The trick is to look like you came straight from work. Keep your hair ‘stravy’ – and your coat on
It’s a fact of life that once you reach 35 you’d secretly rather chew your arm off than go out after work on a Monday or Tuesday, when you could be at home watching London Spy or Capital on the telly. But for the month before Christmas, going out on a school night becomes unavoidable. However, this does not have to mean lugging to work a hanging bag, hair straighteners and six alternative pairs of earrings, which you then force your poor colleagues to help you decide between. That whole changing-in-the-ladies scene is a bit analogue. The boundaries between work and home life are so blurred, what with answering work emails all evening and liking your colleague’s snaps of her kids at the weekend, that switching to a different look at 6pm feels old-fashioned. Nine-to-nine dressing – a sharp outfit you can wear to work and dress up by adding heels and fluffing up your hair – is the way to go. Victoria Beckham’s snappy tuxedo suit at the British Fashion Awards (BFAs) made all the frilly frocks look a bit bridge-and-tunnel for a Monday night.
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