Building a Professional Wardrobe on a Budget

<p><img title&equals;"Photo by sdnet01" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;collegecareerlife&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;e034b30921f01c3e81584d04ee44408be273e4d710b7104793f8&lowbar;640&lowbar;wardrobe-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"wardrobe photo" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Professional clothing can be expensive&comma; especially for college students and recent graduates&period;  And if you&&num;8217&semi;ve been out of the workforce for a while&comma; whether due to unemployment or other reasons&comma; you may need to update your professional wardrobe&period; Building a wardrobe doesn&&num;8217&semi;t have to cost a lot of money if you know where to look and learn how to maximize a small amount of pieces&period; Read on for some ideas to build your career wardrobe for little or no money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Have a clothing swap&period;<&sol;strong> Get some of your friends and family members together for a clothing swap&period; They don&&num;8217&semi;t have to be your size in order to participate&comma; because you may also find accessories &lpar;ties&comma; handbags&comma; etc&period;&rpar; to bolster your wardrobe&period; With a clothing swap&comma; you can unload some of your unwanted items while also picking up some much-needed professional clothing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Scope out thrift stores&period; <&sol;strong>You might be surprised at the quality and selection of items at your local second-hand stores&period; Often people overlook thrift stores because they don&&num;8217&semi;t tend to advertise and items aren&&num;8217&semi;t well-organized&period; But if you take the time to look through everything and visit your local thrift stores regularly&comma; you may find just the right outfit to start your career wardrobe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Charitable organizations can help&period; <&sol;strong>Some places&comma; like Goodwill&comma; are akin to thrift stores&period; You simply browse low-priced items for what you want&period; Others&comma; like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dressforsuccess&period;org&sol;">Dress for Success<&sol;a>&comma; are specifically designed to help you find clothes for work&period; Also check with religious organizations to see if they have donated clothing items&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Inexpensive doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean low quality&period; <&sol;strong>You don&&num;8217&semi;t have to shop department or specialty stores for a suit&period; You may find what you need at discount or mid-range stores&period; As with second-hand stores&comma; you may need to work a little harder to find the right pieces&period; Even if the items don&&num;8217&semi;t hold up as long as more expensive clothing&comma; they can tide you over until you&&num;8217&semi;re able to save up for more expensive clothes&period;<strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Invest in a few key pieces and go cheap with the rest&period; <&sol;strong>You don&&num;8217&semi;t need a lot of items to create a good work wardrobe&period; One good suit and a few dress shirts can carry you through the work week if you switch things up&period; Pick up some inexpensive accessories and use them to create a new look each day&period; You may also buy some less expensive pants or tops for more casual work days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Building a professional wardrobe can seem intimidating&comma; particularly if you&&num;8217&semi;ve lived in casual clothes your entire life&period; But if you focus on acquiring a just a few essential pieces and look into all of the inexpensive options&comma; it can be a lot easier &lpar;and cheaper&rpar; than you might think&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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