy”. I’m 48 and wear Levi’s

TwinTantrums · 10/07/2025 13:35

M&S. their jeans are exactly the same as Levi’s but cheaper

Comefromaway · 10/07/2025 13:37

I'm 51 I wore M & S straight leg or cigarette leg jeans for years then they changed them and the styles now are awful on me. I oved to Levi 724 and have never looked back.

I don't wear jeans to work, instead I tend to wear black trousers and a nice top then I have a black blazer from Hobbs that I wear with either them or with black jeans on a night out. Black loafers, ballet flats and white trainers (mine are from All Saints) are rotated. Then usually a mix of Uniqglo white t shirt, black tank top, white shirt from Uniqglo and various white, black and coloured fitted tops from Sainsburys and Club Monaco.

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