Trendy Tuesday

This will be my first post in the Trendy Tuesday series and is inspired by a Facebook casual teacher group member who posted a question about what teachers wear to school. They were looking to buy affordable pieces that they can wear over and over again. In this post I will share with you an important rule on how to dress appropriately as a teacher and the five most affordable places to buy teacher outfits.

This is the most important piece of advice I ever received at University about how to dress as a teacher
 

           

  If you can see up it, down it, or through it you should not wear it (refer to diagram below).

 

Note: Clothing items such as mini-skirts, crop tops and mini dresses should stay at home. Anything that shows way to much skin should be avoided. Also take into account that you may encounter your students while shopping so keep your casual clothes tasteful.

 

Two Exceptions

1. Chiffon shirts in my mind are an exception as long as you wear a t-shirt or singlet underneath. Here are two of my favourites available at best and less online. Links are below each picture if you want to purchase them.

   
   

   
   

    LD BLOUSE FLORAL

LD SHIRT XOVER

 

 

 

2. Pencil skirts and knee length skirts are okay to wear so long as students will not be able to see up them. Here is one I would pick from Big W:

 

Emerson Textured Flippy Skirt

Five Affordable Shops

The most affordable places to buy your teacher outfits would be department stores. My favourites if you are in Australia are:

1.   Kmart: is my favourite department store to shop at for all clothing pieces and accessories. They have very trendy pieces like leather and fabric tights and basics like cardigans and white t-shirts. However you can only buy clothes in-store and not online.

2.   Big W: has a great range of shirts and black dress pants as well as some trendy pieces all at affordable prices. You can purchase items online

3.   Best and Less: has a great range of chiffon blouses, basic white t-shirts and long sleeve tops. Affordable prices and you can purchase online.

4.   Target: I tend to get most of my clothing pieces from Target on sale or on clearance. I highly recommend their dress/work pants even at full price as they are comfortable they look great and fit well. You can purchase items online and check out the clearance page.

5.   Ebay: You can find a range of clothing pieces at affordable prices. Always measure yourself and ensure your clothing measurements match those of the clothing piece you are buying especially when you are buying from China. I highly recommend buying more than one item at a time and combining the postage. Always use registered postage so if your item is stolen or lost on the way to you, you can claim money back from the post office.

 

I hope this post was useful and lookout for the second post in the Trendy Tuesday series that will go over some basic items that you can buy or use from your existing wardrobe that you can mix and match to create various teacher outfits.