How does one cope without work pants? Then again, I'm not sure I could cope with a work environment that asked me to aspire to anything higher than office casual.

I have no work skirts.

I only have a couple pairs of work pants (well, that fit and that don't need the hems to be fixed, etc). I have a LOT of work dresses. And two skirts that I don't remember the last time I wore. My issue is less the pants (or even skirts), it's finding tops that are nice enough to wear with them, but not so nice they have to be ironed/drycleaned. And look good on me. I feel like I have t-shirts that look good on me but work-appropriate tops mystify me.

Fancy day for me at the office is long pants. In the summer I will wear skirts, but they are the casual variety.

I'm not sure I could cope with a work environment that asked me to aspire to anything higher than office casual.

I'm certain I couldn't. I have two or three "bigwigs and/or clients" dresses that I can rotate in if I really need to, but the vast majority of my work-appropriate wardrobe is black or grey slacks from Old Navy.

(And shirts. I don't go to work topless.)

meara, maybe something like this? [link] It's essentially a t-shirt and goes in the washer and dryer, but with a little more styling and in a print is more dressy.

I wear both pants and skirts for work, and I like to iron so in summer I wear a lot of blouses. In winter it's t-shirts with sweaters, and I do wear t-shirts with cardigans (like right now! AIFG!) My work dress rules focus on looking professional but not at all sexy - if anything a little frumpy. High necklines, skirts mo more than an inch above the knee. But then, I got propositioned my first week on this job.

That list of pilots made me long for the days when the dead stayed dead.

I basically gave up on buying pants, because I find it such a hassle to find ones that fit all the places pants need to fit. (Relatedly, I decided not-quite-long-enough jeans are fine. I have become my mother!)

And dresses are so easy to wear! The whole outfit, all at once!

That's why I love dresses. But I really only love spring and summer dresses, because tights drive me nuts.

(Relatedly, I decided not-quite-long-enough jeans are fine. I have become my mother!)

Whaaaaat? No. Not unless you are deliberately going for ankle pants length, which is a tricky one anyway. Have you tried any of the fancier high-end jeans? Those usually seem to have super long inseams. Or order "tall" online, even if they don't carry it in stores (like Gap)?