If you can't find a blazer you like, can you identify what feels wrong about it? Maybe the look is just not for you. There are a lot of looks I appreciate on others but don't enjoy wearing myself. Sometimes our inner associations are so strong we just can't get over them.
I never think of blazers as corporate and never feel corporate when wearing one. Maybe that's because I've never had a true corporate job (although I did work in the legal field for a short time, so I'm familiar with the dress codes).
I wear blazers with jeans and boots/ booties pretty much every time I go out of the house (only a slight exaggeration).
I casualize with the the tricks that you and others have suggested -- rolling or scrunching sleeves, wearing with a graphic tee, throwing on a scarf, wearing jeans of different styles, varying the boots, varying the cut of the jacket. I have shorter jackets and longer ones. Plain and patterned. I don't consider this a dated look at all. It's one of my signature looks and I will never stop wearing it, although I might switch up the style of the jeans or the proportions of the jacket to move with the times.
The key, I think, is that I genuinely find blazers comfortable. (Assuming they fit, of course.) So I never feel unlike myself in them.
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