Blast from the Past: Would You Still Wear These Today?

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I used to be considering (throughout my dental cleansing right this moment, whee), how I’m all the time amused to locate older items that we’ve featured right here on Corporette… generally they nonetheless look good, or I bear in mind liking them. Different occasions, the styling or the featured piece of clothes is simply… fug.

Anyway, I began considering… it is likely to be enjoyable to share some beforehand featured photos with you guys, and focus on — would you put on this stuff right this moment? If that’s the case, how would you type them in 2024? For those who’ve changed these items in your closet, what are you carrying as a substitute of them?

First up, a few of the issues we featured on June 18 through the years…

In 2014…

This “herringbone linen jacket” from J.Crew was our visitor poster’s choose for the workwear report (I used to be out on maternity go away and Ok from the now defunct weblog, “Work That Bump,” was visitor posting that week!) — as she noted on the time:

 I believe it will look significantly good with a cobalt blue skirt (channeling Kat right this moment) and a few black pumps. There’s additionally an identical skirt if you wish to make a swimsuit of it.

OK, I’m dying laughing over the cobalt remark. She’s not mistaken, although…

As for the jacket… regardless that we’re in prime “woman jacket” season, one thing in regards to the jacket feels not nice to me. The odd cuff size? the black and white edging particulars? I don’t assume it appears to be like dated, but it surely’s additionally doesn’t actually look present, both.

In 2012…

This houndstooth blazer was from Smythe, and though issues aren’t fairly so shrunken anymore, I may nonetheless see this being related. The white prime under it appears to be like a bit odd although to my trendy sensibilities… I believe the identical blazer may very well be actually cute styled with broad leg pants and a bodysuit or fitted t-shirt.

In 2011…

The sandals and the gown undoubtedly appear to be of an age, don’t they? It’s an attention-grabbing query whether or not, if somebody discovered this Hole gown in a thrift store in mint situation, whether or not they’d eagerly snatch it up.

I’ve by no means been a beige woman, and the black neck element isn’t actually my style, so I’d move, however… what say you, readers?

For barely extra element (I forgot to learn my very own description, ha) — this was a Hole collaboration with “the finalists of the 2008 CFDA/Vogue Style Fund, designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai of Vena Cava,” and was $88 again within the day. It looks like the model Vena Cava was offered a yr or two after this and the designers went their separate methods.

Mayock remains to be a member of the CFDA however now has an interior design brand. In the meantime, Buhai has her own line of jewelry, which appears to be like beautiful.

In 2008…

I’m 90% certain this shirt was both Brooks Brothers or Thomas Pink. I nonetheless do like a pinstriped shirt, however I believe the sleeves/cuffs make it look a bit dated, in addition to the pale pink manicure. I do just like the double-collar look (or a white edging, maybe)? I’m a bit stunned to see that there have been buttons; again within the day I believed I needs to be gathering cufflinks.