Create a Professional Outfit on the Cheap

Swing by the blazer section.

This Lane Bryant blazer is the perfect example of what you should look for when thrift shopping.

Lane Bryant

For an office job, you can also mix blazers with skirts and trousers and get lots of different looks.

• Check the Fit: Try a blazer or suit jacket with a slightly shorter, more modern look. Your hips will look smaller if the blazer comes to your waist or slightly lower.
  
  
• Branch Out: Shop for unseasonable outfits as well. You can sometimes find wool blazers during the summer that would normally be snapped up during winter.

• Head to your local thrift store.
• Browse by color to cut down on time.
• Swing by the blazer section.
• Stop by the skirts to find the right office separate.
• Check out the trousers to further your options.
• Hunt for professional pumps and heels.
• Pick up the extras and then try everything you've found.
• Take your pieces home and launder them well.