Top 5 Place to Buy Work Clothes in Town
Let’s face it: heading to town to find clothes to wear at the office is like a treasure hunt. First there’s the looking for shops that are so tucked away in little corners that it looks like they don’t want to be found; then it’s the bargaining of prices, which seems like a corporate business deal, and finally, to top it off, your workplace can be quite restricting on what you can and can’t wear, so you can’t just pick up that fabulous body-con dress that flaunts your curves and shows off your dainty legs.
Here at UP we care about you looking fabulous at the office and are always happy to do some of the legwork for you. So, as part of our new series of articles that take you on guides around the CBD, we have gone out and pinpointed the five top little boutiques that stock a great selection of clothes for the office.
• Market stalls on Muindi Mbingu Street- Most of the stalls import their clothes from Turkey so fantastic quality is almost guaranteed. For work skirts try stall no. 11. If you like wearing skirts, this is your place. Although they do have some blouses they do not measure up to their skirts. They range from ksh2500-3500.
• Limoda Exhibition Centre- Looking for work blouses to match those from Market stalls? This is the place to go. Quality is not too high but sometimes you can find amazing blouses at an affordable price. If you want quantity and not quality Limoda is where you should be. Blouses range from ksh 600-2000.
• Cianda House on Koinange Street- This doesn’t really seem like an obvious place to buy clothes, Koinange Street is famous for reasons other than retail if you catch my drift, but there are one or two stalls. If you were looking for affordability I would recommend Cianda house. They sell pantsuits at about ksh1000!
• Kimathi House (Opposite new Stanley hotel)- This place is perfect to buy cardigans and coats, seeing as we’re getting into the cold season. You can’t really get many colours, black and white seems like their norm but that doesn’t mean you won’t find anything you like.
by Cherie Kihato
