I got new stuff, you guys! The skirt is old Anthropologie via eBay, and the blazer is thrifted J. Crew. It’s the Super 120 blazer, and it looks unworn – a real score for $8. The cut is fantastic. Here is a weird outtake that gives a better sense of the way the blazer fits:
In other words, like a glove. I have fairly broad shoulders and a comparatively smaller waist, so that is no small feat. Here’s the really weird thing: the blazer is a size 0. I almost didn’t try it on because, let me tell you, a size 0 I am not, even at J. Crew. (The skirt I’m wearing here is a size 6, to give you a sense of my actual proportions.) And yet, this blazer fits. ‘Tis a mystery. Has vanity sizing really gotten so far out of control? The only things that took some time to get used to are the rather high armholes. At least, they feel, um, high. I’m pretty sure I don’t have armpit fat, so this must be a quirk of the style. That reminds me of something I’m almost certain I read somewhere (with a 5% chance I may only have imagined I did): Coco Chanel used to cut the armholes of her jackets high, because the result looked … Better? More chic? I forget. Anyway, the moral here? Before you pass on a thrift find, try it on because you never know.
That’s a great blazer and I love the skirt. It’s a punchier version of the transatlantic Boden skirt!
They are quite similar, aren’t they? In my defense (do I need one? LOL!), the colours are a bit different – this one leans more orange-red, and the blue is more cobalt-y, whereas the Boden skirt leans more burgundy, with navy blue. TOTALLY different, I tell you! 😉
Dat skirt!!!!!!! 😉
I warned ya I stole it! 🙂
I thought that skirt looked familiar!
I love that blazer!! I have such a hard time finding ones that fit, it looks incredible on you!
The vanity sizing has gotten unreal at J.Crew, though I believe they might be starting to correct that a little in some items. I never would have pegged that blazer for a 0 though!
It is SO over the map, it’s beyond belief. The 4 pencil skirts I bought recently (which are all from different seasons, I think) fit almost exactly the same and range from a size 4 to a size 10P!!!
That skirt is amazing…love the fun, vibrant print!
thanks 🙂
Cutting high armholes can make a blazer more comfy because it doesn’t inhibit arm movement as much as a larger armscye. It also allows for a slimmer sleeve, which often looks more modern. Slimmer sleeves leave more space between the wearer’s arms & body, giving the illusion of slenderness.
Thank you for chiming in, that’s great information! I wonder why so few blazers seem to be cut that way these days – requires more precise construction, hence higher cost?