/fa/ - Fashion

Femanon here. YMMV but this is my experience

>When I was 22 I got a "real office job" with a business dress code and had to stumble to keep up
>Before I got the job I dressed like female Kurt Vile - long-ass shaggy brown hair, men's v-neck brown striped sweaters, frayed jeans - so I had no clue at all what to do
>Thought I would do the carrie mathison thing and wear crisp oxford shirts and editor pants cause it was a bit tomboy... Didn't work for my body type (hourglass; made me look enormous) and ironing those shirts is a BITCH
>Pants also sucked because I wore stilettos that were way too expensive and delicate to commute back on the subway, so had to switch to flats, then pants were too long and got frayed
>So I saw the light and ran the totally opposite way

now I basically have a uniform of:
>Dark close-fitting long and short-sleeved v neck tops, tucked in
>short interesting skirts (mostly pencil and straight, some A-line) that cinch the waist and hits above knees
>3/4 arm sleeve dresses that skim my body, also hitting above knees
>collarless blazers (made out of proper blazer materials like wool/crepe)
>lots and lots and lots of black tights
>kept the shoes cause they're fun
>thin gold jewelry

Bottom line is you're not gonna be good at your job if you're genuinely uncomfortable all day. Figure out the venn diagram overlap between your tastes and your body type and it's all good from there. Also: know your office to get a real sense of what's allowed.