Spring/Summer ’13 Colorful Blazers
Comments (1) Written by Chelsea Candelario, FIT Hot Topics Summer Intern.
If I can get my hands on a bunch of colorful blazers, I will have a closet just for them. The fact that these pastel-colored blazers are the trend of Spring/Summer ’13 makes me happy. I’m ready to ignore the grey blazer sadly hanging from my closet now.
The solid, light color blazers give a touch of feminine quality. It’s simple to slide on a blazer anytime of the day. The Topshop peach blazer makes me desperately look in my wallet for some sort of prize money.
Sadly, it’s to the wishful shopping cart.
Although every blazer shares a similar square-shoulder, ability to cuff, and waist-length quality, they each hold something unique about them. The shape of the neckline, length of the sleeves, color, and much more sets them apart from one another.
I love the fact that you can wear it with anything. From a dress to jeans, blazers look great in anything you put on. I also love that it’s an anytime accessory. You can wear it when you’re heading off to class, off to a work interview, or even a small get together with friends.
For something that started out as something that only men wore, it has turned out as a style fit for everyone.
Summer is always a time when businesses cringe in anticipation to see what their employees will be wearing to the office. Flip flops come out, a little too much skin is exposed, and workers tend to get a little sloppy in their dress. This is a perfect opportunity to offer our services as image consultants to guide our clients to appropriate attire this season. Especially in this competitive economy, employees need every edge they can get to succeed in the workplace, including a wardrobe that means business.
Sure, coming back from a summer weekend may tempt them to roll into work wearing cut offs, but do our clients really want to project an image that says “I just got back from the beach, I’ll get to that report when I re-acclimate”? No! We want our clients to always appear confident, capable and ready. As the workplace gets more and more casual and more and more competitive, our services may be needed more than ever. It can be confusing as to what is OK to wear to the office and what constitutes a major faux pas. That’s where the savvy image consultant comes in!
Offer your clients a summer spruce up to go through their closets and help them find what works for work. Make a list of what they need. Maybe it’s camisoles to go under those low cut tops and dresses? Or, a light sweater or jacket to cover bare arms and stay warm in the frigid air conditioning? Or a casual work shoe that’s not a flip flop? Put together a few summer outfits for them: casual, yet neat and business like. You can help save them embarrassment at work and project a professional image. After all, getting ahead never takes a vacation…why let their wardrobe?
Each season designers give us a potpourri of new trends – color, style, and silhouette – that we can say ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ to. (Ahhh, the power!) And, as image consultants, it is important that we first have our own point of view. With each trend, we want to consider the following: What do we like? What is a good buy – that will maybe work past the season? What is a splurge item?
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