Must-have workwear essentials for autumn 2023 - Capsule Wardrobe #with links

Hi loves and welcome back to my YouTube channel. Today we've got a work wear slash office wear capsule wardrobe video. I've been wanting to do this video for such a long time so I'm so glad I'm finally getting it. These are basically the key things that I think that you need in your wardrobe to be able to create multiple outfits this upcoming autumn winter season. If you are new here do not forget to subscribe before you leave. Today I put fashion content out every week so you do not want to miss that and if you're a subscriber thank you so much for clicking on the video and let's get started. Some of the pieces in the video are new in so I will link them below and some of the pieces are a little bit older so if there's something that isn't linkable I'll basically try and find a similar alternative and I'll link that below instead. So you should be able to shop most of the items in the description box below. I'm not sure if I have any discount codes at the minute but if I have I'll include them in the description box as well. So first up one of the most simple items from this video but I feel like you do need it if you're gonna do a capsule wardrobe and it is this white t-shirt. This is actually from Cozz. I just feel like a good quality white t-shirt is what you need so if you've already got one then definitely no need to buy a new one. I did shop around for quite a while I was buying the wrong fit, I was buying the wrong qualities and I feel like I finally found one now there is a go-to. I love the thickness of it, I love the shape on it. It is just a basic white tee but I do feel like it's quite hard to find one that's really good quality. So I got this one from Cozz. This is a size small and I feel like it is so easy to style for the office. Next up we have a grey blazer. I feel like grey is everywhere right now and I definitely feel like it's gonna be a key colour this autumn winter. This is more of a tailored one. I do tend to go towards more of a tailored fitted blazer for the office and I just find them easy to style. I also feel like grey is a perfect colour because you can wear it with neutrals, tan and you can wear it with black as well. We have gone for more of a neutrals vibe in this video but I do feel like that's because it makes it easier to mix and match all the pieces together. Next up a pair of tailored trousers. It's a perfect thing to create a capsule wardrobe with especially when we're talking about work wear. I picked these one up a few weeks ago from Asos Tall. As I mentioned I am 5 foot 10 so I do shop a lot of tall brands. These are super high-waisted wide leg tailored trousers. They've actually got a bit of a pinstripe in them as well and I feel like because grey is gonna be such a key colour I picked these up so I could style them so many different ways and the fit on these is so good and actually I can wear heels with them as well which is a massive thing for me because I am so tall. I always struggle with wearing heels with trousers and with these I can actually wear heels as you can see in the clip. So I'm loving these for the autumn season. Next up we have another pair of trousers but these are wide leg and cropped at the ankle so I will show you. It's a little bit hard to show you here but I'll show you on as well. They're wide leg at the bottom but they are cropped so just to give you something different, just a bit of a different style, you can also style similar ways to the ones we just saw previously. These are actually from Lily Silk, they're amazing quality, they're wool, they're so comfortable on and I feel like they're a really good length. Again I've propped these on with the higher shoes just because I feel like with this type of trousers I would always wear a higher shoe and they are wide leg at the bottom which I find most flattering on me but if you didn't want to do a wide leg you could swap over more of a tapered leg but I feel like this kind of style is really good for the office again because you can just wear them so many different ways. So next up we're going to talk about a striped knit jumper and I feel like a striped knit jumper is one to have in your wardrobe anyway even if we're not talking about office wear, work wear. I wear this so so much. I actually picked this one up from H&M. H&M knits are such good quality and they always last. This is actually from the premium range which I do find is better quality than the usual range. I picked up a similar one last year with a smaller stripe but this one's got a thicker stripe so I picked this one up as well just because I know they last so long and I style them so many different ways. You can pop this with a midi skirt for the office or you can pop it on with some long tailored trousers. There are a ton of different ways you can wear this and then if you didn't want to actually wear it on because it is quite thick then you can just pop it over your shoulders as well just to give like a bit of a chic look. Next up we're going to talk about a black midi skirt. I feel like this is such a good one to have if you want to create multiple different outfits. It's got to be long enough for the office and this one is like a maxi skirt I think obviously because I'm tall and I feel like it's perfect. It's got a split in it but it's not it's not too much of a split if that makes sense and it's got some button detail down the side which I love as well so it's not just plain. I feel like there's so many different ways you can wear this for the office. Pop a knit on with it or a