Yesterday’s lesson turned out to be “Always Make A Toile”. The waistcoat didn’t fit. Not even slightly.
So, this morning I went on a mammoth wardrobe clear-out, and took out everything that doesn’t fit me any more. I then sorted the remaining clothes into “suitable for work” and “not suitable for work”. This led to the discovery that I own approximately one million really nice tops, but nothing to wear with them apart from jeans. And one ankle length black skirt. And my grey suit trousers.
So, this week, I will be wearing my grey suit trousers and my ankle length black skirt, with an assortment of tops.
However, I can’t alternate between one skirt and one pair of trousers indefinitely, so my next mission was to go through my wardrobe again, and try on combinations of clothes that I hadn’t thought of before. That led to the outfit above, which I really like!
- The pale pink shirt is a men’s one from Marks & Spencer.
- The dress over the top is this black jersey one.
- The long skirt is this seersucker one, that I made last year and have almost worn out already. The dress is long enough that the outfit would be fine without the extra skirt underneath, but I do prefer to go for ankle length these days. It looks much better with my new shoes.
- The belt is one with a teacup print, but I don’t think it’s quite the right colour. It does work to break up the black though, which I like.
- The necklace is this rose quartz and amethyst one, that I made at the beginning of the year. I like the way that the three strands work with the neckline of the dress.
I think for my first day I’m going to play it safe and wear my grey Marks & Spencer suit with a plain black top. Once I’ve seen what everyone else is wearing, and established whether there’s an official dress code, I can work out what I need to sew next.