https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 18 May 2026 14:27:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter/page/2#post-687252 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:36:04 +0000 Mo 687252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, I wasn't feeling like playing dress up today after all. Sorry, only one outfit idea in action. First set with jacket as is, the next pinned where I would put a button, should I decide to do so.<br /> Change any votes? lol Not for nothing, but I wear my hair down over jackets and not up like this, I just did it to show the lines and fit better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-687119 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:39:50 +0000 Mo 687119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw, thanks! I think I'm looking for a dressier fabric than twill, but I do love the style. (what I really want is your faux leather one lol!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-687111 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:35:50 +0000 rae 687111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not to undermine the evaluation of this jacket, but I noticed that the twill version of my white Bebe jacket is on sale, and I thought of you. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bebe.com/bebe-Asymmetric-Twill-Jacket/dp/B007ARZR0Y?ie=UTF8&#038;field_launch-date=-1y&#038;field_availability=-2&#038;navAsinList=B007VCABHC%2CB007LYUKVW%2CB006JZ8TUS%2CB007ARZR0Y%2CB007AS0X0C%2CB007DTCF0O%2CB006OL9BY0%2CB005W1ANP4%2CB00650RZFC&#038;navAsinListIndex=0&#038;searchRank=-product_site_launch_date&#038;id=bebe%20Asymmetric%20Twill%20Jacket&#038;ref=search_results_4&#038;node=2460182011&#038;field_browse=2460182011&#038;searchSize=40&#038;searchNodeID=2460182011&#038;searchPage=1&#038;asinSearchPageIndex=3&#038;searchBinNameList=null&#038;field_is-searchable=0&#038;pf_rd_r=18EB37527GJTJBRW9TR7&#038;pf_rd_m=A2FMOXN01TSNYY&#038;pf_rd_t=101&#038;pf_rd_i=2460182011&#038;pf_rd_p=1300943002&#038;pf_rd_s=search-results" rel="nofollow">http://www.bebe.com/bebe-Asymm.....ch-results</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-687103 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:22:47 +0000 Mo 687103@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, today I will try it on with some of my outfit ideas. I hate to say, the wrinkles have not really fallen out on their own, though. Drats not having an iron here!<br /> I'm feeling 50/50 about it right now. Part of me is in the mindset that if I were to be doing the only 12 items a year, this would not make the cut. Another part of me says, hey not everything is going to be a 10 right off the rack - cut yourself some slack.<br /> New pics to come shortly . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-686071 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:16:36 +0000 Lisa 686071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not looking at other comments, I like the blazer as is. I don't mind the boxy style, it contrasts nicely with the soft top underneath. I would shy away from pairing the blazer with a crisp shirt though, that may be too much structure then. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-686001 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:07:52 +0000 Rhiannon 686001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is not such bad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685971 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:04:05 +0000 catgirl 685971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, any new pics? I'm not against Penneys at all. I've bought clothes at my grocery store! But I hold them to the same standard as Nordstrom, F21 and the thrift store - which is a change from my old ways. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685742 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:12:04 +0000 Anonymous 685742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Answering before I read other comments....I think the jacket itself will work, but with a shorter layer than the red top pictured and add some long necklaces! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685510 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:48:03 +0000 Mo 685510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I was worried it would be too small! I must be missing something. Am I blinded by my desire for a white blazer after almost a year and a half?? @@<br /> Hitting the shower momentarily and bringing the jacket along for the ride . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685383 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:08:56 +0000 Deborah 685383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like Claire's idea of steaming it in the bathroom and then try it on again. At this moment I am questioning the quality. I like the idea of it though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685379 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:53:06 +0000 rae 685379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My first reaction was that it looks slightly too large - I wonder if that is making it look flimsy to some? Even my blazers that ARE flimsy look better when the structure of my body backs them up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685309 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:40:58 +0000 Kari 685309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really *want* to like this because I love the idea of it on you, Mo - but I see the same thing that others mentioned about the "flimsiness" that just doesn't pass my quality smell test. You have a couple of other white cropped jackets that, while more on the casual side, I like a lot better than this one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685305 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:36:31 +0000 Anonymous 685305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I say hang in the bathroom the next time you shower, then style it and repost. It has great sleeve-scrunching potential. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685179 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:36:41 +0000 Marley 685179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo - can you roll/push up the sleeves? Some of the boxiness comes from the sleeve length and the hem-length of the jacket ending at the same point. One or the other needs to be changed - and obviously its going to have to be the sleeves! If I were you and I loved it, I'd try to add some type of front closure to it, because I think that at the cropped length a fitted silhouette is more flattering than a boxy one. Also, not crazy about it with the white bermudas - but then, I'm not a real fan of white "bottoms" anyway, so it may just be my own hang-up! What other items were you thinking of wearing it with? </p> <p>ETA - I should have read the other comments first - other people had already mentioned the length of the sleeves and length of jacket! I say try it with some of your other items and see what you think! