Casual Friday: Smart Jacket

 
 
 
 
It’s casual Friday again.  At the risk of seeming formulaic, may I suggest a smart jacket, white blouse and jeans?
 
This jacket is one of my favorites — but it’s not your standard jacket. The body of the jacket is wool melton and the sleeves are merino wool. It’s all put together rather ingeniously, like a vest lined with an open sweater. It’s longer in the back than the front, creating a cutaway effect, which is both equestrian and feminine.
Jeans with smart jacket
Jeans with smart jacket

 
Let’s see if a closer look shows what I am trying to convey.
 
I hear you
Do you see what I mean?
Do you see what I mean?
I comprehend you perfectly

 
I bought this a couple of years ago on Gilt and when I think back on it, the pictures on Gilt utterly failed to show how the jacket was fabricated and constructed. I was very surprised when it arrived. Gilt also showed the jacket with shorts on a sullen model, who I must admit looked very good. I have’t tried to recreate that styling; I could manage the expression, but not the shorts.
 
But let’s put aside these memories and focus on the future! Unfortunately, the label — Hanii Y — does not seem to be a going concern, but here are some equally distinctive jackets for late winter or early spring:
 
Nanette Lepore Trapeze Jacket
Nanette Lepore
Helmut Lang
Helmut Lang
JCrew
JCrew

 
Jacket: Hanii Y; Blouse: JCrew Perfect Shirt; Jeans: Lucky Jeans; Shoes: French Sole New York
 
Nanette Lepore Trapeze Jacket; Helmut Lang Cropped Jacket; JCrew Collarless Cropped Tuxedo Blazer
 
Photo credit: Lauren Ackil

1 thought on “Casual Friday: Smart Jacket”

  1. LOVE this jacket. I’ll have to start looking more closely at seemingly innocuous jackets for fun construction like this.

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