Help - dd hates shopping but needs work clothes

[Anonymous]

What's her body type and height? Does she have any preferences beyond non-revealing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re buying your adult daughter’s clothes online for her because she can’t deal with shopping? Do you pack her lunch as well?

NP

1. Read the thread

2. Piss. Off.

[Anonymous]

I’m a jeans and t shirt person who just wants to be covered and appropriate at work. I feel her pain.

It’s honestly difficult to pull off an outfit that is just pants and a top. Tucking is hard/complicated. If she likes and can find button downs that work for her, that’s a good option.

Otherwise imo the easiest/most comfortable thing is sweater knit crew or vneck shells or t shirts, with a cardigan or a soft jacket. Jcrew, Talbot’s, ann taylor, department stores are all good bets. I like nic and Zoe for cheap soft jackets, and they have a lot of sizes.

You can do the shell/sweater jacket combo over trousers or pull on pants and you don’t have to worry about tucking or anything being cropped.

[Anonymous]

Go to Aritzia - the effortless pants, contour tops, and blazers are what most recent grads are wearing to work.

[Anonymous]

Stitch fix? You can buy directly what she likes

[Anonymous]

I just bought some tops from Kule at the recommendation of someone on this forum. They have plain and stripes, long and short sleeved. They are thick and not cropped although about an inch shorter than I like. I used to buy these shirts at Eddie Bauer but even those shirts are thin and cheaper now.

[Anonymous]

Why not just buy dresses? So much easier than having to find tops and pants.

[Anonymous]

my dd is 25 and buys from j. crew, sezanne, mango, zara, anthropologie, &other stories

[Anonymous]

Corporette is good for this kind of question.

[Anonymous]

Land the helicopter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to Aritzia - the effortless pants, contour tops, and blazers are what most recent grads are wearing to work.

The current style for young women of drapey loose work pants is really sloppy and unflattering, especially when most of the young women wearing this style are on budgets and therefore buying cheap polyester fabrics.

Aritzia naming this style "the effortless" is crying out for a pun..... because when the young women show up at conferences and client meetings in this style, and it is sloppy draping around their shoes.... it really looks like they put zero effort into this outfit.

[Anonymous]

You need to let her figure this out for herself. She has a Big Girl Job now. Encourage her to act her age and solve this non-problem. "You're a smart and capable young woman - you can tackle this!" "If you can manage to graduate from college, you can manage to find yourself some work appropriate clothes. I believe in you!"

[Anonymous]

Buy nothing. Wear a simple black dress the first day of work and get a look at what everyone is wearing. We made the mistake of buying clothes we thought were business casual appropriate and found out jeans were their business casual and returned a lot of stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dd just graduated college and is starting a job with a business casual dress code. Pants are covered but she needs a fair amount of tops. I need to buy online as she is fed up after visiting a couple of stores.

I understand that she does not want tops that are cropped but she tried on some cute tops at Evereve but she thought they were too short in the front (narrator: they weren’t).

The pickings are slim right now at most places as summer fabrics are sold out.

Any ideas (links) for tops she could wear with black pants? She has a few light weight cardigans and a few Pranayama cardigans from Athleta (that I assume count as business casual). She needs tops to wear under those (preferably tunic length). Is Amazon the answer?

Thanks for any help!

Set up an appointment for her at mm La Fleur or Nordstrom. Tell them she needs a work wardrobe and budget is $x. Problem solved

[Anonymous]

I would look for a 'popover' style blouse, they fit loosely and will be easy to find with some length.