Over 50? The six trends you wear at work that are making you look 10 years older- and the looks that will take the years off
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Is your office style stuck in a rut? I’m sorry to say there’s nothing so ageing as outdated workwear. And yet getting it right isn’t as simple as it seems. It’s quite possible you haven’t restocked your weekday wardrobe in a while. Used to WFH, you’ve been relying on the same old outfits for office days - but now you’re in all week and you need an image update. How to look chic and polished in 2025?.
![[Platform loafers (£126, bobbies.com), brown coat (now £83.30, johnlewis.com)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/20/93964933-14270793-Platform_loafers_126_bobbies_com_brown_coat_now_83_30_johnlewis_-a-37_1736713490640.jpg)
The good news is, Covid got rid of vertiginous heels, and the black jackets with tight pencil skirts were long gone before that. Unless you work in a Shoreditch tech start-up, however, you’re too old for jeans and trainers in an office environment. Obviously.
![[Dress (£125, meandem.com), boots (£26.60, sainsburys.co.uk)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/20/93964431-14270793-Dress_125_meandem_com_boots_26_60_sainsburys_co_uk_-m-40_1736713549244.jpg)
Instead tread a middle way by following these rules to snappy office dressing. No, you don’t need Botox or Ozempic - give your workwear style an overhaul and you’ll take the years off with ease. COLOUR DRENCHING. Soft cream cashmere knit by Madeline Thompson (£335, madelinethompson.com), faux leather trousers (£40, riverisland.com).
![[Sky blue wool coat from Hobbs (now £296.10, hobbs.com)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/16/93964407-14270793-image-a-34_1736526106330.jpg)
Don't: Settle for pinstripe. Do: co-ordinate your top and trousers. In fashion speak, complete co-ordination is called colour drench, by which I mean matching everything you can for a fully polished effect. But what colour?. It’s true that dark tones are most slimming and, of course, in this country you can feel like an idiot in a light-coloured suit in the depths of winter. But grey pinstripe is boring.
![[Chocolate faux leather pleated skirt (£25, sainsburys.co.uk) Striped shirt (£140, withnothingunderneath.com)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/20/93964425-14270793-Chocolate_faux_leather_pleated_skirt_25_sainsburys_co_uk_Striped-a-39_1736713506459.jpg)
Instead, forest green strikes the perfect note. Here a fitted jacket and faux leather trousers (£40, riverisland.com) are complemented by a luxurious soft cream cashmere knit by Madeline Thompson (£335, madelinethompson.com) making it a far more interesting combination than the usual greys or navys.
