Cape blazers are my JAM! Since we discussed how I’m currently styling a veteran favorite, the black boyfriend blazer. I wanted to discuss a newer style blazer that I have come to consider a closet essential.
Capes are not just for magicians anymore, but they can be magical.
The cut of a cape blazer makes me feel a little more elegant because of the way it hugs your shoulders and drapes over your arms.
I feel like I need to be drinking some English tea with my pinky out when I wear one.
Cape blazers also come in a variety of lengths.
For this post I am using a longer one from Forever21 that I like to pair with dresses.
I also have this blazer in white.
Selecting an appropriate length can be the biggest challenge with this style blazer.
I have seen it offered in a much longer length that hits you about mid-calf. To avoid losing my figure or being swallowed up by the current thigh length cape blazer I’m wearing, I styled more tailored pieces under the jacket.
If you’re stature is more petite I would stick with a length that hits you right at the waist.
Boyfriend blazers allow us to pretend like we have our shit together and cape blazers give us a little magic.
Just when you thought the gas pump story was over, my friends, IT IS NOT!
After I drove off with the pump still in my car the next week a light came on in the dash indicating something was wrong. SO, I called the dealership, made an appointment and showed up in my cape blazer prepared to work some witchcraft and magic.
I wouldn’t say that I lied I just didn’t tell them I had ripped the gas hose out of the tank with the pump still in my car.
I gave them the classic, “This light came on and I don’t know why?!” description.
That was a TRUE statement, the light had come on and I DIDN’T know exactly why…yet. I didn’t hear anything for a few days and then I got a call.
Friendly Gullible Maintenance Worker: Hello, Mrs. Martin?
Mischievous Cape Blazer Wearing Dufuss ME: Yes, that’s me.
Guy: Yeah, hello ma’am, ummm we been looking at your car and it looks like somebody may have driven off with the gas pump still in the car and it broke the sensor in your tank.
Me: Ohhhh, ok. (Still not offering up the WHOLE truth.)
Guy: Mrs. Martin, did you drive off with the pump still in your car?
Thinking in my head: (SHIT!!!)
Me: (Actually saying outloud) Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, (long pause)
You know what…….. I did, I just remembered I accidentally ripped the hose out of a gas pump a few weeks ago. (My ass had NOT forgotten WHAT SO EVER!)
Guy: Well, we went ahead and fixed it and put it under your warranty.
Me: Oh my goodness, thank you so much for working some MAGIC for me!!
So whether you need to pretend like you have your shit together or work a little magic, I’ve got the right blazers for you!
Tomorrow I’ll be sharing a post about this adorable shop I did this shoot in! So stay tuned to learn more about what this fun space has to offer in Augusta, Georgia.
Until then, put on a blazer with me and let’s pretend we aren’t walking disasters while silently demanding the attention of a room…
Because being you ROX!
Lyv
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