You Pick Wednesday–3 Ways to Put Together an Outfit

11 Jul

YouPickWednesdayicon

Welcome to this week’s installment of You Pick Wednesday!  Kim contacted me with a really good question this week.  How do you take a brightly colored blazer that you have only ever worn casually and turn it into something office appropriate?

120410Outfit10

Here’s what I came up with:

Bright Blue Blazer
image   image     imageimageimage
I’m going to let you in on a little secret.  Here’s how I came up with these outfits.
1.  Look at the colors in the shirt that Kim has already paired with the blazer.  See the pinks, the black, and the red?  Now, just start grabbing items in those colors and putting them with the blazer (Outfits 1, 3 and 4)
2.  Do a Google Image search for the item you’re having trouble with.  Searching for “women’s blue blazer” (sans quotation marks) netted me this outfit:
cobalt_navy

Source

Navy shorts, striped top, blue cardigan?  How about a navy pencil skirt, a striped top, and a blue blazer? (Outfit 4)

3.  Search Pinterest for the color of your item.  Searching for “cobalt” got me the following:

cobalt_teal

Blue and turquoise?  Of course!  In this case we’re using it for color pairing inspiration since we’ll put the blue on top instead of on bottom (Outfit 2)

All of these outfits also treat the blazer like an accent piece.  Since it’s summer chances are good you won’t be wearing a blazer outside.  However, if you work in an office that is over air conditioned it’s the perfect item to throw on to keep warm and complete your outfit.  Roll up or push up the sleeves and you’ll look more summery. But even without the blazer the outfits still look good.

There you have it!  Ideas for making your blue blazer work appropriate and some tips on how to do it yourself in the future!

Now, what do YOU want to see for the next You Pick Wednesday?  Send me your ideas, questions and suggestions.
0
  

Tags: , ,

3 Responses to “You Pick Wednesday–3 Ways to Put Together an Outfit”

  1. kilax July 12, 2012 at 9:07 am #

    Thanks! I wish I would have had my act together to see this yesterday and wear the blue blazer today! Maybe I will take it to NYC. Thanks for the tips! And for choosing some stuff similar to what I already have in my closet!!! :) :) :)

    Reply
    • Erin @ Loop Looks July 12, 2012 at 10:11 am #

      If you use any of these ideas you should post photos on the Facebook wall!

      Reply

Leave a Reply