shirt even with a knit over your shoulders. Again so many different ways you can wear this with boots, with higher shoes, like there are a ton of different ways and I feel like it's one of them things that's classic that you're just going to have for years and years especially in black as well. Very easy to style up. Next up we're going to talk about a little a-line skirt. I feel like skirts are a controversial one if they're short. Whenever I include them on an office work wear reel on Instagram I always get a ton of comments saying you can't wear a skirt to the office but when I'm in the office I always wear skirts like this so I always get a little confused that maybe it's because I'm tall they look so short on me I'm unsure but I feel like a little a-line skirt with some tights and boots is a perfect little office outfit and I always felt super cute going to the office in skirts like this. So this one's actually from Reece. I purchased it around two weeks ago. Obviously it is patterned so if you did want to go a bit more classic you can just do like a tan or black one or a neutral color but I think this is so cute and it goes with a ton of different things. Now I couldn't have done an office capsule wardrobe video without including a white shirt. I feel like it's a classic you need to have in your wardrobe you probably already have but I've included this one with shoulder pads today just because I wanted to do something a little bit different. I'm sure you've all already got a white shirt in your wardrobe but sometimes I love wearing a shoulder pad one as it just gives me a little bit more shape and makes me feel like I'm a little bit more dressed up. So this one's actually from Karen Millen. Got some little gold buttons and shoulder pads. These are actually quite big shoulder pads as well so it does feel quite structured on but I feel like it gives the outfit a little bit of an extra something a little bit different and obviously there's so many different ways you can wear a white shirt I'm not gonna have to tell them to you but I just feel like this could go with most of the things in the video today so I had to include it. Now we've talked about a grey blazer at the beginning of the video so I felt like I had to include this. This is a tan blazer jacket slash coat so it's kind of all mixed into one it probably is a little bit warm to wear if you just wander around the office but I remember wearing this so much when I was in the office as my especially when the weather was not quite cold enough to wear a big coat and I just found this such a key piece in my wardrobe so I wanted to include it and obviously it is a little bit thick so if you haven't got anything like this you could just do like a tan blazer with the outfits that I've included in today's video. This one's actually from Karen Millen. I absolutely love it. It is a little bit longer length so it fits me perfectly being tall as well. It's very structured and I feel like this honestly when it first came out I wore it non-stop. I've also got it in a khaki color which I love so I had to include it. Again there's so many different ways you can wear this. It is a little bit more tailored again it's not oversized and I feel like the shape on this is so good. Whilst we're still talking about blazers I've also got a black blazer which I'm sure you've already got in your wardrobe and I had to include it seems as it was a capsule wardrobe video. A black blazer is such a go-to again. If you see as I'm holding them up all my blazers are a very similar shape. I just love the ones that go in slightly and then back out like an hourglass shape blazer and they all have shoulder pads and they're all quite structured. It's just my go-to. I just prefer that shape on me. I actually picked this one up from Zara last year maybe it was the year before but I'll link some alternatives below or actually if they've brought this one back out which they sometimes do I'll link the exact one. I'll let you know in the description box. But a black blazer is just so easy and just something you could wear nearly every day to the office if you wanted to. This one's a little bit of an extra one. You don't really have to have it in your wardrobe but I feel like it's a good one that you can style multiple different ways. So I wanted to include it. It's just this little black waistcoat. I actually picked it up this week from Mango which is why I've still got the tags on it. I haven't actually worn it yet but I just feel like a waistcoat is so good like you can style so many different ways. I've popped it on in the clip with the tailored trousers and the blazer so it kind of does look like a three-piece suit but it's just a different way of creating that rather than going out and buying a three-piece suit. You can pick up the pieces separately over time and then as long as they're like a neutral colour you can normally get very similar or the same colours which is what I've done with this. These trousers, the waistcoat and the blazer are all from different places all both different times so you can pull them together for an outfit and make it look really cute. Well I wouldn't say cute actually it's more like chic and professional. I feel like cute is such a go to word for me I say it all the time. But anyway waistcoats are such a good one to have. I've got a ton of different colours but I thought I would include the black one today just because I did pick it up very recently so it's easy to shop and I do feel like black is probably the most versatile colour. Again I feel like this is something I had to include and I