Style Day: Classic Navy Blazer Remixed

ByTravelingWithMeghan

Morning y’all! Welcome to my least favorite days: a Monday after a 3 day weekend. I enjoyed my time off immensely. I wore this outfit last Thursday to work. You saw a sneak peek in my last post. Once again, I’m going to start the week out by talking about the end of a week. Summer always makes the weeks go by quicker!

necklace:: J.Crew (similar) tank:: J.Crew blazer:: J.Crew–watch for popbacks (similar) skirt:: Target (similar) sandals:: MIA

I just can’t help myself. I’m going to talk about this blazer again. I don’t own an “updated” Schoolboy blazer, but I can’t help but think it’s just not quite as good as the classic schoolboy. BUT like I said, I haven’t tried the new one, so I can’t confidently say that. What I can say with confidence is that I love this jacket. I wasn’t wearing it much in the pictures because it was already 90Ā° at 8:30 AM, but I have been carrying this blazer with me to work almost every day. Navy is one of those colors that my mom drilled into me as being a professional color. While my office doesn’t require business wear every day (read: as long as I’m not in pajamas and flip flops I’m fine), I’m still seen by patients and while I’m interviewing people (yes, still. know how to pick references people…) I want to show them that though what’s on the outside isn’t what you should be judged by, it should definitely help tell the story of who you are. A patient’s children told me Thursday that I looked like a city girl. I laughed pretty hard at that one. I told them that I spent 18 years in the city but dressing nicely is something that you can do anywhere.

OK, that’s my spill about dressing nicely. Now for a bit about this Monday’s remix. These outfits are pretty much identical. Even both bottoms are patterned. All I did was wear a skirt instead of jeans/pants. The tops aren’t exactly the same, though both the prima jersey pocket tank. I wore the white one with the patterned skirt and the heather gray one with the patterned pants. If a formula works, reuse it! Blazer+tank+patterned bottoms+sandals works pretty well for summer at the office. 
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  6. I think blazers are essential for anyone that works in an office during the summer! They are easy to throw over a tank/cami/tee to survive the indoor ac (and look professional) – yet you can quickly take it off when you step outside into the heat. You nailed this look!

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  13. Love the blazer! I love navy, but I don't have much of it in my closet. That has got to change! I love that you were told you look like a "city girl!"

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  16. Haha! I know! The doc I work for sees a lot of poverty level people, so often times I get told I look fancy or something like that. Navy is my black! I have so little black now.

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  23. Thank you Kim! I appreciate your comment! That is exactly what I've been doing. It works so well for inside the office, I got another structured one. I have two knit type blazers, but I don't feel like they're quite nice enough some days.

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  26. Thank you Lydia. That blazer has been one of the best purchases of my entire life. The fit is fantastic. I don't know why I didn't invest in one sooner!

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  34. I love your skirt!!! And you do look professional. I remember back when I was purchasing suits/clothing for interviewing for jobs as I was graduating from college in accounting and I was told to get navy!! That was 25 years ago and it still works because your navy blazer looks very professional.

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  39. Thanks Christy! And thank you for your sweet comments on my posts. My mom is in accounting too! She has to wear business clothes all the time. I'm so thankful I can be business casual at my office.

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  40. I love this look. You're so right when I lived in the suburbs I always had people ask me why Im dressed so fancy! Now that I live in a city I never get that but that doesn't mean you can't dress nice wherever you go! I totally get you paring it with patterns in both, since its a plain blazer.

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  41. Ah! I have had a lot of trouble styling my navy blazer, for absolutely no good reason at all. I haven't, however, tried wearing it with my printed pants yet! Perhaps I'll need to give it a shot, since the look is so fantastic on you!! šŸ™‚

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