I think you wear dresses particularly well, could you go down the dress, battered blazer and boots look?

How was your first day?

R&J, my first day was amazing. We received our module outlines and everything seems so interesting. I also met my classmates for the first time and everyone seems so nice. After our meetings, we went for coffee at 4pm, then went for pizza at 6pm and for a few drinks at 8pm.

In fact, we've already done some of the meet and greet as we bumped into half of the department in the pub that evening anyway... but next Wednesday's meet and greet might be a bit more formal that that...

I could definitely wear a dress anyway. I don't really have a battered blazer but I bought a military style blazer a few days ago that could work.

Have you seen the blog academichic.com? The authors are graduate students who care about style. They recently posted their own "meet and greet" outfits for the beginning of the year. They are a lot of fun to follow, even if your graduate school days are long past!

I do follow Academichic and I had actually forgotten about their meet and greet outfits. I'll pop over and take a look at them now once I've finished admiring the new forum and website layout.

I have a few outfit ideas that I might post up in a few hours. I'm just so excited and nervous about making the right impression! Also, it's probably a sign about how excited I am that I've started reading for my modules the weekend before lectures begin. :-)

Your idea of a skirt or dress with military blazer sounds great - professional yet ecletic should set the pace for style in that department. Universities have become so casual it seems.
Academicchic bloggers do so much with color - that always impresses me. Even when the outfits are casual, they are bright and well thought out. Memorable yet not overdone.
Best wishes as you begin your new academic career!

Glad you're having a great start, Dawn!

I think one of your frocks with a sweet jacket will steal the show. Is it cool enough to wear boots yet? I'm in boots today.

Angie, if I had answered this yesterday, I would have said that it is cold and wet enough for boots... but this morning, I woke up to clear blue skies, a gentle breeze and 18C (65F). The weather forecast is predicting that it'll be up to 22C (71F) by Wednesday.

I'm currently planning one outfit for a warm day around a dress and another for a cooler day around skinnies so that I have two options on the day, just in case the weather forecast is wrong.

Sounds like an excellent plan, Dawn.

Hey Dawn, I have a question for you: What does post-graduate mean in the UK?
Here in the US, 4 year college programs (i.e. after high school) are called undergraduate degrees. If you enroll in any program after completing you Bachelor's degree (i.e. 4 year college) then regardless of what degree you are working toward (M.A., M.S., M.B.A or PhD), you are called a graduate student. If, after completing your doctoral studies and earning a PhD degree (like Tanya!), you obtain a position in an academic institution, the purpose of which is to provide you with resources to keep doing research (it may include very minimal or no teaching requirements depending on discipline), then we say you found a "post doc" or you are now a "post doc." Does it have the same connotation over there?

Sorry Bella for the late reply! Here in Ireland and the UK, postgraduate means what you call a graduate student... Hopefully I'll reach Tanya's level of education eventually! :-)

Also, an outfit post of my meet and greet outfit shall come momentarily!