Women’s workwear and tailored trousers have a long and varied history - after all, they’re the original office staple. While the work we do might have changed, the style has prevailed, seeing the invention of everything from the internet to AI without so much as a hiccup in its popularity. 
 
Uncomplicated, comfortable, tailored trousers aren’t restrictive and complement a day spent sitting behind a desk just as effortlessly as one rushing between meetings, locations, and appointments. They’ve been partnered with everything from classic cotton shirts and blazers to patterned blouses, athleisure hoodies, camis, and cropped jackets. Their appeal is universal for exactly these reasons, even more so when you’re preparing for a day in the office. 
Proving they always have a role to play in women’s office wear, we’ve taken a look at how tailored trousers slot into every aspect of your working life, both in and outside the office.

The Interview

Whether you’re the interviewer or interviewee, presentation is key and finding the right balance between casual and professional that ensures you always feel authentically yourself is easier said than done.

Designed in a trio of different silhouettes, the tailored trousers in our Work Lab satisfy any penchant. Look to our Slim Crop to break up a head-to-toe tonal look, while creating more definition, and pair it with leather loafers. Alternatively, our Relaxed Straight Man Pant creates a more sports-luxe air, falling fluidly down to your footwear of choice from the adjustable waistband - if office dress codes permit, slip them on with low-top trainers to continue the aesthetic. With the same adjustable tab at the waist, the Full-Length Tapered Trouser swaps the previous style’s wide-leg silhouette for a more form-fitting one finished with deep cuffs that can be lengthened or shortened easily. 

An open shirt styled over a T-shirt or a long-sleeved top worn under a matching blazer introduces a relaxed ease to your look. We’ve added dimension with a striped turtleneck that echoes the rest of your look’s colour palette.

The Presentation

It’s been weeks in the planning and now the day has arrived. Whether you’re a presentation professional or it’s a quarterly event you dread with more vehemence than a trip to the dentist, the same sartorial priority remains: freedom of movement. 

The key to work trousers that complement an important presentation is a wide-leg silhouette with somewhere to put your hands - whether you’re nervous or not, it always helps to create an air of effortless confidence. Our Herringbone Pinstripe High-Waisted Super Wide-Leg Trouser is exactly that. It’s suspended from a high waist above pockets that have been cleverly positioned in front of the side seams to avoid adding bulk at your hips while introducing a relaxed practicality to your overall look. 

Ensuring all heights are catered to, the deep hems can be lengthened or shortened up to five centimetres without losing the dramatic silhouette or dragging the cuffs on the floor. Nodding to traditional tailoring without any tightness, it heroes a herringbone weave accompanied by a pinstripe pattern and introduces an athleisure inflection that stops your look from becoming overly formal through the contrasting side stripes. 

Play with prints by styling the pair with a patterned blouse and to save you from feeling restricted or having to remove any layers halfway through your presentation, leave the coordinating blazer behind at your desk.

The Away Day

Whether you’re decamping to a different city or somewhere in the countryside for your office’s away day, combine casual comfort with tailoring so your look is neither overly formal nor underdressed. 

Celebrating a wide-leg silhouette signed off with sporty side stripes, our Military Man Pant finds that elusive balance. Crafted from a recycled wool-blend fabric, it falls to deep, vented hems that can be lengthened or shortened to accommodate your height, so the cuffs never drag on the ground or are too short. Perfect.

Championing a different cut but celebrating the same deep cuffs that can be altered to different lengths, our Fluid Super Wide-Leg Trouser looks just as at home with soft, oversized knitwear as it does neat, structured tailoring. 

Both of these styles can be dressed up with a blazer during the day and when the afternoon approaches and you can adopt a more casual approach, be sported with only a classic T-shirt, long-sleeved top or knit.

The Lunch Meeting


Have two words ever caused such a kerfuffle in our sartorial choices than “lunch” and “meeting”?
 
Relaxing the polish of tailored trousers, our Luxe Flared Wide-Leg Trouser championing a fiery hue is crafted from tailoring imbued with stretch and has crease-resistant properties to ensure the pair retains a polished finish both before you sit down to eat and when you’re getting up to return to the office. For a contemporary twist on the classic suit, team it with a shirt half tucked into the high waistband.

Boardroom to Bar


This one is for anyone who’s received a last-minute invite to drinks or dinner when they’re at their desk and have instantly been filled with dread. Not because they don’t want to go but because they don’t have any time to nip home for a quick outfit change. After all, what do you wear for a day at the office followed by drinks or dinner without appearing overly dressy or too casual for either?

This is when a tailored trouser that can hold its own with casual pieces and more elevated ones comes to the fore. Build your look around these pairs and effortlessly transition between the two.

Let's start with our Speckled Tweed Relaxed Man Pant. It celebrates the shape of our bestselling Navy Italian trouser and is topped with an adjustable tab at your waist. Crease-resistant, it’s the perfect partner to long days that stretch out into lingering evenings.

With the same crease-resistant properties, our Super Stretch Tailoring Kick-Flare Trouser has excellent retention for a polished finish from AM-PM and is fitted with a side-zip fastening to retain a smooth finish over the front. Flattering and leg-lengthening, it heroes a modern kick-flare cut that falls from the knee to keep a more fitted shape over your thighs. 

Piece your day look together from a mix of styles; start with the one you’ll be celebrating when the end of your working day rolls around topped with an open shirt or oversized knit and tailored jacket to ensure your ensemble looks at home in both boardroom and bar settings.  Alternatively, turn to one of our sleeveless knitted vests and our leather blazer. Simply remove the knit when you’re heading out when evening arrives.