I like Pure because they do the range of colours, well made 'core pieces' that I used to get from Boden, Wrap and Poetry before the latter all moved away from me. They're not cheap, but they have good sales and offers. I have just acquired a couple of pairs of their cotton chinos for work (black and grey) because I spent last summer not letting myself wear the ones that I had outside work in the office. They're not 'meeting smart' but they will be perfect for the many days of summer it is not warm enough for a knee-length skirt and bare legs.

I find it hard to be particularly 'interested' in work clothes and ultimately I think that I probably regard them in a fairly utilitarian way. Not that I don't like them, but whereas when for outside of work I am looking for a jumper that I love, for at work, I am looking for a jumper that performs the required functions I have for a work jumper. There are things that I know I need and I just keep a look out for them from time to time. It's nice to find something new - I wore a new skirt on Friday that I'd bought earlier in the year in the sales and that was enjoyable - but I'm not really looking for the same for them as from other clothes. I'm looking for something I can put up when I get up late. In the first part of the season this is quite fun, because I'm wearing new things, but by the end it is dull.