In Praise of the Color Orange - 3

Now, as opposed to the meek excuse for Orange that Zara produced in their catalog, THIS, ladies, is the real deal:

Awesome, perfect, ideal ORANGE.

Wear To Work Series: The Slouchy Jacket

Offices are always cold. Even the most perfect, imaginary ones. So what do you wear on top of your dress, say?

You could go with a blazer. But a structured blazer and a dress can read too harsh and blunt, even in the most fashionista environment.

You could go with a cardigan. But cardigans do have that unfortunate reputation for schoolmarmishness and a stolid, wooly, professorial air (which, surely, explains why I adore cardigans of all shapes, colors, and cuts). 

The solution? Unstructured jackets, without as much definition and cut from a slouchier fabric.

The perfect place to find them is one of my favorite stores in North America – Antrhropologie. While some of their wares can be a little hippy or doily or precious or all of the above, somehow they always carry the best unstructured jackets.

On the less casual side you have this, perfect with its rounded shoulder and silky fabric:

Or this, with its gorgeous detail in the back:

This isn’t too shabby either, if a little predictable:

More casual? How about this?

Or this?

Sure, stores other than Anthro carry similar things as well. My favorite is probably this, from Shopbop (total lust – it is striped after all!):