Your black winter coat is feeling depressingly heavy, but the weather refuses to play ball. It isn’t warm enough to pack away the outerwear completely, so what to do? This year, spring jackets are having a moment. There are abundant trenches to choose from, pick your preferred colour and shape and you’re away. Or go shorter, checked, and ideally with some rain protection built in.
By Alice Olins
The Best Spring Jackets: The Edit Your Wardrobe Actually Needs
Your black winter coat is feeling depressingly heavy, but the weather refuses to play ball. It isn’t warm enough to pack away the outerwear completely, so what to do? This year, spring jackets are having a moment. There are abundant trenches to choose from, pick your preferred colour and shape and you’re away. Or go shorter, checked, and ideally with some rain protection built in.
Spring dressing lives in the in-between, and the right jacket is the piece that perfectly pulls everything together
The spring jacket is the layer that brings a sense of ease while still standing out, it’s the piece you throw on that somehow makes everything else feel considered.
The shift in seasons is less about reinvention and more about refinement, which is where outerwear really comes into its own
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