For those of you who need a refresher on the endless utility of The Utility Jacket (also referred to as a Safari Jacket), read and believe.
A utility jacket is your best friend on the casual days of the warm weather months.
Smart! Cotton! Pockets!
This one, from JCrew, is an old favorite. I bought it in this color and an army green, probably in 2006.
Unfortunately, this jacket has torn under one of the arms, simply as a result of considerable wear . . . and possibly the zealous use of OxyClean. I will bring it to Fatima and see if she can create an internal patch that will hide the tears and prevent further damage.
I like this ivory jacket paired with an ivory blouse — the Pineapple Blouse, which you’ve seen before.
Note the winsome standing collar.
The top-stitching on this jacket provides subtle contrast — just enough to be interesting, but not so much as to interfere with anything else that I might wear.
This jacket looks smart because it is shaped. Tabs at the waist are a part of it,
but the front and back are contoured as well. I prefer a shaped utility jacket to a boxy one.
I think I look awesomely tall in this photo.
If you would like to see more utility jackets, you’ve come to the right place. Here are navy, white, tan, and green ones.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Jacket: JCrew; Blouse: Anthropologie; Jeans: JCrew; Sneakers: Nike iD Cortez; Bag: Coach
You look tall because your pants are the proper degree of tightness. See??!!
Very cute – I like the comb of dressy and casual
Love the lacy pineapples with the contrast stitching. And the gold swoosh! (Gold, right? Bronze? Metallic.)
Oooh, I love that blouse with that jacket.
This outfit is awesome, pulled together, interesting, and works to show your own trim lines. That top underneath deserves an Oscar for best supporting role. I do so like that. The jacket can be repaired to live on. And your purse gives it panache. You hit it out of the park! Kate
Looks wonderful!
I love me a utility jacket – I seem to have them in all the neutrals except WHITE! And now I’m off to find one since… well, look at you.