Help! I need clothes for conference next week

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I am going to a work conference next week and I need some suitable clothes! Ideally shift dresses and trousers and jackets and something for a dinner which is corporate but dressy. Some flat shoes and some heels and a bag

I need to look effortlessly classy and sophisticated. Current wardrobe doesn't cut it!

I'm size 14 hourglass shape

Please help!

Budget? Usual style? Where do you normally shop?

Don’t know your budget but I would try Hobbs. Some lovely dresses and jackets. I’ve never got on with their trousers but you may have more luck!

Don’t ask me. Rubbish at conference dressing. Invariably overcome with remorse as I cross the threshold of the venue - though I was perfectly happy with my reflection in the mirror at home ...

Soz ...

M and s Debenhams next normally

Budget whatever it takes to feel comfortable as I'm fed up of work wardrobe so happy to invest

I'm quite short with short arms so I find petite stuff good but I do have a big bust

Hobbs is great for this kind of stuff. Next also has some nice suits usually, although haven't had a look recently.

When I travel for work I pack a dark dress, dark skirt and dark trousers. A couple of jackets and tops and it all makes loads of combinations.

Where is it? Weather in UK is looking cooler next week

Reiss, Linea and some Zara basics are my go to. I tend to wear a dress if I am speaking at a conference, and a skirt top jacket combo if I am just attending.

These dresses from H&M are always good https://m2.hm.com/m/en_gb/productpage.0550309001.html

That H&M dress looks good, but is completely out of stock.

It's in stock in shops - I saw it last week in grey/navy/black/red

Try The Fold if budget no problem.

Thanks for replies

Can't stretch to the fold prices sadly. So I've exhausted m and s next Debenhams and house of Fraser. Have found nothing suitable! I want a trouser suit with stretch a 3/4 type jacket in a colour a black shift dress and some coordinating tops!

Please help!

Is boden any good?

Also where is Linea? Couldn't find it in hof.

I tried Zara and couldn't find any jackets

I tried mango

I tried lk Bennett and was scared by prices

Also h and m great but all small sizes

Reiss. Can't fit boobs in

I got a nice black dress from gap which I incidentally wore for a conference this week

Next is (bizarrely)your friend here. If you go online they have a mixture of brands not just next either next day delivery ( all the following links are next)

Black Hobbs dress it's pricey but worth every penny. Versatile and generous around the boobs. Feels amazing to wear considering it's 'just' a black dress.

[https://www.next.co.uk/G6214s15?dp=a&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v7mBRC1ARIsAAiw34_48ZvRzQdV79IZQ5AJ8JZhbtFko0dvPu5piEPh1UczPmTqgtQ2-FUaAkAWEALw_wcB#647819 Black Crepe Culottes]] smart summer trousers pair nicely with shirts tucked in or bright jumpers

795 other shift dresses

low heeled shoes very comfy to wear, if they aren't your style look for any others in the forever comfort range.

I do loads of international conferences and trade shows, and have this same panic every bloody time. I hate it!!

I never feel quite right. Cue panic buying stuff before I go.i did it today in fact as got one coming up. It's not as though I don't know that I'm going because I do.

Problem is, I can't afford Hobbs, The Fold or Boden and have to make do with Next etc and I never feel quite right. Too much summer stuff around now as well. I don't want to look like I work in a bank but also I don't want to look like I'm sat on the beach.

Arrrrgghhhhh

Mabel I can't afford Hobbs either normally but I got drunk one night and felt really dowdy and shut and bought a load of new clothes I wouldn't usually buy. I definitely got my monies worth out of the Hobbs dress I linked above, it just wears well and feels so good and grown up to wear, and because it's black I can get away with wearing it over and over again like a man can with a suit.

Boden is good for petite but can't remember what size the petite range goes up to, it's much less than the normal range.

Linea was the HoF own brand. Clean lines and sharp shapes but I haven’t been in since the buy out by Sports Direct.

Op, yesterday I had a Debenhams personal shopper. She was fab, free, 2 hours. I got a black skirt, black work trousers, a top, a lovely work dress, and a shift dress. For £72. Bargain. Highly recommend it!

Wallis has a good petit range