Capsule wardrobe for sales professionals

Navy blazer

The unstructured shoulder is the trick: cardigan comfort on the body, suit-jacket credibility in the room.

Navy chinos

Nine office days out of ten, these stand in for dress trousers — the slim cut is what keeps the line sharp enough to get away with it.

White Oxford shirt

No shirt earns its slot harder: under a sweater it layers, into chinos it tucks, over denim it hangs untucked — one garment, three registers.

Light blue Oxford shirt

A half-step more relaxed than white, more forgiving of a working day, and it takes navy and grey exactly the way the white one does.

Polo shirt

Keep it solid and logo-free — and choose the knitted collar, which keeps its line long after the woven kind wilts.

Penny loafers

In tan or burgundy, worn bare-ankled with chinos through summer — the loafer at its natural habitat.

Chelsea boots

In mid-brown suede or leather, it steps from dark denim to wool trousers without breaking stride.

Camel overcoat

Worth its price in optics alone: the long camel line reads taller and considerably more grown-up than whatever it covers.

Weekender duffel

Waxed canvas, leather trim. Replaces three single-use bags.

Field watch

38-40mm dial, NATO strap, indiglo.

Dark wash jeans

Cut slim rather than skinny, in a dark stonewash that passes at the office on Friday and at the bar an hour later.

Grey wool trousers

No dress trouser colour flexes further: mid-grey sits under navy and camel alike without a second thought.