What do you consider an essential part of a stylish wardrobe?

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Just curious really. I know people seem to hate waterfall cardigans, although i love the ones I have (which hide post pg belly).

I have just bought a pair of converse which i love wearing with jeans, a t-shirt and a blazer.

I have mountains of cocktail frocks (from a former life where such things were mandatory).

I love scarves, chunky silver jewellery and bangles, even though I rarely wear them.

I am a bit all over the place sartorially, and am hoping to lose a stone, and discover the inner stylish me. (cough cough giggle).

Excellent fitting smart blue jeans.

A trench coat is vital. I have three!

A decent handbag which will take you anywhere and make you feel good, plus it can smarten/liven up any outfit..

Have just bought a trench myself! An actual Burberry, in my size, from a charity shop. 5 quid later..... I was thrilled.

Have not managed to buy skinny jeands (due to fore mentioned weight issue) but love the look of black skinnies with ballet flats.

A well fitting black shift dress - can be worn for everything from office, to dates, to funerals.

Well fitting jeans in blue and black.

Excellent jeans are the basics for me - then good trench and winter coat, one or two really good bags and a reasonable selection of shoes.

Would also add good haircut and bra, as they underpin everything else.

Dark indigo jeans in a cut that suits you!
Breton tops
Boyfriend Blazer
Ballet pumps
Converse or similar
tan leather sandals
Wool cardis in beautiful colours (either boyfriend or shorter,crewneck style)
Trenchcoat
Well cut black trousers
Pencil skirt
Few silky tops (to go with trousers or jeans or pencil skirt)
LBD

I've just bought some Gap skinny, black trousers (cropped, in this case).

They really are as good as everyone says. I am hoping they will lift me into ever-prepared, stylish territory - kind of like a girl scout from the Audrey Hepburn Brigade.

Apparently, the "inventor" of the "The Perfect Trousers" range at Gap is leaving, so this might be a good year to hither thee to Gap.

By the way, it really is true about the Little Black Dress thing.

I bought my "perfect" LBD at Topshop about five or six years ago. I had no idea at the time that it was The One - it was just a cheap (it was Topshop!), jersey black dress.

But it's really nicely cut, and is amazingly versatile. It wouldn't be my top dress for a Going Out occasion, by a long chalk (though having said that, a friend asked me why I never wore it on "Nights Out", and it did occur to me that that might be a case of familiarity breeding contempt - which mad me feel a bit bad for LBD) but it really will do for all sorts of situations.

I have another for Night's Out. And again, it;s lasted ages because it's very plain (but it does look nice on - and makes me look slim(mer)).

Sadly, I'm not stylish - I'm a bit messy and slapdash - but the LBD often gives me little glimpses of what life on planet stylish might be like! And it really does simplify dressing of a morning/evening.

My priorities are a very good handbag or 3, a do everything black dress, a grey cashmere wrap, brown knee boots, a decent pair of dark blue jeans, black leather gloves, tweed Jacket, beige trench, white linen shirt, & my dior sunglasses!

Ok havent read

here comes my predictions on this thread

mac
white shirts
"Ballet flats" do peopel say these two words OUT LOUD without feeling a ponce?
" nice dark cut jeans"

its all fashion and nothing is classic

Burberry trench
Plain steel Rolex
Vintage crocodile bag
Cashmere (polo neck in winter, cardigans in summer)
Cigarette pants
Good quality shoes in whichever style you can comfortably and confidently walk in (and I've never seen anyone, not even models, walk well in 5 inch platforms)
Decent bras

I've never seen anyone over 25 look good in Converse. If you insist on wearing them, keep them meticulously clean.

Perhaps I had better put my converse in the machine then!

Linen trousers

"its all fashion and nothing is classic" so so true HugoFirst if you look at those 'classics' you bought five years ago somehow they seem kind of, well, not quite so classic any more -- the wrong shape or colour, or just indefinably unstylish. So you go and buy this year's version and think, well, it's a classic, I'll wear it forever.

Or maybe that's just me.

Expensive/good leather shoes.

I think I'm probably going to go against the grain here, but imo Converse are for teenagers & slobs. Hopefully we are neither!

hmmmm, good thread

Jaeger bag
coats and jackets and dresses from Cos
Blue straight jeans
havainianas (?)
heeled ankle boots
painted toe nails
short hair
lipstick and sunglasses

lol at jeager bag

I have a jaeger bag HugoFirst!! So does that cancel out the dirty converse?

surely for a Punky person all this is crap
its what suits YOU , not a list on a page

in yer polo necks