Wardrobe overhaul

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I've got a new job and need a total wardrobe overhaul.

I'm a sweaty Betty leggings/hoodie/trainers type usually as I wfh and exercise most days. This new job will be in the office a few days per week and I'll be quite senior so would like to look the part. I'm after simple, well-tailored, smart casual clothes.

I'm an hourglass and find anything oversize/flowy/loose just makes me look like a sack of spuds.

Any recommendations for nicely tailored clothes please? Everything from basic shirts to casual trousers/jeans needed.

Thanks in advance!

Hopeful bump, my credit card is burning a hole in my wallet

I'd start with a very small capsule wardrobe until you get settled in and gauge what others wear.
Given you're a leggings person, maybe trousers first and a selection of tops that you can then build from. But personally I think dresses are easier to just throw on and go if you aren't use to dressing for the office everyday. I find on MN people love or hate blazers, but I find them a quick option to smarten up a basic outfit for work, so I'd look for one too in a neutral colour.

Me&Em are good for smart casual, expensive but have a sale on at the moment but a lot of it is wintery. Their wide leg trousers are good
Baujken is another place I'd look - again a sale at the moment and some tailored options baukjen
And thirdly - maybe Iris and Ink - they also do nice simple tailored dresses if you want to go that way
Other places I'd look M&S (surprisingly good this year), Everlane for basics, Mango and possibly some of Boden especially if there's a good sale going on.

Thanks so much! I've a few dresses I like to wear for work, LK Bennet, couple of m&s ones. Dresses this season seem to be oversize or at least have no defined waist, will check out the dresses on the site you've mentioned! Thanks
(**slopes off to google "how to do a capsule wardrobe")

Head to Pinterest - easy to go down a rabbit hole, but also a good starting point to work out what you actually like and don't like

www.pinterest.com/theblissfulmind/capsule-wardrobe/

smart casual work capsule

Think of the good brands eg Hobbs, John Lewis, LK Bennett, Baujken then look them up on vinted or depop. I got some great work dresses for so much less money. I agree that dresses are easier than tops and trousers

I seem to have a very similar work/lifestyle/wardrobe to you.

For office days I have 4 pairs of Boden Richmond trousers in different colours, which I wear with shirts/long sleeved Ts/jumpers depending on what the day holds.