My first Outfit of the Day

Well, this is the first proper post here at A Large Pink Woman, so it seemed appropriate to start with an ensemble I think of as “my first outfit”.

Obviously not my first outfit ever, or anything.  Not even the first outfit of my working life post-university.  This is just the first outfit I ever really thought of as a nice, grown-up, pretty, actually-work-appropriate outfit.

(I spent a lot of my first full-time job still trying to stretch out the life of the slightly more professional-looking varsity clothes in my wardrobe; at some point after I left, I saw some former coworkers for lunch and they told me “I looked like a grown-up”.  Which I did.)

There was a shopping spree involved with three of my closest gal-pals, probably bankrolled by paid out annual leave from aforementioned First Job, and my portion of the spree took place entirely in the Jacqui E store on Lambton Quay, at which I nicely fit the 18s.

This little dress-and-top number was the result.

The photo is sadly a tad fuzzy as I was still getting used to this whole stealth-photo-in-work-bathroom thing that all the cool kids (who don’t have full-length mirrors at home) do.  The dress is a lovely floaty number which combines with the ruffles on the top to be twee but not childish, especially with flats.

Coral top and black dress: Jacqui E
Stockings: House of G
Shoes: Ecco

I am also tragically not wearing one of my nicer bras, so the girls are a little flatter than normal.  You should definitely expect a post about sodding bras in the future.