Blinners and her workwear blog chatty thread

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oi blinners -the Mango tabbed pencil skirt how stretchy is it? I like it TIGHT as have thin legs and otherwise look like I am wearing a lampshade

www.johnlewis.com/mango-tabbed-waist-pencil-skirt-natural-white/p1265275?imageCount=2

Agree. When I look tired I wheel out pale pink of white. White often strangely striking le soir too

Thanks for Mango trouser recommendations Belinda - got some nice navy ones today and would not normally have looked there. Think they are these which actually look better in RL probably because I have a bottom unlike the model

Those FC silk shirts are a bargain, although who comes up with the names? Cannot bring myself to buy something in a colour called Autumn Prune.

Someone was talking about cream jackets. I just bought this Zara one for a wedding but think it would work well for work too, with cropped trousers or pencil skirt.

I wear a lot of white even though as a red head it is apparently a no no.

Autumn Prune? Yuck. I ignore names like that.

Oh those Mango Shanghai2 trousers are great - I've tried them on. Very flattering and oh so well priced.

I was talking cream jackets, and Lego was, too. I l

I love white and cream jackets. I look much better in white, but can't resist cream. That Zara jacket looks lovely. I love Zara styling.

Wallis is so bad, overall, that I hardly ever look there. It's like a frumpy version of new Look - it may have the odd gem, but you will have to work hard to find it.

Sorry, prob a bit too harsh on Wallis - it's my weary voice speaking after lots of fruitless looking in their shops, over the years. I have found a few very good things there, in my time, though.

the shop certainly has a strong whiff of HRT about it

oh you GOT the blazer? its really good quality isnt it? Mine is in Hs wardrobe waiting for my birthday

that mango model is wearing trousers a size too big for her imo

My friends dd works there Sat job and she (the mum) is v stylish and wears a fair bit from there I have been impressed with a few things although a lot of pattern which is not really me. I tried zara jacket didn;t look right but it is nice. I have a cream quilted one which I like.

that glacier shirt is nice but OUTTA stock

Wow, when I linked that shirt it had size 12 left. Now it's gone. Bummer.

YOUR POWER blinners!

Ha - am chuckling Nibbly!

Btw I wonder how much ££ MN make from all the affiliate links people click on, across the various boards? Just idle curiosity on my part.

I bet a lot - its adclick or something, isn't it?

That blouse is gorgeous - but gone! Great find.

I ordered this jacket from Zara, v similar to the above one. Loved it, really nice, but not right on me at all. Back it went. I'm having a v low hit rate at Zara this year.
Glacier shirt would have been v good for me too. Shame it sold out.

The glacier shirt is available in other colours, though, isn't it?

Desert rose and prune purple available. Neither for me really. Purple maybe. Great price.

this colour is what I am after for with white trousers and snake heels

Gorgeous, Noddy. Massimo Dutti did silk shirts in that colour last season. Wonder if there are any on eBay? I will look on their site, soon, too. I love their stuff but the website is so poor - teeny photos.

lurking - I agree, it is great price. I find French Connection usually fits really well on me, in a size 10 (no vanity sizing), but I have to wade through the polyester. But I hit the mother lode - did a search on "silk" on their website and I brought up silk shirts on sale. They also have a red silk shirt that looks good, too. I love how silk feels.

French connection not bad for me either, but I stopped going to it because their clothes were so short! Oasis the same. I think oasis is good for my bottom heavy shape but again, I've stopped going in, too flipping short. Mid-thigh is short!
Just saw your blog now, lovely post. And your Oasis rose print dress is beautiful! Still think the New Look skirt is nice. Have to haul my ass to it to try on. Finding time is the issue.

I love Massimo. Maybe I've outgrown Zara and Massimo is now my home? Yy, poor website. I wish they'd stop that awful horrendous shite room fragrance they drown their shops in. Makes me heave.

I mean your Oasis skirt, not dress.

LOL at Wallis whiffing of HRT. The sizing is massive too, styled for six footers.