Five Take: Interview

This weeks Five Take tackles interviews. This one was a tad tricky for me as I'm a full time mum and run my own business so I don't have a lot of smart clothes in my wardrobe any more, but I managed to cobble this together! When I did work full time I was a Personal Assistant to a Director within the NHS, so my work wardrobe was smart but not overly corporate as I found to be the case on the whole in the NHS.

I always used to wear a suit to interviews but I found in the last couple of years before I had Poppy that this was becoming a dated notion. As part of my job I used to facilitate a lot of interviews and ladies interview wear seemed to be steering more towards smart separates and shift dresses.

Blouse - Dorothy Perkins
High Waist Trousers - South @ Littlewoods
Belt - Dorothy Perkins
Shoes - Kurt Geiger

Close up of the print on the blouse

Bit shaky, sorry!!!

 
I decided to wear a lovely patterned blouse from Dorothy Perkins, I think its important to wear a splash of colour, or an interesting pattern to an interview to make a visual impression, obviously in the right way, probably best to stay away from neons and such like!!

I love the look of blouses tucked into high waisted skirts and trousers, thought it was important to add a contrasting belt to break it up though. I sized up to a 24 in these particular trousers, felt with the style they may have given me the unfortunate "camel toe" if I'd have stayed true to size!!!

I finished the outfit off with my favourite work shoes, my Kurt Geiger T straps. I've had these about 8 years, they are such a great shoe, classic but with enough interest not to be boring. Sorry about the picture though, I'm not feeling too good and its come out a bit shaky!!!

Find out what Claire, Rebecca, Nicole and Gina would wear to an interview....

Do you agree? has there been a shift from suits for interviews, or are you a traditionalist?