How to stay warm and cosy AND look stylish/smart?!

[PurpleTreeFrog]

I like to look stylish at work and somewhat smart... Not Mad Men wiggle dresses and heels smart, but not jeans and bobbly jumper either...

Any tips on dressing chic without looking overly baggy and bundled up? Atm I'm wearing a mostly slim fit black trousers with ankle boots and a slouchy smart-ish jumper plus snood/scarf thingy. Would like to wear more dresses as I do in summer but the ones I've got aren't warm enough.

To make matters worse I'm one of these people who feels cold all the time and the air con seems to be on at work! To be truly warm I'd need a vest, long sleeve top, thin jumper and a scarf! Which is what Ive been living in recently. Whereas I see other people in the office just wearing one layer, such as a 3/4 sleeve top! No idea how theyre warm enough, I chug so much tea to warm up too.

Thinking of starting to wear only black so I can look chic,it's slimming, and hopefully less noticeable that I'm bundled up as if I'm up a mountain!

I haven't tried merino and I do have a cashmere jumper that I keep 'for best' which effectively means it rarely gets worn so will go and get it out
The trouble is the office is too warm and my job means I'm in and out of the car and peoples' houses (some of which are pretty unsavoury). I really need someone to come and sort me out!

MargoReadbetter How can you wear scarves at work, don't tgey get in the way?

Depends on what your work is isn't it? I don't have a problem typing on the keyboard with a scarf.

^^ Yup. I'm a desk monkey, not on a factory line. Snoods don't get in the way at all as they don't hang down. so they're even better.

I'm torn between getting a couple of Uniqlo Heattech thingies or getting another merino baselayer but I suppose the latter is less thin and harder to find in a low neck.

Been admiring ponchos all day too...

Our heating broke at work today! In our shiny new state of the art refurbished office building was a balmy 11 degrees indoors this morning... Everyone was wearing coats, bobble hats and gloves...

I am always cold. I am ok as long as I wear thick tights, thermal long socks and boots! Also plenty of layers on your top half eg. Vest, long sleeved tshirt, dress, cardigan.

Have a layer underneath that you can tuck in. Makes a massive difference. I usually do vest or long sleeved top tucked in to tights. I also wear thermal socks over my tights in my boots