Dress me! I'm a scruff-bag...

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BuckminsterFullerene · 27/12/2011 09:03

Hello, kind people of S&B. I'm new here, & out of ny depth.

Left to my own devices I'll happily grub around in ripped jeans, a hoody and broken skate shoes. But I'm 30, and a professional now!

It occurred to me the other day that I haven't bought any new clothes for years (except maternity). I need new casual & work stuff (mainly work), but have NO idea where to start.

Please help - I'm tall-ish, slim, can't stand heels (on my feet all day and need to be nimble), don't 'do' dresses (or indeed anything remotely girly) and need pockets on trousers.

Where do I start?!

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lemonbonbons · 27/12/2011 10:24

I was going to suggest some casual dresses and tights & boots for daytime. But read you didn t do dresses ( would you give them a go ? A casual dress is very easy to wear )

On phone so can t do links . But try Asos and search loungewear dresses - you should get some quite 'undressy' dresses ! Great to wear round house and to shops etc .

Otherwise dark skinny jeans , chunky boots , top and oversized cardigan . With a scarf ( always ) warehouse do nice drapey scarves with lots of soft material in them.

Not so good with ' smart ' as I don t buy smart for my job .

Fluffycloudland77 · 27/12/2011 11:42

All saints have scarves, I got the curse scarf for xmas and got a lot of attention when I wore it, it looks very unusal.

In fact if you like casual all saints could be your friend, I get mine off ebay.

I get my boots off LK Bennett in the ebay fashion section, there all new. Mine have a 2" heel, I dont like heels generally but I can tolerate a low one (plus I'm a podiatrist).

I'd rather buy quality in the sales than buy cheap all year round.

I would suggest;

A good pair of skinny/straight leg jeans in dark, light and black/grey.
A denim shirt (if dark wear with light jeans and vice versa)
A good leather jacket in a classic style (black)
A selection of funky t shirts (all saints are not that £££)
A pair of boots that match your leather jacket
A couple of wool jumpers.

Oversized scarves in interesting patterns/edgy handbag.
I wear a uniform to work so I'm no help there.

A lot of looking professional is looking tidy, hair well groomed, clean shaped nails, discrete make up and threaded eyebrows.

Cybbo · 27/12/2011 11:57

If youre tall and slimmish Uniqlo so good skinny cargo trousers with pockets

Wear with a slim fitting long sleeved top and a big scarf or a boxy casual long sleeved blouse

Primark jeans are fantastic, especially the skinny ones if you are tallish

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BuckminsterFullerene · 27/12/2011 19:07

Ooh, thanks for those suggestions!

I will check out those dresses, lemon, although I'll make no promises. I just don't know how to 'be' in a dress. And I can't stand drawing attention to myself, you know the "ooh, so you have got legs then" type comments. But, I'll look, and maybe I'll be brave!

I bought a pair of skinny jeans once, but didn't really know what to wear with them on my feet.

I need boots then? I'll look...

Thanks all! A great starting place

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