Statement piece: Red blazer
The red blazer was the signature piece of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. She would wear it with a black straight mini skirt or black pants. After her election, many young women dressed for fun in the mid night sun run in a red blazer.
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A red blazer is an eternal classic. It looks great with jeans, a chambray shirt and leopard print pumps. A very classic office look to revisit once in while.
Doubling on the statement pieces: Red blazer plus leather pants
Today’s OOTD incorporates two statement pieces: Said red blazer and leather pants.
Style your outerwear for a great first impression
It is still cold in Alaska. For the commute to work, I added pieces that all have brown shades and added red gloves and a red floral scarf to tie the red booties into the outfit. See here again the red repeats in the outerwear.
For other ways how to style a red blazer see classics revisted, and revisiting the classics. For more inspirations and an important tip on how to style leather pants for work see the posts at the links.
Hot red blazer with pants make a great work outfit
In this OOTD, I went for chocolate brown and repeated the brown with the belt and layering top. I framed the outfit with red booties.
Do you own a red blazer? How do you style it?
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