September 30, 2024
Have you been forced to start going back to your office? I hear from heroines all the time who are suddenly expected to be their office two or three days a week, and who are NOT amused…
Two issues I hear often:
- Business clothes from the “before” days just don’t fit, or don’t suit, and
- Quite a few people have received promotions (sometimes multiple promotions) in the interim, and feel that they should dress to a higher level than before.
SO… let’s start with this very lovely scarf, and see what we can do! If you’re only going to an office twice a week, you really only need a small wardrobe…
I saw four accent colors right away, as well as white…
Even at this late date in the world, I still feel that a suit is the easiest and most versatile way to look like you’re in charge:
But then, just to cover your bases, you definitely want a good looking pair of jeans that you can wear with less casual things so that you fit in with the gang – some days…
If you’re going to buy a suit, and there’s a skirt available… You know what I’m going to say – buy it! – unless you absolutely, positively, CERTAINLY will never wear it. And be certain to send it to be laundered every time you send the jacket and pants, even if you’ve not worn it…
This next piece is sort of tricky – you could wear your suit pants again, but you may want a second pair of pants. Black and white tweed, or pinstripe, are possibilities, if you can find them. Also, if your suit pants come in two different cuts (these do!), you can get both of them, but then you’re sending FOUR pieces of your wardrobe to the laundry at the same time… So I’ve opted to give this heroine a pair of black chinos. I have these, and they’re indispensable!
These four outfits come together into a tidy wardrobe, which would be easy to pack for a week or longer… Yes, it’s lots of shoes; maybe you could forego the sneakers, or the boots?
This wardrobe is certainly close to being foolproof; you may not want to wear a red tee shirt with a lime green cardigan, for example. Or maybe, when you add the scarf to your outfit, you won’t mind….
In that case, you would have 64 outfits from twelve garments. 4 times 4 times 4….
Every wardrobe makes me want to start packing for my vacation! And I’m not leaving until Halloween…
love,
Janice
p.s. Well THIS is timely – I share with you my opinion of what I packed for a trip to Paris! And how I didn’t need nearly as much as I had packed. But this next trip I have very little shopping planned… A side product of my ongoing closet nightmare, which I will share with you soon!
Sheila Harden says
I really like this. I never stopped going into work although when there were only a few of us in the building the dress code (not that there is one) didn’t seem to matter. I could pick any of my scarves and build a wardrobe like this. I love having different accent colors. Thank you Janice, and looking forward to your closet reveal!