Blazers - here to stay or over with now? | Mumsnet (2024)

There's nothing that everyone needs. Listening to such nonsense statements will only make you a victim of fashion, since inevitably there will come a trend that does not look good on you.

If you like how it looks and how it feels when it comes, keep it. If you don't, send it back.

'Blazers' are certainly here to stay. They're just a standard option for women's formal/smart wear. Whether oversize... it depends. A looser fit will always be fine, even if the fashion is more for tighter wear, because there's always a variety, whereas something that's very oversize will stand out as looking a few sizes too big.

Wear the blazer that suits you especially if it's for work and definitely not what's in fashion

Influencers are given these items for free so people like you go out and buy what doesn't suit them because they think it's in fashion.

It's really not in fashion not really just worn by people following influencers. Which isn't really proper fashion

Like Flo , I have no interest in whether clothes flatter me or not. It's the item of clothing which interests me.

I like over sized coats and oversized dresses but blazers have never been a thing for me. But if you like them OP, go for it.

Sorry I didn't actually answer the op's question about its staying power.

My uneducated guess is that it's possible that the oversize silhouette has reached its peak but that it's been on the scene long enough not to disappear overnight. I would think it'll be at least a couple of years before it starts to look 'off'. However certain features, e.g. ruched sleeves might not have as good a shelf life and start to look a bit dated before then.

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Never have, never will 😀

I don't think anyone should buy something that doesn't flatter them just because it's fashionable. It has to look nice as well.
See how you feel when it arrives and be ruthless - if you don't think you'll really wear it or you think it isn't the best look for you, then send it straight back.

I think blazers generally are here to stay but shapes and details go in and out of fashion. I do think the ruched sleeves have a shelf life and are probably nearing the end of it soon. I'm not a fan of oversized personally - I like a blazer with a bit of shape but they do look really good on some people so see when it arrives.

The other thing is that it sometimes takes a bit of time to mentally adjust to seeing different shapes - remember when we all wore bootcut jeans with hems dragging through puddles and how weird it looked at first when skinnies were everywhere?

Ruching aside, I think the oversize blazers that will date the fastest are the ones in really flimsy, often shiny fabric that serve no recognisable function. They don't add any warmth, they certainly don't keep you dry and I don't regard them as much more than a fashion accessory.

I'll be so bold as to predict that the ones in heavier linen or cotton, wool, tweed etc, i.e that have an actual job to do, will survive the longest.

Good luck with the purchase op!

To answer the OP's question oversized blazers in dark colours and/or heavier fabrics (wool suiting / wool gaberdine, tweed) will last until they wear out or you get sick of them. Ones in light colours and fabrics won't.

I don't think anyone should buy something that doesn't flatter them just because it's fashionable. It has to look nice as well.

That's not what I meant and am pretty certain not what Flo meant. I'm a 5'5, size 14/16 curvy, pale-skinned blonde. Would the OP's jacket flatter me? I have no idea - It's fashionable and it might be the most flattering jacket ever invented for my body type and colouring but I still wouldn't wear it.

On the other hand this dress- does it flatter a 5'5, size 14/16 curvy, pale-skinned blonde? I have no idea and I don't care. I think it's beautiful - the design looks like a painting, because it started life as a painting. I get a spring in my step wearing it. (Many thanks yet again to the poster who pointed me towards Klements)

Paradise Lost dress

I don't know @NatashaDancing - the OP has ordered it because fashion people have told her it's a staple and everyone should have it. She's not sure it will suit her.
They say the same about white shirts. I've not yet found one that suits me and I'm 49 and it's not for lack of looking.

I don't believe there's any one item that everyone should have. I don't think it's enough for an item to be fashionable - I do think it being flattering is important too.

Well that's part of what I'm saying too. I wouldn't buy that green blazer no matter how fashionable it is, or even if, in theory, it's meant to flatter my body type, because I don't like it.

But "flattering" for me doesn't have to mean, does it suit my colours/ show off my curves/ show off my figure ? An amazing item of clothing can be "flattering" simply because it's beautiful to look at and lifts your spirits to wear.