I need work trousers for the first time in 10 years

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Have been in uiform for years and had my first day in a non uniform role today, I wore jeans and it was politely suggested that I shouldn't. Oooops.

So I went to Next after work and tried some trousers on and then remembered why I never buy jeans from there as the fit is awful. I then went in New Look and nothing at all.

I need Petite.

I've looked at the m&s website and it seems to be full of horrible polyester type trousers. So where can I go, no Zara, Jigsaw or Gap round here.

Also do people wear bootleg trousers for work, I know for jeans people are wearing straight or skinny fit now but m&s seemed to be full of bootlegs.

You can get straight black trousers - almost like cigarette pants.

this is what you need.

Now Gap are online - hurray!

Thanks, didn't know that Gap were online now, that's good news!

I love the Gap true straight black trousers but they are really long - I'm tall, and I find them quite long. So I don't think they'd work for a petite.

I've got these in the charcoal pinstripe from M&S - they look ghastly in the photo but are very nice (and much less bootcut) in rl! And they come in different lengths.

Try asos

Gap trousers come in different lengths though. You can get regular, long or 'ankle' (polite way of saying shortarse. I have 'the perfect trouser' in ankle length.

That's good to know alark - I covet those perfect trousers but am also a shortarse.

Well tbh ankle length is still too long for me. But it's a start!

I see that Gap come in different lengths but they only seem to have smaller sizes available on their website. The size 14s/16s are sold out. Will go to m&s at the weekend maybe.