The Dutch have a very laid-back approach to appropriate work attire. I have even seen people go to job interviews wearing jeans and tattered t-shirts, I-kid-you-not. Also , this is apparently the country where it is totally normal to go out wearing red trousers, even to work.
However, I always try to dress the way I would anywhere else in the world, but with jeans instead of more formal trousers. It is quite unique, I think, that my colleagues always say I look fabulous when all I did was wear a dress. At my office nobody ever wears dresses.
This is a very simple dress that I bought on a trip to Japan. I love it because it fit right off the rack, even though I am curvier than your average Japanese girl.
And this is how it looks on me
I think it it is quite ok to show up at the office wearing this, and between you and me, I love the elastic in the middle, although I generally cover it with a gold-coloured belt, so that it doesn’t look that elasticky.
I do not wear high heels (I should), but the shoes are pointy and make my day because they are comfortable.
So this is what “dressing up” for work looks like where I work!
And since I hadn’t let my face be seen:
That’s me right there, getting ready for a day’s work!
Alba Petite: My journey toward dressing well 