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685168 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:26:39 +0000 Gaylene 685168@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Jonesy in thinking it's the sleeve length, not the body, that gives the boxy look. Try it with the outfits you've listed. If you like the look, then keep; if you still have doubts, send it back and look for something better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685161 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:03:03 +0000 JR 685161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because you are nice and lean, the boxiness of it is not a deal-breaker, in my opinion. It's true that it creates a strong horizontal line, but it doesn't make you look chunky. You just don't have enough chunk going on... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685151 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:52:33 +0000 Glory 685151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it on you and it seems very versatile </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685134 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:05:15 +0000 Mo 685134@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ah, mixed feelings on this one! I should add it's out of the box and wrinkled, not necessarily poor construction. I just don't have an iron here . . . heck we don't even have a couch to sit on! I have to wonder if I didn't specifically mention Penney's if that would have made an impact on perceptions. It's fully lined and looks well made to me, if not terribly fitted.<br /> I'll have to let it hang for a while and then try some of the ideas I had. Some I can't because some items were left behind in CA. But I can try these here:</p> <p>over my cornflower blue dress with the python flat sandals<br /> with drapey white ON tee and red moto zipper skinnies<br /> with my new black and white dot cowl tank top and black satin cigarette pants<br /> over my mod print shift dress</p> <p>Perhaps I'll give it a try again in a day or two with all these </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685105 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:25:59 +0000 JR 685105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Jonesey has a good eye. Remind me to listen to her. She has a point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685100 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:18:28 +0000 texstyle 685100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, have you tried it with other items? The white bermudas are making it look like a Florida "suit" to me. I love that it is washable and could be altered to be more fitted. I think adding an interesting decorative button - a ittle higher than those slant pockets would be a great addition - and scrunching the sleeves up just a bit further would change the bottom line. I'd try it with denim shorts, jeans, black crops, etc. I'd also try it with more fitted tops under it. A nice tank maybe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685067 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:46:52 +0000 Kate 685067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry Mo, but I'm just not loving this one. I think you can do better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685065 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:41:16 +0000 catgirl 685065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the idea and the price is right, but the lack of button and the possible flimsiness is off-putting... Is this going to be a workhorse or a just for fun item? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685044 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:12:30 +0000 Anonymous 685044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can do better. It looks quite flimsy. I vote return. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685027 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:58:08 +0000 CocoLion 685027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not crazy about the workmanship, Mo. I see puckering around the shoulders. (Sorry) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685018 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:52:53 +0000 Jonesy 685018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, here's my weird contribution for the day! I have this thing about jackets or tops with sleeves that end right at the bottom of the garment--it just looks blocky and wrong to me. That's what the sleeves are doing, which is what is making it seem boxy I'm thinking, vs. the actual cut of the jacket, which seems fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685011 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:49:07 +0000 Jem 685011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know if I would have noticed it if you hadn't mentioned it, but it does kindof look like it's missing something-- like a button. I don't think it looks like it needs to be buttoned, though, if that makes sense? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685006 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:46:22 +0000 Mo 685006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>hee hee CinnamonFern! You can certainly say it's awful and needs to go back. I'm open to all criticisms and input!<br /> It is washable, hooray! I have about 5 outfits I'd planned in my head, but this was not one of them, it sort of just happened after changing out my shirt I was wearing and putting it into the growing purge pile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-685002 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:43:09 +0000 Suz 685002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it, too, and can see how it would be really useful for you in Florida. I say keep, especially if it is washable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-684999 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:40:38 +0000 Transcona Shannon 684999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it as is Mo - I don't find it overly boxy. And I like how you've styled it here. I vote to keep. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-crop-blazer---keep-alter#post-684997 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:37:57 +0000 cinnamon fern 684997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are keep and alter the only two options :)? </p>