Need now: A short crop jacket is your new best friend.
What : A short jacket.
Which :
It’s about a shorter length jacket rather than a long blazer or over the bum peacoat. I am talking about a utility jacket, a short denim jacket, a short trench, a crop peacoat or a bomber. It might even be a crop blazer. It should sit on the waist. It should be in all the FiFi approved colours; Camel, cream, chocolate, brown or khaki. Black is ok. Maybe white. Always beige. It might have pockets, epaulettes, or a cinched in waist. It might be more a shacket than a barn jacket. Look for cotton, for wool twill, for denim. Maybe leather. Chanel style tweed ? Yes.
Why:
Because suddenly a short crop jacket looks fresh, feels new. It’s a new different proportion from the long slouchy blazer we have been wearing forever. Because a short crop jacket loves flared skirts, high waist pants and baggy jeans. It gives definition , you can see your waist, it gives good shape.
Don’t get wrong I will keep wearing my long blazers and peaocoats. But I am FEELING that the shorter jacket is right. And it’s all I keep wearing to be honest. I just know that this shape is coming, that it’s on the fashion horizon and that can only mean one thing : Invest now ! When FiFi sniffs out a trend you best get cracking ! We will see what’s on the runways for winter at Fashion month ( happening now!) and I know it will be a trend.
For example : I am loving my crop trench coats and wear both all the time over a white tee with jeans and skirts. With chinos. With baggy pants. It’s what I reach for time and again instead of my long blazers. Last winter I absolutely lived in my crop camel jacket. Now I am seriously hankering after a short utility jacket. Or most definitely a short peacoat for winter. The thing is: it’s a casual jacket, a bit more low key than a blazer. Love that it has an almost a sporty feel, a laid back vibe. Where a blazer might feel too joosh a crop jacket is almost a cardigan! And please ignore that silly idea in your brain that says you think you need a long jacket to cover your bum. Stoopid idea. Wear the fashion !
Wear:
It’s your go to jacket right now and into autumn : for every day over a white tee or a white tank. Over a blue button down shirt? Maybe but tuck in the collar. ( collars annoy me sometimes because they are messy!). Try a crop jacket in the warm weather ( if you need it on chilly summer nights)(or you live in Melbourne or NZ!) with slouchy chinos or a cotton flirty A line skirt. The thing is that the crop jacket works with waist defining skirts. With shorts or a pencil skirt. It’s the perfect proportion. Tip: the hem of the jacket doesn’t need to meet the top of your pants or skirt. It’s fine to show a little bit of a white tee/knit. A long knit in winter looks great under a crop jacket: it works! It’s just about getting your eye used to the different styling.
Where :
SHop my picks below and check out my picks from Zara on Pinterest ,
