Potential meeting at trendy London graphic designers - what to wear?!!

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What do I wear to look professional ( and therefore worth the money they are paying me for consultancy) but also contemporary and a good match for ethos of their company?

I like to look smart, and did spend my former pre children life in retail buying offices of some major players - where all the women seemed to wear black Joseph suits and white t shirts.....
But to all you bang-on-trend types out there - please tell me what will work for a small graphic design environment now

oh HELP HER PLEASE

presume Finny there is no point buying a new suit in case it JINXEs it

I thought a suit might be too formal ?

suit groovied up with t shirt and neckelace?

Something deconstructed?

You know, those dresses that look like they are origami?

With good shoes and understated jewellery

God my DH works for a massive digital agency and they are VERY casual.
Jeans with boots
skirts with boots
dresses with boots
etc etc
You get the theme. Have you had a look on their company website? It might give you some pictures of the personnel.

i think a cool dress

fin
casual seems to be the namae de la game

look at 3rd on top row when you roll over it, it goes really funky

I like that

I used to work in such a place and it was really anything goes. Having said that, if you want to impress smart jeans with nice shoes/boots would be totally be fine. Top/shirt and little jacket and funky jewellery. That was my uniform anyway! I wouldn't have been expected to wear a corporate type suit even to meet clients.

Are you visiting where Katie works?

No - but I should be!!

NOw - all your comments are spot on ...except that I can't do skinnies.
And I'm past doing the 20-30 year old stuff - so that probably makes things a wee bit more challenging
apart from that - all is fab

Good God, this would be my idea of a nightmare - unreconstructed, casual and funky, skinnies, etc.

Oh dear. I'm hyperventilating just thinking about it.

How tall/fat/old?

www.labellabridal.co.uk/wedding-dresses/victoria-jane/WDVJ005/ this?]] With trendy accessories and coloured tights?

Whoops - wrong link, sorry.

this?

DH runs creative agency in EC1. He generally looks like he's just woken up in a bush somewhere. Unless he's got a meeting.

Do you do dresses? Can you wear a stylish yet funky dress with black opaques and knee length boots.

I think a black trouser suit is a little OTT but as you are a consultant they won't judge. Esp if you are consulting on non-designy things.

this?

Do we want a dress or not really?

what about something from cos? Do you know that shop? It's sort of smart but a bit different. Vivid colours and flattering cuts. V simple and avoids the obvious trendy looks. Not sure about buying online though

Bugger. same link twice. Sorry!
I would go for something that you will definitely wear again and funk it up with statement jewellery.

Gah.

Can't believe I'm going to link to it for the umpteeth time, but a VWA dress would be perfect. Here or Here

Or go for a full skirt and a blazer.

All the graphic designers I know are right scruffy bastards who wouldn't know style if it hit them between the eyebrows so I wouldn't worry too much

Whistles - anything from there should do the job

the parrot print dress with a black blazer would be good www.whistles.co.uk/fcp/categorylist/dept/Dresses?resetFilters=true#ID=productClose

yy go for a dress and boots not too corporate wd be my guess