https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 22 May 2026 09:13:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-28925 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:03:14 +0000 Debbie 28925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I read that Ralph Lauren has a line at JCP called American Living or something like that.</p> <p>I saw those cord jackets too and thought they looked good.</p> <p>I know a very stylish woman who shops a lot at JC Penney. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-28922 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:08:34 +0000 Nicole 28922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I must have missed this thread the first time around. Nice jacket, Shana. It fits you well. I think the sleeves are fine--and this length gives you the opportunity to let a little shirt sleeve peek thru too. (and you can scrunch the sleeves up also).</p> <p>JC Penney is funny. They do carry a lot of old lady stuff, and they *try* to have a younger selection too--but they were often not on the money with their styles. But I wonder if they got a new purchaser or something...because the other day, when I was looking for inexpensive jackets for Maya, I checked JCP out because I knew they'd be in her price range..and they actually had some cute stuff. Maybe in person the fit wouldn't be all that great, but the overall style of some of their merchandise was vastly improved from a year ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-28893 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:41:42 +0000 Lori 28893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks great! That's the same color I got. </p> <p>~ Lori </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-28881 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:39:24 +0000 Anonymous 28881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the blazer on you! What a great color. I don't know about the sleeve length. It looks OK to me, especially with your beautiful bracelet. Maybe these are bracelet length? You could always roll the cuffs and scrunch the tops of the sleeves as Angie described with her denim jacket for a different look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-28782 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:04:28 +0000 shana 28782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Sorry I have been MIA for the last couple of week. I have finally uploaded the pics of my cord blazer. I ended up returning the one that I initially bought because it was too big. The smaller size fits a bit better although I wonder whether the sleeves seem a bit short??? </p> <p>In the picture I've paired it with my newish straight legs. I say newish because I actually bought them back in July but just recently had them hemmed. They're from Uniqlo in NYC and I love them! Unfortunately, they are getting a bit loose - they were a perfect fit when I tried them on but since then, I've lost some more baby weight, plus they stretch out some as I wear them. I wish I had read Angie's posts about jeans fitting before I purchased them! Oh well, I'll have to go back and get a smaller pair!</p> <p>Thanks again Lori and everyone else for your suggestions &#38; help!</p> <p><a href="http://s374.photobucket.com/albums/oo187/shana_ylf/Cord%20Blazer" rel="nofollow">http://s374.photobucket.com/al.....d%20Blazer</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26327 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:03:32 +0000 Angie 26327@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay Shana! Picture please </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26308 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:27:43 +0000 Lori 26308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad it worked for you Shana! I hardly ever shop in JCPenney, but I was passing through there the other day and every now and then I check their petite department. Sometimes I find something decent. Can't wait to see the pictures!<br /> ~Lori </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26265 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:20:58 +0000 Tanya 26265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hooray Shana, I am glad you have found you jacket! Can't wait for the photos.</p> <p>I have also started to look into al sorts of stored thanks to Angie&#38;YLF! You never know what you will find where. I still have my favorites of course, but now I'd go into almost any store to check it out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26237 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:51:31 +0000 shana 26237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks everyone for your help! I took yet another power shopping trip yesterday (so hard to stay focused!) and found a cord jacket. I hit up another H &#38; M that had much more selection - they had cord jackets in mustard, a dark purple, a darker tan and black. Although they had some in my size, it was unfortunately just not a good fit for me. Even in my size, the shoulder seam was off and the arms felt a little tight. Since I am an inverted triangle (and petite), this is usually a problem area for me. </p> <p>Next, I headed to AT loft to look at their cord jackets. The colors were great and the cord is thin so it doesn't feel bulky but I hated the shoulder puffs (makes me look like a linebacker). They also did not carry this jacket in petites at this store so the overall fit was not right for me (the arms were long - wasn't someone asking about this earlier?).</p> <p>I peeked in at NY&#38;Co for the v-neck elbow sleeve cardigans and they were out of my size in black and didn't even have the teal or ink blue I was hoping to find. I wish I had jumped on this last week b/c there seemed to still be good availability online but now black is only available in xs. I hesitate to buy tops online because of my upper body fit issues and usually like to try them on in the store. Oh well. </p> <p>So, finally the cord jacket - I ended up buying one at JCPenney as Lori suggested!! It's funny because I normally never even look there (except for curtains). I feel like the jacket was a decent fit (had a bit of stretch which helped) and the color selection was O.K. (black, navy, tan, and a dark purple/burgundy). Yes, I know, pictures, pictures - will post TODAY hopefully! I am still eyeing the Boden cord jacket but at least I have something that will work in the immediate future when the weather cools down.</p> <p>One thing I have learned from this forum - to open up my horizons when shopping for particular items! I usually stick with the same 4 or 5 stores when shopping and if they don't carry what I am looking for, I give up! I haven't even stepped foot in Express in more than 5 years because I thought I was too old (ditto for Forever 21 or Bebe). I assumed department stores like JCPenney only carried items for white-haired little old ladies which is also not true. Of course, I stick close to my favorites for most items - AT and BR offer petites that fit me really well but it doesn't hurt to open up the search parameters once in awhile!!!! </p> <p>Oh and on the selection at H&#38;M - so true. That's why I love going into the NYC stores or the ones in Europe (which I agree seem to have a much broader selection than U.S. stores). