https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 23 May 2026 11:22:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves/page/2#post-1895055 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:07:19 +0000 Anonymous 1895055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks @christina, @isabel, @sisi, @runcarla, @lisap, @kkcards, @krishnidoux, @rachylou.</p> <p>@krish: yes, I do think I’d have to get the sleeves narrowed to do the scrunch look effectively or else they’ll just keep falling down! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves/page/2#post-1895034 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:36:00 +0000 rachylou 1895034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, really cute! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves/page/2#post-1894955 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:44:48 +0000 krishnidoux 1894955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks lovely and the sleeves are not too long. Scrunch sometimes look better thant rolled, so if you are more comfortable with them out of the way and pushed up on your arm, then I would recommend visiting a tailor for narrowing the sleeves </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves/page/2#post-1894952 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:37:52 +0000 kkards 1894952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG love this blazer....I like a longer sleeve so that I can be the boss of the sleeve and push it up, fold it back or leave it as is.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894945 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:25:26 +0000 Anonymous 1894945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it - lucky find! &nbsp;I'm with Viva in liking bracelet length sleeves on jackets. &nbsp;I'm always pushing mine up or folding the cuff back. Something about really long jacket sleeves makes the whole jacket look too big to my eye. Can't explain it &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894933 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:04:27 +0000 Carla 1894933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely jacket, Smittie. Fit looks great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894932 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:03:10 +0000 Sisi 1894932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You wear blazers very well! I would not change a thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894930 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:51:51 +0000 Anonymous 1894930@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Smittie, I was thinking "shrunken fit" as in the Thom Browne version, which is, of course, completely intentional. The fit of the jacket looks just right to me, including the sleeves, BUT, if they bother you, you could shorten them a little with no loss of style.</p> <p>I like my outerwear to have long sleeves, and even sweaters, but anything jacket-y, no longer than the wrist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894852 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:06:44 +0000 Angie 1894852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Smittie,</b> odd. My blazers reach the line of my crotch point. So they<i> look </i>3 inches longer. But no biggie. This looks fab.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894849 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:58:50 +0000 Christina F. 1894849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, smittie, this is wonderful. I don't think you need to change a thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894777 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:39:06 +0000 Anonymous 1894777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@mirjana, @katerina, @amy Isabella, @viva, @cardiff girl, @Brooklyn: thank you!</p> <p>@Angie: thank you! I noticed you had commented on the length of the blazer before, and I wasn’t sure what to do with this info as it is only 1” shorter than yours. I also don’t have a great eye for what’s in and what’s out in blazer trends. All the different lengths look good to me. I did google blazer lengths but there seems to be. A wide range of acceptable lengths. I think I’ll enjoy this length for now, and if I buy more, I’ll look at length in a more considered way.</p> <p>@LaPed: thanks, blazer twin! I hope the length is ok. It fits about at mid hip for me. </p> <p>@mainlady, @gigi: thanks!</p> <p>@vildy: ha, yes, I think it was Ask Andy that told me the sleeve length needs to be higher! I am so happy we can break the rules (or just don’t have as many rules). “Glamour makes mince meat of the rules” is a goodie! I wonder if the men have more rules because they have fewer types of clothes to wear. </p> <p>@sarahd8: I agree about that quote. Thanks for your kind comment.</p> <p>@jaileen: thank you!<br /> @isabel: thank you! I wonder about what a shrunken fit IS. I guess the sleeves are shorter and the length is shorter, but you can’t really do much more than that to shrink the fit, can you? I think my upper body makes things look shrunken because there is no girth there. It almost appears concave because my rib cage is quite small compared to my lower body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894684 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:53:58 +0000 Anonymous 1894684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks like a slightly "shrunken fit" to me so the torso looks like the right fit. I think that <i></i><i>theoretically</i>&nbsp;,as per tailoring "rules", the sleeves are the right length, but a little shorter might be even better and more consistent with the style.</p> <p>Jacket sleeve length, when it's not comfortable for any reason is really distracting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894681 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:15:51 +0000 JAileen 1894681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great blazer! I think the sleeves and overall fit looks good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894679 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:01:41 +0000 SarahD8 1894679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Glamour makes mincemeat of the rules" is my new style mantra.</p> <p>(I don't wear blazers so I don't know anything about them but I think that one looks great on you, smittie.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894678 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:57:44 +0000 Vildy 1894678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some while ago I was reading around in the Ask Andy forum for menswear.&nbsp; They're very preoccupied with all forms of correctness in clothing. One fellow asked about sleeve length of his wife's new blazer's sleeves and they all told him those rules don't apply to women because they have glamour and that kind of makes mincemeat of the rules :D&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894674 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:49:52 +0000 Gigi 1894674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice blazer! I think the fit is great, and the sleeves are just where I would want them. Not too long at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894661 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:10:24 +0000 Mainelady 1894661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks beautiful! I think the sleeve length is fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894653 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:38:11 +0000 LaPed 1894653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks great to me! The sleeves on my Boden tweed hit right at about the same place. I do scrunch them from time to time depending on what I'm wearing underneath; works better with some tops than with others.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think Angie's right that the tweed is a bit shorter than some of the other Boden blazers; it strikes me as a classic look rather than trendy, and for me a shorter blazer is much easier to wear than a longer one.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894645 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:23:59 +0000 Angie 1894645@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't the quality gorgeous. It bounces off the page.</p> <p>My Boden blazer sleeves are that length too. Luxurious.</p> <p><b>Smittie</b>, make sure you like the <i>length</i> of the blazer. It's quite a bit shorter than my Boden blazers. Length looks great on though. Killer CHIC blazer.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894636 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:15:41 +0000 Brooklyn 1894636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks great! I like the sleeve length. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894625 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:07:38 +0000 Cardiff girl 1894625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like that Blazer on you it’s a classic shape but the dots add a bit of funky ness to it ,the fit looks good from here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894623 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:06:23 +0000 viva 1894623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a beautiful blazer, and it looks amazing on you, Smittie! (I'm definitely going to look at Boden next time I need a blazer.) I've become a little addicted to bracelet or wrist-length sleeves on blazers, so I would love it if they were shorter, but I think these sleeves work at this full length just fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894620 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:03:52 +0000 Amy Isabella 1894620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely blazer - I think it looks great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894615 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:42:39 +0000 Katerina 1894615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous jacket! To my eye the fit is great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894613 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:28:38 +0000 Mirjana 1894613@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful blazer, it looks good to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894611 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:23:49 +0000 Anonymous 1894611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@all: oh ok. I thought the sleeves on an indoor jacket had to be shorter: at the wrist.</p> <p>But maybe it’s different for blazers, or maybe I’ve been googling the wrong thing, lol!</p> <p>Thanks for the thumbs up on the fit! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894609 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:15:03 +0000 unfrumped 1894609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks good to me! </p> <p>Alas, my first Boden order did not work out but may try other items later if interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894607 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:07:30 +0000 Helena 1894607@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Smittie, this looks perfect! Sleeves perfect as is, and would also look really cool scrunched. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894606 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:06:07 +0000 Suz 1894606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The quality looks amazing -- visible even here -- and the sleeve length looks perfect to me. I <i>always</i> wear my sleeves scrunched or rolled -- just my personal "thing" -- so I think you can do it (except in the most formal situations, perhaps).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-dot-blazer-and-q-about-sleeves#post-1894605 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:03:09 +0000 Jenn 1894605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like blazer sleeves to come to right around the thumb joint, so that looks perfect to me! </p>