Here are two situations in which you may need to reassess your office workwear.

You've been promoted to a client-facing role

If the owner of the business you work for has promoted you to a client-facing role, then you might need to make some adjustments to your workwear in order to ensure it's suitable for this new position. For example, if you previously worked behind the scenes in your office, then you may have been happy to wear semi-casual workwear in the form of cardigans with loose blouses or shirts, or polo necks with tailored jeans which, whilst presentable, may not have looked particularly formal. However, if you'll now be having regular meetings with clients, you may need to replace some of your semi-casual workwear with a few sharper-looking items.

For instance, you might want to purchase a couple of well-tailored blazers and wear these instead of cardigans. Likewise, it might be worth purchasing some slightly more fitted blouses or shirts whose tailoring gives them a less billowy, casual look. Finally, if your old workwear trousers included capris, flared trousers or denim, you might need to upgrade to ankle-length, tailored trousers that are bootcut or slim-fit, and which are made from dressier fabrics like wool or linen.

You now need to spend time travelling to different offices

If your office role now involves spending a lot of time travelling to various offices, then you will probably need to review your current collection of workwear and make a few changes to it. For example, if you're someone who wears heels to work, and you'll be walking to lots of train stations to get to these other offices, you might want to replace your three-inch heels with two or one-inch heels so that you'll feel comfortable walking to the stations and standing for long periods whilst waiting for trains.

You may also find that the many periods of sitting in taxis and on trains when travelling to new office locations results in your workwear wrinkling faster than it normally does and looking a bit unkempt by the time you get to your next meeting. As such, it might be better to replace your silk shirts and linen blazers (i.e. fabrics that wrinkle easily) with non-iron versions that have some manmade fibres in the material which stop them from creasing so easily. This should ensure that even on days when you need to travel to multiple offices and take lots of taxis or trains, you'll arrive at each workspace wearing presentable, crease-free clothing.

Reach out to a local workwear business to learn more.