Design my essential wardrobe

[LadyCybilCrawley]

I am going to throw out my old wardrobe and start afresh

Help me - what are the essentials I need clothes shoes and accessories-wise?

From this posting I will be writing my shopping list ...

Oh I am 5 foot 3 inches and 133 to 140 pounds depending

You'll need to give us a bit more info about your lifestyle, LadyC! What activities will these new clothes be for? And what colours suit you?

More importantly, why are you throwing out your current clothes?

1. Throwing out because they are old and make me feel dowdy

1. Work 5 days a week - high level executive

1. Weekend with kids and DH and dog

1. I hate tight clothes but unfortunately that means I tend to buy too big. I like conservative clothes for work - trousers, Mary Janes shoes and cardigans - and I like jeans and tshirts or tunics for weekends

1. I am cutting all my long hair off for pixie hair style

1. I want to lose 10 pounds but don't want to feel dowdy waiting for that to happen when it might never happen

Oh and I like earth colors - navy black green

I think you need to buy correct size but a different cut no need to buy skinny trousers if you hate them; this can involve spending more money initially maybe go to Hobbs Planet and get 2-3 good work suits and some good tops not just white/cream and some nice scarves and statement costume jewellry, make sure cardigans are good quality preferably coloured rather than black

do you have to wear black? do you have to be very conservative in dress? as depending on hair colour skintone basics maybe better in grey/navy/ chocolate/ burgundy or stone colours

be a bit more adventurous with colour in handbags shoes etc

weekends 2 pairs of good well fitting jeans or cords maybe a cashmere jumper or two