Fall Style Formulas – Splurge, Spend or Save

Happy Friday! I thought we’d do something a little fun today that will also hopefully provide some value. I’m sharing a few of the fall style formulas I’ll be wearing this autumn with jeans and blazers. But I’m sharing them with splurge worthy, spend smart and save big options. These are styles taken straight from my personal wardrobe, which I shared last Friday in this post. But I’ve broken them down into other budget categories, too.

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We got home from our trip to Florida last night and I worked fast to get this blog post ready for today. So I hope I got this all right. Ha! I know I didn’t swap out every single component in the three different style formulas I’m sharing today. But I think I swapped out the main players in each.

The splurge worthy style boards are taken almost exactly from my wardrobe, but the spend smart and save big categories are mostly comprised of things I also have in my closet, I’ve tried on or I’m at least familiar with. And I tried my best to keep the quality good even as the prices came down.

I’m sharing three different effortless but oh so chic fall style formulas for wearing jeans and blazers and tees this fall. You actually could mix and match most all of these. Have fun with it!

Style Formula 1 – Navy Blazer & Grey Jeans

I don’t have a lot of navy in my fall wardrobe this year. But I have this great navy Veronica Beard Miller Dickey jacket, so I’m going to wear it. I think this blazer is definitely splurge worthy. You can get it with silver or gold buttons, and of course it has dickey capabilities, which means you can zip and button a variety of dickeys into it for different looks. Granted, those dickeys are far from cheap!

The Veronica Beard Miller Dickey jacket runs true to size; I wear a size 8.

But if you want a nice navy blazer without breaking the bank, I can highly recommend this one from Express in the Spend Smart category.

I’ve not tried that particular Express blazer, but I’m familiar with the quality of the store, and I feel comfortable recommending it. I do have the camel blazer from Express that I’ll show further down. The jeans in this graphic are by Kut from the Kloth, which is a great mid price brand. They generally fit nicely and feel good.

I created this first blazer and jeans and t-shirt outfit for fall with sneakers, but I’ll be sharing heels with the other two. I think a pair of white leather or faux leather sneakers is so smart for this time of year. I have chosen three pair in different price points, as shown in each of the graphics.

Next up, the most affordable options I could find for this particular style formula.

The navy blazer in the outfit above is from Kohl’s. The grey jeans are Wit & Wisdom, a brand carried by Nordstrom and popular for their great quality at an affordable price. The slides and grey tee are also from Kohl’s.

Of course a navy blazer is so versatile. You can wear it with grey, brown, blue denim, khaki or camel and so much more. I’ve created a shopping widget below with all of these items (and more!) in it, but you can also shop through the words in the photo captions.

Everything I’ve shown above (I think!) is included in the shopping widget below. They may show up in different colors.

Style Formula 2 – Camel Blazer & Grey Jeans

My favorite blazer in my collection is my camel colored Miller Scuba Dickey Jacket, also from Veronica Beard. In case you’re wondering, yes, the Veronica Beard jackets really are “all that.” They feel amazing on. That’s not to say they are for everyone. I wear blazers on repeat every week. But if they’re not integral to your personal style, you absolutely do not need to spend big bucks on pricey blazers. You can find really nice ones at Express, Talbots, J.Crew and other favorite retailers. Granted, those are not cheap either.

But when it comes to blazers I really do find that you get what you pay for. And again, if you don’t plan to wear a blazer frequently, you do not need the highest quality. I certainly wouldn’t pay that much for something I wasn’t planning on wearing a lot. Cost per wear should definitely factor into your purchases.

For this look with grey jeans I swapped in my Fidelity Katie jeans (also here in limited sizes and marked down), but you could wear any silhouette of jean you enjoy. These are very comfortable and I love the quality. They’re marked down at Nordstrom, but available in only a few sizes. Otherwise, they are fully stocked at Fidelity. They run true to size.

I also showed my new favorite t-shirt above, the Good American white t-shirt, but the Banana Republic white tee below is a great t-shirt, too.

I have the Express blazer shown above (from a few years back) and can attest that it is a good blazer. The quality is not amazing, but it definitely looks and feels nice. I think it’s sharp with black pants or jeans or blue jeans, too. Express has another camel option or two in the shopping widget below. I’m showing a camel colored blazer from Kohl’s in the Save Big option below. It looks much better on the model on the website than it does below.

Style Formula 3 – Black Blazer & Black Tee

And for the last of my fall style formulas I’m sharing a black blazer with a black tee. Wearing the same color top as your blazer is another really smart way to style it. This look is cohesive and sophisticated, but still effortless and casual. The splurge worthy blazer is the Veronica Beard Dickey Scuba blazer (also at Nordstrom) that I’ve had in my closet for three years now, and it’s still a favorite.

I don’t own the scarf dickey shown in the look above, but I wanted you to see how you might could incorporate one here to add interest to this look. In the Spend Smart category I shared a lightweight cashmere bandana from J.Crew that creates a similar look. I think that’s a pretty cool accessory that I hadn’t seen before.

The blazer above is a relaxed fit jacket from Evereve. The jacket below in the Save Big category is from Kohl’s. But Kohl’s also offers this black ponte knit blazer. Any of these would be a good option for a casual, relaxed fit blazer. Very versatile.

Let me know if this type of post is helpful to you and I can create more Splurge Worthy, Spend Smart and Save Big posts. And let me know what kinds of fall style formulas you’d like to see this way. Thanks so much for stopping in today. Have a great weekend!