Spend the extra money on pieces that fit well. Saving a few dollars on a pair of pants that are a little too short or that blouse that's a little too tight is a waste of money in the long term.

Slowly building up on it. Buy yourself one nice addition a pay period. Also, clothes you can use to make anything look good/professional. A nice black pencil skirt always looks good, and you can wear pretty much any style/color top. Even just a T-shirt with an accent necklace or blazer looks professional paired with a pencil skirt.

Every time I buy something new nowadays, I make sure that it goes with the pieces I already have. A lot depends on what kind of clothes is needed for your particular job, but having a sets of basic pieces in neutral colors is great - pencil skirts, dresses, shirts and blouses, blazer, cardigans etc. Then add some pieces in colors that suits you. Patterns can be fun, but again, depending on the dress code, focusing more on one-colored pieces might be better. I find that showing less skin is more professional, so I try to go for more covering pieces. Building up a good wardrobe can take time.

Some other things that I think of is that I make sure to iron my clothes to keep them free or wrinkles. I use a fabric shaver to remove fuzz when needed.

I usually make sure my shoulders are covered, I'm a big fan of 3 quarter length sleeves. I love White House Black Market, we have an outlet close by, they are my go to place for smart work dresses.

I usually capsule wardrobe I was a baby goth so I have a lot of black pieces but Ive slowly been adding colors and building collections. This summer I was really into a specific shade of yellow so I got a yellow dress yellow jacket, yellow shirt and shoes pants etc. I ended up with about 10 items of clothing in yellow.

If you need a tie but dont want a full suit, blazer and trousers are the way to go. The classic combination is navy jacket grey pants, both in wool, but a lot of different materials and colors work.

I've worked in a lot of business casual environments. I highly recommend Old Navy for bottoms and Express for tops. They both have a lot of staples that you can very easily use to build a capsule wardrobe.

I work in HR. I’m the only queer person, and the youngest one on my team so I feel like I have to dress well to prove I belong.

I have mostly black clothes. I pick clothes based on texture(I’m big on texture) and temperature in the morning, and because they are mostly black, it’ll match!

I also have a few gold necklaces. Sometimes I can get away with a t-shirt and dark jeans if I dress it up with jewelry

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I wear professional attire for my job; I think wearing the same blouse/pants would be a little odd longterm (thanks sexism) but it likely wouldn’t be a huge issue.

All of my blouses and dress pants were thrifted so I could affordably have a lot of comfortable options to mix and match. This allows me to have 10-15 blouses and 8-12 pairs of pants very affordably (tops are $2-5, pants are like $5-8).

It also allows me to rotate things out when I get sick of a piece, I can re-donate it and pick up something new!

I usually get my outfit ideas from Pinterest.

Banana Republic for sweaters

Uniqlo!

I have a similar situation and kind of ended up with a mini capsule wardrobe for each scenario, so I have 2 pairs of jeans, 4 t shirts and 2 flannels for the manual labor days, for the business casual days I keep the jeans, but I have some nicer shirts, and for the fancier days I have a dress, and a pair of slacks and a blazer. This can all be kind of mixed and matched, but typically I kind of have a uniform for each scenario. And then I have really athletic hobbies and wear sweatpants/leggings and t shirts outside of work, so I have a weeks worth of that, including the 4 t shirts I had anyways for manual labor, given your status as a new mom, it might be helpful to have a couple of extra t shirts on hand, but that is the way that I have found to simplify things the most, I hope this helps!

It sounds like you need different types of outfits or outfits that do it all. Are these different tasks on different days or all in one day?

I find having separate areas in my closet for different uses helps. 

So I have a section for kid friendly outfits (school drop-off, outdoor activities, etc), a section for daily wear and then some items for "fancy/business meetings". 

So you can have a set amount you want for each category based on how frequently you need them. If you have a few business meetings a month, try and get some nice jackets or a simple business professional dress or suit. You can add those or mix them in with your business casual outfits. 

I'm early 20's, also professional office job, 3 days in the office, two days at home (that's the arrangement for now). I don't really go out for social events, just casual date nights with my boyfriend. So my clothes have only two categories, work/outside appropriate, and clothes for home, gardening, but still appropriate to head to the shops on the weekends.

I love dresses, so I have a good selection of those (about 10), then I have cardigans (which are all a similar style, but different colours), then a handful of jackets, 2 are big outer jackets for winter. I have about 10 tops, and 10 skirts/pants (more skirts than pants but that's just my style. In summer I can just wear one layer, and just layer up in winter. I do have a vacuum bag of bulky winter clothes, usually sleeve tops, swap out the thinner dresses for thicker long sleeve ones, scarves, warmer PJ's and the 2 winter jackets.

