The joy of jackets
by Lemon Tart
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
- Macbeth
The English love complaining about the rain. And wondering whether it’s going to rain. And then after, how bad the rain was. In Most Famous British Writer Apart From JK Rowling (TM) Jane Austen’s novels, weather and the state of the roads take up a disproportionate amount of the conversations, with a few lines left over for discussions about tea, bonnets and more rain. You’d think that every time the clouds decide to pour forth it means the world is going to split in two, or Digestives are going to go into receivership or something equally calamitous.
However, even I have to concede that when an entire shop awning throws its watery contents onto my t shirt, rain is actually sometimes a little bit – ok, ok, a lot annoying. There are two solutions. First is an umbrella, but I always seem to lose mine in restaurants/clubs/in the most obvious place in my flat that I didn’t think of looking in, probably in my umbrella rack.
So: solution number two. Perfect for these awkward summer…leading onto autumn months, I present: the humble jacket. Enjoy. And sorry if you thought the second solution was some miracle rain cure.
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GIVE ME SOME OF THAT GOOD JACKET STUFF
photo by Peter Lindbergh… who knew the Times could be so sexy?
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Vintage DKNY Dark Red Wool Crepe Jacket
Make like Louis Lane and wear a deleactable slice of eighties wonderment.
£50.00 from Rokit
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Silence + Noise Oversized Double Breasted Blazer
Wow, um this is one of those hot jackets that would make a girl I fancied look even hotter. I’d probably just buy it for her and watch her wear it all day. Sorry, thoughts wandering.
£58.00, Urban Outfitters
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Something Else Polished Relaxed Blazer
For the girl out there who’s always chilling out maxing relaxing all cool.
£115.00, Urban Outfitters
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Leather motorcycle vest
A bit Shane, but in a really good, god-if-you-can-afford-this-how, kinda way.
£1,139.99, Alexander Wang, Net a Porter
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Vintage Levi’s Blue Denim Jacket 38″
All you need to go with this are some blue suede shoes.
£45.00, Rokit
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Jersey Bomber Jacket
Wear this and look like some kind of Spice Girl/beetle/Sloane Ranger hybrid. Obviously everyone’s ambition in life.
£45.00, Topshop
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Jersey Boyfriend Blazer
This jacket’s like wearing a piece of summer sky on your back. Mmmm lovely.
£50.00, Topshop
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Premium Leather Disc Jacket
I think this would go with everything. But then, I don’t claim to have normal taste.
£150.00, Topshop
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Unisex Nylon Taffeta A-Way Jacket
So understated and perfect…
£37.00, American Apparel
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Unisex Chamula Wool Shoulders
My favourite of the bunch. Completely illogical, and lacking in any protection from the rain, but completely brilliant.
£130.00, Taller Flora, Not Just a Label
*faaaawn*
Do you think the girl in the Urban Outfitters pics comes with the jacket? That would be nice.
What about the hat as a favorite lezza solution…not just any ole hat, but the top (top picture) hat !
I want three of these. This article is not going to help my depisot fund.
It’s abnormaly warm…I’m still wearing last years cardigan I still need to wear my jacket for the first time.