If Dolly Parton is right (and let’s face it, she’s never wrong), then pouring yourself a cup of ambition every morning isn’t the best way to get ahead in life.

If you want to make the most of your 9-to-5, you’ve got to dress the part. Give your wardrobe a promotion with the precise tailoring and British-made separates of Paper London. Set up by designers Lea Carreno (ex-Tommy Hilfiger), Kelly Townsend (ex-Temperley) and Philippa Thackeray (ex-lawyer), the collection is a demonstration in power dressing.

Trophy pieces include slim-line tuxedo trousers with an elegant V-cutout waistband, boxy wool jackets and coats, go-anywhere silk blouses and a figure-flattering wool-blend maxiskirt inspired by the palette of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian.

You can work this look — if nothing else.

Available online at paperlondon.com, £105-£415.

Photo: Courtesy of Paper London