I seem to have spent all winter looking for tops I could wear with my skirts for work, but actually the best thing remains a fitted scoop-neck t-shirt. Not quite as smart as my dresses, perhaps, but perfectly OK for an ordinary day at work with a cardigan or jacket and a nice necklace and maybe a scarf or shawl. Why go for fussy things that need ironing and have buttons that gape and are made from unstretchy fabrics that pull and feel uncomfortable?
Top – Gap
Necklace – East
Cardigan – clothes swap
Skirt – White Stuff
Tights – M&S
Boots – Gabor
You are absolutely right. I have wasted so much energy on a similar quest, when the answer was right there in front of me: plain and simple! That pink looks so cheerful against the grey