[tgavin71]

Originally Posted by tinapbeana

yeah, i gotta second the opinion that coordinating your wardrobe is way more than half the battle! having working business casual and professional environments, it's easy to feel like you stick out like a sore thumb and loose a little focus on the actual work at hand.

easiest trick i know is the 5-10. have 5 bottoms that will get you through a work week. have 2 tops that coordinate with each bottom, that gives you 10 outfits or 2 work weeks. even better is if, with the same 10 tops, you can mix them with your bottoms: that'll give you 3-4 weeks of options without wearing the same combination twice. more than enough.

another trick is shell or shirt plus cardigan/jacket. wear the shirt + a bottom, shirt + cardigan + bottom, shirt + jacket + a bottom = 3 different outfits.

or, to make it really simple: 3 pairs of pants (black, brown, navy) 3 skifts (black brown navy), 2 pairs of shoes (black brown), and 10 tops (since just about anything that goes w/ brown or navy will go with black!). throw in a cream colored jacket and a cream colored cardigan and you have, just a sec... 180 outfits if you can wear all the tops with all the bottoms, and you toss in the cardigan and the jacket.

wow, didn't think it would be that many!

Some great ideas there. I am always having trouble with my wardrobe.