Blast from the Past: Would You Wear These Today?
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I used to be pondering, how I’m at all times amused to come across older items that we have featured right here on Corporette® … generally they nonetheless look good, or I keep in mind liking them. Other occasions, the styling or the featured piece of clothes is simply… fug.
Anyway, I began pondering… it is likely to be enjoyable to share some beforehand featured footage with you guys, and focus on — would you put on this stuff in the present day? If so, how would you fashion them in 2024? If you’ve got changed gadgets like this in your closet, what are you carrying as a substitute of them?
First up, a few of the issues we featured on August 20 over the years… in the present day we’re beginning in 2018 as a result of the stuff we advisable in 2019 continues to be obtainable (a costume from The Fold).
On August 20, 2018…
I nonetheless actually like this costume, which was $398 at Brooks Brothers. I used to be significantly excited that it had a hid again zip.
I really feel like this was at the very starting of the loafers-with-dresses development.
Sheath Dresses We’d Recommend Instead
Dresses like this are quite a bit much less common now, however should you’re on the hunt, here is what we might advocate as a substitute in the present day…
On August 20, 2015…
Urgh… I believe all of us had a blazer like this in some unspecified time in the future in our closet. It is not offensive, per se, it simply is not very outstanding, both. The match is not nice even on the mannequin, the collar type of cannot resolve whether or not it is a waterfall or collarless… it simply does not look sharp.
At the time I in contrast the waterfall jacket ($81 at ASOS) to the “classic silk waterfall jacket, Becky” from Rebecca Minkoff, which I do not keep in mind in any respect. It’s fairly dated, although…
Did you might have waterfall jackets in your closet then? How did you put on them, and what have you ever changed them with in the present day?
On August 20, 2013…
I believe this J.Crew shirt has stood the check of time — whereas that peachy pink coloration was positively VERY common at the time (it’s totally near Millenial Pink!), the remainder of the particulars nonetheless look pretty.
The silk shirt was $178 at J.Crew; as a result of we have been in the midst of a secretary shirt development I used to be all for the break up neck seen right here. “They strike me as less fussy than a silk collar, but more easily layered (such as with a blazer or cardigan, or even a contrasting cardigan if the V is deep enough) than the silk bows.”
Silk Blouses with Split-Necks We’d Recommend Today…
On August 20, 2012…
Our Splurge Monday decide was this knit blazer from Theory, $333 at Bloomingdale’s. I used to be horrified by the remainder of the swimsuit and joked about it, noting that I beloved “the wool herringbone, the perfect charcoal, and the schoolboy fit. And the rest of it… well, let’s just snicker and move on.” (All of which you may DEFINITELY see from the tiny images we used then…)
This was how the remainder of the swimsuit seemed:
I might STILL in all probability put on the jacket, and the miniskirt would truly be a complete discover if I stumbled on it in a thrift retailer in the present day. But I might by no means assume to put on it with an identical swimsuit blazer.
Sweater Jackets We’d Recommend Today, Instead
If I keep in mind appropriately this was a knit, so listed here are a few of our newest favourite sweater jackets for the workplace in 2024…
On August 20, 2008…
Sooooo… this was our Suit of the Week! It is, I believe we will all agree, a LOT OF LOOK. Even at the time I wasn’t certain about it, noting:
Another week, one other swimsuit! This week’s swimsuit is by Nanette Lepore. We’ve truly had wildly totally different reactions to this swimsuit: the first time we noticed it we thought, oh, hell sure — however then we noticed it once more and thought it was a bit fug.
Now we’re pondering it is fabulous however maybe solely on very tall ladies? O, confusion. Things we like: that rich-looking knit blazer with the button particulars on the hip pockets and cuffs, the ruched sleeves, and the belt element at again.
Things we’re uncertain of: the skirt and its ruffles. Jury’s nonetheless out on the knit itself, too.
Hilariously, the title of the swimsuit was “Don’t You Dare,” and I have to say I agree with that… do not you dare put on this sucker in the present day!
The one factor I do like nonetheless in 2024: the large neckline and shrunken match to the blazer, though this will simply be as a result of I owned a short-sleeved Nanette Lepore jacket that had very comparable particulars, and occurred to get engaged in it (Friday night time after work), so it has a fond place in my coronary heart! If I recollect it was a yellow floral sample, possibly towards brown? Not very a lot my traditional factor in any respect.
Shrunken Blazers We’d Recommend Instead (Today)
Bonus Accessory (from August 20, 2010’s Weekend Open Thread)
Le sigh… these sneakers appeared so regular for a time interval, with the platform and the shootie/bootie vibe… for somebody who finds heels far more snug if they’ve straps on, I am unable to say I hated this period, however boy it appears fairly dated now, does not it?
These Michael Antonio sneakers have been $71 on sale at Endless.com (keep in mind Endless?!).
