I’ve been on this forum for a while now, and lurking for a while before that, but these are my 1st WIW’s, so I thought I’d start by telling you a little about me and my style/fashion needs and goals. I would describe my overall style as classic, but I feel like my look has gotten stale.

I’m going to turn (gulp) 50 this summer, and it has me a little disconcerted. When I was in my teens and early 20s I felt like I could interpret styles and trends. Now I feel like I have the pieces and parts, but am missing the ability to pull together.

I work for a fast growing company, were I am the oldest women in my department. Our dress code is business casual, with an emphasis on the business part; jeans and sneakers are never allowed. We have a large group of 20 something, and every year we bring in 2-3 new college grads. So I want to make sure that I look “current”, but at the same time, I want to make sure that I what I wear is age appropriate (loved CoCoLion’s post on this last week).

This is what I wore to work this week. Many of the items are a few years old. Are there any items that should be retired? Any ideas how to refine, update, improve these outfits?

Thanks for taking the time to look; sorry this post is so long.

Monday ---(1 & 2)

Blazer ---BR

Pants –Theory

Tuesday (3)

1st warm day of the year, so I thought I would get away with no jacket or sweater, but office ended up being cold, and I ended up wearing a denim jacket over this T for most of the day.

Pants –Talbots

Shoes –Stuart Weitzman

Wednesday (4)

Sweater –BR

Pants –Ponte knits from Eileen Fisher

Shoes –Pour La Victoire ---what you can’t see, the inside of the heel is gold metallic

Thursday (5 &6)

Another warm day, so I wanted to show off the pedicure.

Hard to see in these pictures, but this outfit is navy

Sweater –Ann Taylor

Pants –Jcrew

Shoes –Anyi Lu –these shoes are multiple blues.

Friday (7)

Blazer –really old, not even sure this brand is still around. Laundry

Pants –Ecru (army green)

Shoes –Anyi Lu (from last summers NAS).