Can I wear a blazer with jeans, and if so, how?
You sure can, and I'm going to show you how.
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I'm Eric.
(I'm Chris).
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And, we did a video previously on 6 different looks on how to wear a blazer.
Today, we're going to dive into one of those looks, which is how to wear a blazer with
jeans.
And, I've got a few questions.
Probably the most common questions that come with how to pull this look off, and how to
do it really well.
(Great).
All right, so let's just jump right in.
The first thing I want to ask is where can I do this?
What occasions?
What situations am I going to find myself in where I can pull off a blazer look with
jeans?
Yeah, the nice thing is that it's been happening for a while now.
So, it's pretty well accepted almost everywhere honestly.
You can wear a blazer with jeans to work for some semi-casual / semi-formal work environments.
You can wear it out to a nice evening on the town.
You can wear it more casually like you've got right now with a t-shirt for just any
old day at the office.
So, there are a lot of different places you can wear it.
(Ok, so it's very flexible).
Very, yes.
(Ok, that's great).
All right, so let's just work through the entire outfit itself piece by piece.
The first question I have is what types of blazers are we talking about?
Specifically maybe, is there a specific material I need to be thinking about?
Yeah, sure.
Yeah, so I'd say the most important thing is to make sure the blazer has a little texture
to it.
So, we're not looking for a blazer that goes with a matching pair of suit pants.
Like, a suit jacket and suit jacket.
Those tend to be a little finer.
They'll be like that fine wool or a polyester on some less expensive ones.
So, you want to avoid that.
What we're actually looking for is something with a little more weight, like I said.
So, it can be camel hair.
It could be tweed.
It could just be a heavier wool.
Or, it doesn't have to be heavy at all.
Just something with interest, so like a linen or cotton blend will work with great with
jeans.
(Ok, so my suit jacket, I'm not going to throw that on with jeans?).
In most occasions, you don't want to do that.
(If it's not a different texture.)
Right.
Ok, let's talk about the jeans now.
Are their jeans to avoid with a blazer?
What colors?
What fits?
How should that work?
So, the standard for dressy jeans nowadays is a dark pair.
So, it's pretty simple.
A clean dark pair - not a lot of whiskers or washing or wear.
That sort of thing.
Just a nice, clean pair of jeans.
And fit?
Yeah, fit is really - it depends on your body type.
So, if you don't know what jeans are best for your body type, you can go to Cladwell,
and we'll tell you.
But generally, you want something that's probably a little slimmer fitting because looser fitting
pants are going to tend to come across as more casual.
And we want to match the formality of the blazer that you are wearing.
So, a little darker and probably a little tighter fitting?
A little tighter, yeah, but that all depends on your body type.
(It depends on who you are).
Yeah.
Ok, so let's work our way down.
What about shoes?
What shoes should I wear with this outfit?
Yeah, I'd say the most important thing here is to match the shoes to whatever you are
wearing with the blazer and jeans.
So, right now you have a t-shirt on, and you probably can't see, but he has sneakers on
too.
So, you're rockin' the nice casual blazer look today.
(From our sneaker video!)
Yeah, that's great.
That's cool.
So, you can definitely do that.
You can also wear, of course if you are wearing a dress shirt and tie with your jeans, you
want to wear a pair of dress shoes.
But, you could do boots.
You could do almost anything.
Just match the shirt.
Ok, so maybe I skipped one.
I went too far down.
But the shirt question.
It sounds like I can wear a lot of different things.
Yeah, again, you can wear almost anything: a shirt and tie, a nice sweater with it.
You can do a polo and jeans.
You can do all different things.
Ok.
And so, when I'm thinking of the entire outfit, however formal the shirt is, I'm going to
match the shoes with the shirt.
(Yeah).
Is there anything else that's off limits?
Or again, what's maybe the most important thing?
Or anything I shouldn't be doing?
Things to avoid?
Yeah, I guess I would just reiterate not wearing that suit jacket with jeans.
There's just something that doesn't come across quite right when you do that.
You're going to want something that's just a little more casual if you're wearing it
with jeans.
And the way to do that is to get that texture or that visual texture on your blazer.
Ok, great.
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