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In the 2001 song Short Skirt/Long Jacket, Cake front man John McCrea sang, "I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket." But what about a girl in a blazer dress? If McCrea was more tuned into fashion, it's no doubt the anthem would have featured slightly different lyrics.
The hybrid style borrows its shape from classic outerwear and is the type of staple that fits the needs of do-it-all women. "[The blazer dress] deftly blends sharpness with sensuality in a way that always feels modern and unfussy," Andrea Lieberman, the founder of A.L.C., says. The brand's goal, she says, is to reimagine wardrobe essentials through "the lens of power and confidence." And indeed, the best blazer dresses are those that are simultaneously sharp, and seriously sexy.
