MN style mavens please advise - I need...

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...a summer jacket/cover-up, but I don't know what. My style is very casual - I have a nice knitted Bench-style hoodie that I wear in summer - but I am 36 now and I'm starting to get pitying looks from teens. I want something a bit more grown-up, but the thing is I feel awkward and over-formal in a proper jacket, and I don't want a coat/mac, I want something comfy that can be worn indoors too. Oh and I'm fussy about colours - hate blue, like greens/browns/khaki. Is there such a thing?

I've saved up for a spring shopping spree and will be able to spend £100-ish (ideally less though so I can get a couple of other things too). My fave shop is Jigsaw/Kew, to give you an idea of style.

Links to pics welcome!

i too don't like formal clothes but am enjoying wearing a fleece jacket from boden..I know it sounds yuk but the softness of the fabric makes it less "jackety" iykwim and it can be slung in the washer.

\link{http://www.boden.co.uk/col.asp?styid=WL312&segname=Women&segid=6&gpname=Jersey+Tops&desname=Smart+Fleece+Jacket&gpid=27&gen=1#\here} (there are some in the sale too at half price, but only v small/large sizes)

That Boden fleece jacket is good - but I find mine very warm - not sure if it would be too much for summer? Mind you, I'm using it as a sort of cardigan substitute rather than a coat substitute, so feel free to ignore me

if we're talking Boden, I really like this \link{http://www.boden.co.uk/col.asp?segname=Women&styid=WE140&segid=6&gpname=Jackets%2FCoats&desname=Fitted+Cord+Jacket&gpid=11&gen=\cord jacket}

Am liking this word 'mavens'

mmmmmmmmmmm

mavens

great word

I'm using mine as a coat, it is warm you're right, but i travel on the tube a lot and don't want bulky coat even when it's freezing.

the cord thing is nice in pink

is it may-vens?
or mavvens?

Mavens are people who pass on trends, as described in \link{http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586217453/qid=1143643222/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/203-0755369-8815906\this book, The Tipping Point} - I enjoyed it, a good read.

I love that Boden cord jacket but in the lime

Hello, I'm back - thank you all! I like the long cardie idea most, but a cord jacket might also solve my "too formal" problem. (Might have to go to H&M and have both :o)

And no I haven't heard of the style shop - enlighten me MT!

I say "may-vens".