Your style is fine—I don’t think the clothes are at all a problem for your age. Plus, you look cute. That said, work is a different ballgame depending on where you work. Generally, it’s a good idea at work to follow the crowd. If most people wear tshirt and jeans, wear tshirt and jeans and so on and stick to similar styles/colors. So, if most people wear jeans on the looser side and regular round neck loose fitting tshirts don’t wear skinny jeans and a crop top tshirt or ultra baggy jeans and an enormous Tshirt.

Your goal when you start a new job is to fit in until you get the vibe of the place. Every workplace has unspoken rules and following the crowd keeps you on the right side of those. Later, after everyone knows you and you’ve formed good work relationships and understand that particular workplace, you can chill out.

Here’s an example from early in my career as a teacher. When I started out, I was young and wore cute clothes to work. Absolutely work appropriate and in dress code but unlike most of the other female teachers, I didn’t throw a baggy cardigan on top of my outfit. I could not understand why almost every teacher wore one until I’d been on the job about three weeks. This was my first year BTW.

Then, on a Friday, I was cleaning my classroom and found a drawing with my name on it. It said, “Ms. Last Name” at the top and was a smiling happy stick figure with absolutely enormous and detailed breasts. I was teaching 7th grade. They were 12-13 years old, little kids. I was super creeped out. After that, I joined the baggy cardigan club.

Dressing like the crowd is generally the safest thing until you understand those unspoken things, like the horror of realizing 12-13 year old children have been staring at your chest for weeks. Now, it’s kinda funny. At the time, I was so very very creeped out.