couldn't really leave out the video. It's just some black tailored trousers again I got these from ASOS Tolbra I'm sure you've probably already got a pair in your wardrobe. So easy to wear with multiple different things I mean there's just millions of ways you can wear them and I actually did have a question on Instagram the other day to do a video on just styling tailored trousers so let me know if that's something that you would like to see as well in the comments and maybe I can create a video. But there are just a ton of different ways to wear these and I actually picked these up a few weeks ago as well so I do think they'll still be in but these are the tall versions so I'll also link some regular and petite too. Next up we're going to talk about this grey knit. Now I know we talked about that striped one earlier on in the video but again because I do feel like grey is gonna be such a big colour this season I do feel like this one is also a really good one to have in your wardrobe. I've got this one but just to be honest it's not the weather for a roll neck yet so I really needed something that wasn't a roll neck and I especially find it for the office. I didn't really love wearing roll necks because the temperature always goes up and down don't they in the office. Some people want the aircon on some people don't. So a roll neck is not always the best one to wear for the office so I picked this one up instead. Similar colour and so many different ways you can wear this. This will literally mix and match with probably 90% of the things that we've seen so far in the video so such a good one to have. And then also I really wanted to include these little jackets. I have a ton of them. I have one in cream, I have one in grey, I have one in like the little black and white like kind of like a patterned and I absolutely love them. I find them so easy to style with little skirts or tailored trousers. There'll be a ton of different ways that I wear these jackets and I feel like they're such a good one to have for work because they do look really chic and professional and again something like this goes with so many of the other things you've seen in the video. I also styled this up so many different ways over on my Instagram if you did want to see a few different ways I've styled these up. This is actually from Urban Revival. The quality of Urban Revival stuff is so so good and everywhere else I looked for these jackets they were coming up like £300 for a really good quality one and I just didn't feel like that was something I wanted to pay like £300 for a little jacket so I did pick up a couple from Urban Revival and they are much more affordable and the quality is still really really good on these. So we are done with the clothing section of the video but I wanted to talk quickly about shoes and accessories. I picked up these ballet flats recently because the Chanel ones have been on my wish list for quite some time but these are a little bit more affordable and I've just been wearing them so much I feel like they look really nice with tights, they look really good under tailored trousers and I feel like office footwear it's quite a difficult one and I just feel like these are very feminine, they're very comfortable and such a good one for the office. I picked these up from LK Bernat a couple of weeks ago so I will link them below and I'll also find some alternatives. If ballet flats aren't for you then maybe just a more, I want to say loafer, I'll pop a picture of what I mean. I think they're called like a loafer style shoe, maybe something like this would be better if you didn't fancy the ballet flat but I feel like either way like a black pair of shoes for the office is a must. I also feel like if you have a flat pair then you need a heeled one as well so I picked up these from Zara the other day, they've kind of got quite a little bit of a large heel for the office but I feel like a pointy black shoe is also a really good one to have especially when you are styling up things like midi skirts and I feel like things like that always look better with a little bit of height. Even for me I'm 5 foot 10, I'll still wear heels with a lot of things so I feel like a black pointy shoe is always a good one as well. Next up I feel like a good black bag is always a must for the office as well. I've got a ton of different black bags but I thought I would show you this one today. I actually picked it up from Mango because I do feel like this is the perfect shape for office wear and this one is super affordable. I'm not sure that this is leather but I just love the way it looks. I felt like it was perfect for this video because it just went with every single thing in the video. This one was actually from Mango but obviously I'm sure you've already got a black bag in your wardrobe. I just wanted to say that I would include that in a capsule wardrobe. And then lastly a good quality belt, this one is actually from YSL it is the smallest, thinnest version but I do also have a Celine belt in tan in the medium size that I love as well. I feel like a good quality belt is definitely a good investment and something you can wear forever with nearly every single thing in the wardrobe. I wear these belts so so much so definitely worth investing in a good quality belt I think. And that is it for me today. I hope you enjoyed the video, let me know if you did below. Do not forget to subscribe before you leave today. Also come and say hi on my Instagram as well. I do a ton of work wear style and reels on there so you do not want to miss them. And I will see you guys next week.