Basic work tops for tall daughter starting first grad job. Plain coloured smart no frills.

[Pistachiomonster]

Help me put together a basic office work wardrobe or at least some tops for our daughter starting her first grad job. She is tall 5’10’, medium build, with a long body, dislikes patterns, frills, anything in the slightest but see-through, hates dresses and skirts, any ties, big collars, big buttons, puffed sleeves etc etc.

She has quite pale skin and moussey brown hair. She has no interest in fashion. She has a pair of black trousers, a pair of navy trousers and three white shirts/blouses that look like school shirts.

So it’s more tops she needs to get her going (maybe a green, teal, pale blue or red that will go with both colours of her trousers). She is on a low starting salary so I was going to try and get her three or four tops and maybe a jumper to start her off as she is on a low starting salary and has to pay a deposit and her first months rent.

@MeetMeOnTheCorner I work in law. I’m in an office and regularly in court in London and regionally. Honestly, a lot of law has unclenched! There are plenty of those in pencil skirts and heels still but also plenty in trousers and DMs.

Thanks all. In the end I booked an appointment with a JL personal shopper in a bigger nearby city. She was brilliant and got DD to try on some clothes she never would have entertained the idea of from me. The upshot is she came away with the beginnings of great interchangeable capsule work wardrobe which she loves and she suits.

Thanks for the update OP! That’s great - so glad your daughter has had a good experience finding her new work wardrobe. Hopefully feeling good in her new clothes will help her confidence in starting the new job. Very best of luck to her! 😊

Women's Cotton Volume Sleeve Shirt (Striped) | UNIQLO UK

I bought this for my DD , she's tall but long legs/shorter torso.
I like the Uniqlo rayon blouses but DD doesn't . Anything linen creases .
This is 100% cotton, very soft , nice tailoring and rounded edge collar

It';ll look smart with tailored trousers

I would have loved a mum who was this interested in me when I was starting out in the world. It’s a lovely thought, she can always take them back if she feels the need to.

Nice blouse/shirt but wrong length for a tall torso.

Thanks yes she loves them and her first day at work went brilliantly by the sound of it and it’s the first time our shopping experience wasn’t fraught.

The personal shopper persuaded her to try on some different styles and colours that suited her shape and we got her some clothes that are still her but slightly smarter more grown up and work appropriate.

To @Jo7890123 it was a win win and I was glad I was able to help my daughter financially with the cost and to help guide her in an area unlike most girls her age that she has little interest in clothes, style, colour and had a very mixed mindset about work clothes. We had another shopping trip to a local small outlet village and she confidently picked out a nice shirt from French Connection that said she liked (it was similar to one the personal shopper had picked) and asked me if I thought the colour would go with her trousers etc.