From fleece to jacket: Comfortable outerwear for spring and summer
Text: Anya Krotikova
Coming months - This is a rare time for Russia, when stratification becomes not a necessary measure, but a pleasant opportunity to diversify the image (even if permanent white T-shirts and worn jeans are hidden under a jacket or trench coat). In the summer outerwear will save more than one evening walk, and now will allow you to wear light blouses and bodysuits. We tell what to look for in the first place.
Denim
Popular uniforms of the 60s do not lose their relevance. For half a century, jeans have had time to fade and back to color in all the colors of the rainbow, covered with patches, scuffs and fringe. This season the ball is ruled by models with sports inserts, like Kappa Kontroll, volume versions from light denim (for example, beige and white) and patchwork jackets - from pieces of fabric of different shades of indigo.
Coach jacket
A warm version of the usual windbreaker will save from the wind and evening chill; The combination with a tea dress in a small flower and satin mules will make an image moderately impudent. In contrast to the sporty cut (for good reason in English, such models are called coach jacket - coaching jackets), designers offer candy colors and a frivolous print. And we advise you to look at the models of streetwear brands - they are really warm and will replace podstёzhku in winter.
Volume jackets
And the key rule of the 80s is working again: the wider the shoulders and narrower waist, the better. They play with volumes and mass market, and serious brands like Max Mara and Givenchy. If you want to do everything according to the classics - wear a voluminous jacket with a thin belt and a narrow midi skirt. Experiments are also welcome: you can make a light jacket with knitted trousers and a pair of light Cossacks. The model is easy to find in a store in a shopping center, but we advise you to look at the middle segment brands and discount them: outerwear is not the kind of thing that benefits from extra-mass tailoring and averaged cut.
Suede leather jacket
The most capricious thing in the collection: in bad weather there is a risk of kiuku ruin in the rain. But such a jacket always looks spectacular: perhaps a model made of light suede with a fringe will become your “top” on the way out (at a party or in a club the risk of being hit by rain is small) or useful for late gatherings on the verandah with friends. Look for original options in second-hand and vintage stores - small worn spots make such a thing only better. Traditionally, the good quality of leather and suede jackets gives the Spanish mass market Mango, and a spectacular expensive jacket can be found at brands like Raye.
Fliska
The case when the same “middle layer” for all other seasons of the year can become the outerwear for the summer and spring - that is, a soft and warm fleece, which we have written about more than once. The charm of such jackets (besides the obvious similarity with being inside a soft cloud) is in universality: a monophonic "fluffy" will not argue with either office pants with arrows or a satin dress on thin straps and a pair of pompous mules in a placer of stones and rhinestones. There are good options in the nearest sports shop and at specialized outdoor brands, but the mass market may not fail - in the end, sports collections today produce just about everything.
Photo: ITK, Mango, Net-A-Porter, Stussy, Topshop, Matchesfashion, Zara, Patagonia, The North Face