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26192 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:58:49 +0000 Angie 26192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay Inge! Picture please. </p> <p>Quite right - Euro stores stock different items to US stores (in the same chain store). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26188 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:45:06 +0000 Tanya 26188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so glad I was able to help you Inge, even indirectly. I don't know if they stock the same stuff in US and Europe. My BFF has just returned from a long trip from Europe and noticed that stores like Zara and Mango stock completely different things there and much nicer ones in her opinion as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-26087 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:01:35 +0000 Inge 26087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A little off topic, but: Tanya you're an angel!-)<br /> You've indirectly helped me find my first good-fitting jacket in ages.</p> <p>After reading your post, I decided to go to H&#38;M today to see if they had any cord jackets available. I would have loved a purple one, but they only had navy and a mid-brown (which looked blah on me). The navy is a good colour for me and it fits beautifully, so I took it home with me. Thanks!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25813 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:06:50 +0000 Laura 25813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shana, oh yes, shopping with a baby - always fun &#38; easy!! I am impressed you made it to that many places with a little one in tow. </p> <p>Here is the Halogen blazer. Now that I see it on a model, it has puff-style sleeves, so it probably isn't what you want. It does come in a nice cayenne color though:<br /> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2986808?Category=&#038;Search=True&#038;SearchType=keywordsearch&#038;keyword=Halogen+jacket+in+All+Categories&#038;origin=searchresults" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/29.....rchresults</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25810 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:02:23 +0000 Tanya 25810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shana, I am sorry to hear you haven't found one yet. I have just come back from H&#38;M and in addition to black, it also had a very pretty dark purple that I am considering myself, plus a grey version in a super-thin wale. Are there multiple H&#38;Ms in your city? Mine has three and they do stock somewhat different things so I'd say it's worth checking them all out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25808 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:57:52 +0000 Lori 25808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Shana, </p> <p>I just got back from the mall and happened upon petite cord jackets in JCPenney for $25. They're really cute and I ended up with a burgandy one. They had blue, black, khaki, etc. Not a bad price. </p> <p><a href="http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=50434&#038;CatID=53095&#038;GrpTyp=SIZ&#038;ItemID=14b5a50&#038;attrtype=&#038;attrvalue=&#038;CmCatId=50434" rel="nofollow">http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/X.....atId=50434</a>|50450|53095</p> <p>Hope that helps!!</p> <p>Lori </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25804 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:25:25 +0000 shana 25804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BTW, Laura, I didn't end up having time to look at Nordstrom. I actually parked there intending to spend some time on the way back but I was so exhausted by the time I was done with the rest of the mall that I just didn't have the energy. I had the baby with me so I spent/wasted a lot of shopping time feeding &#38; changing diapers!!! Oh well, I'm going to try and make it back next week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25802 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:20:43 +0000 shana 25802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, my shopping trip ended up being not so fruitful. I looked at all the usual suspects in terms of stores. I even asked at Banana &#38; the Gap and they said that I should check back in a few weeks???? J Crew had a huge sale on their velvet and herringbone blazers but unfortunately, they're not that great of a fit on me and I was sticking with my guns on the corduroy since I want something a bit more casual. Tanya, I did see one black cord jacket in H &#38; M that I really liked - and they literally had just one left and it wasn't in my size! I probably would have bought it in black but I am also looking for something in color - maybe plum, dark orange, teal etc since my entire wardrobe seems to be filled with black. I do like the green color in Angie's post about corduroy but I didn't make it over to AT loft. I wonder if I would have any luck trying another H &#38; M, I think there's another one at a mall not too too far away. I'm going to keep working on it... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25692 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:25:57 +0000 Laura 25692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shana, what did you find? Last night I was reading Real Simple mag and they showed a warm red corduroy Halogen jacket, cropped, for $98. Did you see that one? I hope your shopping trip was fruitful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25659 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:06:26 +0000 Maya 25659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found a really cute one from the Gap of all places a few years ago. It's the only flattering piece I think I ever got from that store, but now I can't find it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25652 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:47:35 +0000 Tanya 25652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is probably too late but I always find cute fitted cord jackets at H&#38;M. They are not petite, but are cut pretty small anyway, so they may work for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25550 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:40:36 +0000 shana 25550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Laura. This weekend, my goal is to find my tripod so that I can start posting pictures. Last time, I had to balance it on a very shaky stack of books! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25545 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:03:29 +0000 Laura 25545@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Shana - Two years ago I bought a couple of Halogen corduroy jackets at Nordstrom - they are not petite but in my opinion Halogen runs small. I think I had the sleeves shortened, but they do that alteration for free. Anyway, Nordies might be worth a try. Good luck - let us know what you find! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cord-jackets#post-25544 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:51:23 +0000 shana 25544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm headed to the mall later this afternoon and am on the hunt for a cute, corduroy jacket. I really like the AT loft one that Angie had in her blog posting but I am not a fan of puffed sleeves. Anyone see fitted, cropped jackets that were available in petite sizing anywhere?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>