A Blazer Alone Might Not Be Doing The Smart Casual Job People Think It Does

I bought a blazer specifically for one wedding rehearsal dinner in Franklin, secondhand, structured shoulder, the kind of navy that photographs as black in bad lighting. Paid forty two dollars…

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The Blazer Requirement For Business Casual Might Be Outdated Advice

I kept a navy blazer on the back of my office chair for three straight years in the early 2000s. Never wore it once that I can actually remember, just…

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The Blazer To A Wedding Rule Might Just Be An Assumption Nobody Checked

I built a whole cost benefit case for a navy blazer two Aprils ago, the way I build cases for everything, cost per wear, versatility across three separate weddings that…

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The Bottom Button Rule Followed My Cardigan Home From My Blazer, Apparently

I buttoned a cardigan on a client three weeks ago exactly the way I’d button a blazer. Top hole first, working down, skip the bottom one on instinct, like my…

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Blazers Have The Same Hidden Stitch As Trench Coats And I Never Noticed Either

I wore my brother Sam’s old blazer to a client dinner in March, sat down at the table, and felt it pull weird across the back like the fabric was…

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A Blazer That Doesnt Cover Your Bum Is Apparently A Whole Category Of Wrong

A client texted me a photo from a dressing room last month, blazer on, one hand on her hip, the other holding her phone at that angle we all use…

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My Tailor Had Opinions About My Suit And No Belt, I Wasnt Ready For That Conversation

The pins were already in my jacket sleeve when Dominic, my tailor for the last three years, took one look at the loops on my new suit trousers and asked…

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Suit Trousers Feeling Snug After Lunch Made Me Question The Fabric

I have genuinely spent longer thinking about my waistband than most people spend deciding whether to buy a house. I know this because I once stood in a fitting room…

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Buttoning Both Buttons On A Blazer Is The One Rule Everyone Quietly Ignores

I bought a blazer off a resale app three months ago, gray, structured, the kind of thing that photographs like it costs more than it did, and the first thing…

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Why Every Finance Bro Ive Ever Met Owns The Exact Same Gilet

My uncle works in private equity, and years ago, when I told him I was starting to style corporate clients, he said, “Easy, just put them in a vest, it…

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