Workwear chatty thread Part 2

[BelindaAllWorkedOut]

Let's talk workwear. Maybe a little bit of non workwear fashion chat, too.

My blog is at theworkwearedit.com but our chat goes above and beyond that.

ditto i cant do collar less boucle

you see too many pockets= challenge anneka

i like a plain tuxedo type best i think

or biker

I can't do biker apart from an old one I have mates mums wear them Mary berry has one and I fear the jane McDonald look. Boucle good for me too have an old black Chanel one favourite.

I am not earnest enough to be Anneka Tuxedo good short blazers no good on boobs

The bershka snake neon stiletto are a tenner in sale Comfortable

Ta re shoe links. Office link doesn't work, but the grey ones I don't like, and the Matalan ones I think are plastic - I want leather, or maybe suede if black.

I love biker jackets - I wish I had a hundred of them.

Saw the film of myself yesterday btw - I look like a very crazy raven.

I wish I suited them in a Kate moss louche way but I don't wrong shape They need to hang I fear I am stuffed into them

I 'think' they suit me, but if not, I don't care! I tend to buy them fairly tight across the back, and obvs they stay open not fastened!

I have one leather one and three fabric ones and wear them so much.

remus - I've not seen myself on film, but I'm pretty expressive / animated, so think I would need to be as still as poss to look ok on film. Watch someone on film you like / look similar to and observe how they talk / move etc? My theory is that being composed / still is what comes across best? Not frozen, but poised. Bet you did actually look good, btw, I doubt you were being objective?

My son is a film student I hate seeing film of myself I freeze

I am very bad at being still! Tbh it wouldn't have been possible for me to do my job and be still anyway. At least I looked like a fairly slim crazy raven, with lipstick on!

Re zara orange jacket. Definitely need to be flat chested for I because of the neckline. Luckily I am truly blessed in that department.

I agree that you need to be careful not to channel Annika in the colarless tweedy jacket. But the zara one is a lovely navy and black combo which I think looks v fresh. And being flat chested I think I'm less likely to look Tory wife and more likely to look a bit Isabel marant. At least, that's what I'm telling myself!

Agree flat chested best for most of those jackets . Even a biker can look Tory wife see Christine Hamilton although I fear she does the full leather trousers combo! I need things that skim. Or just a random lucky fit. I have one unstructured navy blazer type and it is ok ish. The short military one from Zara has been my best for summer

Remus I can confirm Matalan shoes are not suede or leather. But they go brilliantly with some cotton baggy printed trousers I have.

Oh to have a whistles for every purchase budget. Actually I probably could stretch but I would live in fear of wearing any of it to work (big factory) or around two kids.

YY re oh for a Whistles budget. I've got my eye on this which is absolutely beautiful irl, but I just can't justify it - and my other Whistles biker, which I love, has bobbled horribly.

Oh and somebody mentioned some Sally Hansen stuff for legs - what is it? Fake tan? I am very, very pale.

My Zara jacket (like Belinda's and ?Brillen) hasn't arrived yet. I am not flat chested (28 or 30 F-G) but I'm hopeful it'll suit. I don't think I look Christine Hamilton in my other jackets or bikery ones. Perish the thought. Couldn't be having that. Will examine closely again. No sign of the Mango one, but I expect that'll be here approx oh I expect September. Love the above jackets.

Sally Hansen is messy spray tan stuff for legs. It really is leg make up. I put on moisturiser, then Sally, and rub rub rub it in. Some use a mitt. I don't as I lose mitts. I know, how? So I don't have milk bottle like legs with attractive thread veins. Somehow or other it's better than fake tan, and still looks v natural. Lasts all day. I use medium. The light is very light, my red headed whiter-than-white friend uses that. It washes off with soap and water.

Thanks Lurking. Don't think I fancy lots of messy rubbing in tbh - think I'll stay white! :)

Ach, in fairness Remus, it's not difficult to use, I sold it rather badly. Put it on like moisturiser. But i agree with you, it is another job to do in the morning.
Love your Whistles jacket, but only a size 14 left.

Cheers, Lurking. I went out today with my bare legs out in a mini skirt and nobody ran screaming, so...

Would the Sally Hansen stuff work on evening out skintone, as opposed to tanning?

I have a load of ezcema scars that I want to hide but I don't need to tan.

Oh yes, Sally Hansen is perfect for that enormouse, because it's like a light foundation. Buy the closest to your skin tone colour. Evens out little imperfections really well.

How so the sizes come up in Zara? What would you say is the equivalent for an 8/10?

Very interested in the short jacket idea, being petite....