If I need to cull my wardrobe, I turn all my coathangers facing one way, and one wardrobe cycle (6 months), if they're not facing the other way (meaning they haven't been used and rehung) they're gone. My wardrobe is now at a stable place, so now I make the rule if I buy one item I have to get rid of one item (usually I pay it forward to someone in my local community, or pass it to a family member - since we're all pretty much the same size). I haven't bought new clothes since I started my current job almost 3 years ago (not counting underwear/bras). I have been given 2 skirts made by my mother, one is technically not new, since it's the bottom half of a dress I wore when I was 12, and was remade into a skirt now. I do love to thrift shop, but rarely have the time, so that works in my favour at times.

A capsule wardrobe never worked for me, personally. I would think "Oh, I need 2 button ups, 2 nice tops, one dark pant, one light pant, etc." and then end up with things I didn't like.

If you haven't read "Spark Joy" by Marie Kondo, it has some really good tips to help you figure out what is important to *you* specifically (better than her main book IMO). You might have different criteria, but I find that coming up with a few rules it makes it easier to figure out what to keep or toss. If something doesn't check all the boxes, it's gone. I always ask myself:

1. Do I like how I feel when I wear it?
2. Is it easy to wash/fold/wear?
3. When I look at it, do I feel immediately happy to own it?

I've been pretty good at remembering what I tossed and never buying anything like it again this way.

Google “capsule wardrobe” for ideas. Some suggest having about 30 pieces that you can mix and match if you are female. I don’t think that includes special clothing, like for a particular sport/activity or for working out. I also think we have to have a wardrobe for winter and one for summer, at least where I live. Although, some pieces are also transitional, such as long sleeve tees, some skirts, or nicer pants for work. I started by donating or throwing out everything that did not fit well, was not a color good for me, or required a repair I did not know how to do or was beyond repair. I was brutal here. I have classic styles and some fun accessories as needed. Also, I am mindful about getting new things. I try to keep to “one in and one out” so it does not get away from me again.

Google capsule wardrobe. I’ve done this. I have three pairs of pants, black, gray and brown. I add white back in when seasons change. I have two pencil skirts and about 8 blouses. I have four blazers and a few low heels and some boots, ballet flats. A few scarves and it’s a functional wardrobe. I’m in the office twice a week.

Start with what you wear all the time. Do you like it? Keep it. Don’t actually like it so much? Away it goes. Not sure about it? This becomes your “maybe” pile.

Same thing with your professional clothes, start with the pieces you gravitate toward most and then sort through the ones you’ve just had around forever. As you’re sorting, think about why these pieces don’t get worn. Do you not wear them because of the fit, or style, or they don’t go with anything? Just don’t like them anymore? If you still like them and just don’t wear them often, hang on to them for now in the “maybe” pile. If you don’t wear them ever and don’t really like them, put them in a giveaway pile.

Now for the “maybe” items: take them out of your closet/dresser and put them somewhere separate, but don’t donate/toss them yet. Give it a reasonable period of time based on how often you need different outfits- might be weeks, might be months. If you find yourself looking for pieces and you have to dig them out of the maybe pile to wear, that’s a good reason to keep them. If you find yourself forgetting what’s even in the maybe pile or you don’t notice anything missing from your regular wear rotation, that’s a good reason to get rid of those clothes altogether.

Then, next time you shop for clothes, only buy the ones you really, really like and will wear right away.

See if you can consolidate your bottoms (trousers or skirts). I've found when I'm working from home I can get away with much comfier bottoms but I still need nice tops.

Start keeping track of what you wear when you go into work and get rid of items you don’t wear often (or resell). I use stylebook and I track my outfits everyday bc I love data and fashion but it also helps me check my shopping habits and remind myself of what I will and will not wear when making purchases

I just started working from home 2 days per week after previously only wearing athletic clothes to work at my job in Healthcare. I am really loving button down shirts for WFH days because I can easily and quickly look professional with them buttoned but I can wear a sports bra and comfortable bottoms with the shirt unbuttoned or off the rest of the day (I live in AZ so it's hot right now to wear professional clothes all day).

Same situation here, personally I have been purging a lot of professional clothes that don't have comfortable fabrics (I love fashion but after WFH I no longer want to sacrifice my comfort for looks).

Also maybe consider getting rid of clothes thay have very distinct prints, so you can get away with wearing them with a different combination without people really remembering (who would remember a plain skirt or pants someone was wearing one day a week ago or a button up shirt someone had on during a Zoom video call?).

Needs more random bolding

Why not just ask ChatGPT? I mean this genuinely.

All the major department stores have a personal shopper who can help you, their services are free, but I do think you need to schedule an appointment.

Cheaper option: decide if you’re a pants or dress girl. Get 2-3 neutrals in that thing, accessories for the rest. For example…

I’m a pants girl. I have 2 perfect pair of black jeans and one black suit. I have a ton of cream, navy, black, burgundy, and tan tops. Blazers in black, grey, and tan.

Boom. Mix and match. Add personality after you master the basics.

Goodwill is soooo underrated for business attire

Go to Neimans or Nordstrom or something similar, they have personal shoppers and in store tailors. Tell them what you need, and your budget, and they can help you out.

MM LaFleur

Nordstrom has personal shoppers who will curate a wardrobe for you and tailors to make it all fit.