This installment’s jacket is the traditional blazer jacket. Taken from traditional men’s dress, the blazer is a powerful jacket for powerful women. A blazer is certainly worth the investment you make in it; both in time and materials, because your jacket will last the test of time.

A good blazer can be worn as part of a suit or casually tossed over jeans or a sundress. A blazer that pulls in the waist can be an asset to those who want to hide a tummy and the slight flare at the hips can balance out those who are bigger chested.

The Ricky blazer from
SBCC Patterns

There are a number of good patterns out for blazers including:

• Vogue 9342, a great Claire Shaffer option
• The Jasika Blazer provides instruction on speed tailoring your jacket
• McCalls 6172 (out of print) is a Palmer/Pletsch pattern which means it comes with a wealth of information for fitting your jacket
• The La Paz jacket from Itch to Stitch comes with cup sizes.

• The Ricky jacket by Skinny Bitch, Curvy Chick is sized for petite gals.
• The Morris blazer by Grainline is designed for stretch materials and is unlined for a slightly more casual option.

If you need a little help with the construction of you blazer, BluPrint (formerly Craftsy) has a handful of options including:

Modern Jacket Techniques and Jacket Fitting Techniques, both with Pam Howard.

Check out my pinterest page for some blazer inspiration. Please note, I wanted to show powerful women in their powerful blazers. Appearance by some or lack thereof does not constitute any sort of political endorsement.