Jacket for summer dresses

[Katykaty11]

Booked short break in Spain next week. Warm enough for dresses but want to take a jacket for evenings. Im 65 and have the usual blue denim one but get impression a bit dated. Any suggestions ? Would a cardigan be better?

I hate suedette - it looks & feels cheap.

Pale pink denim jackets I find twee.

White jeans are, IMO, an abomination (I haven't recovered from the Liz Hurley years - I thought they looked cheap then & still can't get past it!!).

Before I get dressed down for slating others' choices & not making any of my own - most jackets on the Massimo Dutti website! Too many ...

And a few in the M&S Autograph range too.

When is a knitted jacket not a cardigan ...?!! 🤔

https://www.marksandspencer.com/pure-merino-wool-knitted-jacket/p/clp60689954?intid=mobile_app_pdp_share

Mystery.

I put “Levi denim jacket” into my duck.go search engine. It returned one selling at Sports Direct for £30 and said it was reduced from £100. Sheep-like I bought one. They were only available in sizes 18 and 20, but that’s fine for me.

Edit: I’ve found it again now.

I think it is this one, but in a larger size. Link is to the ASOS website but I’ve also posted a photo, which should load shortly.

Those of you posting about your heritage Levi denim jackets - was it this style you meant?

I had the cream M&S crocheted jacket mentioned up thread until yesterday, when I sent it back. It’s lovely craft work but it didn’t fit me properly.

I think my Levi denim jacket is not this one, because it has a drop(ped) shoulder which I find makes me look wider than a set-in sleeve does.

When Marks are selling it for £115 rather than £45

That's a great jacket, MarchWindsAnd. I don't think it will date - it's truly timeless.

These jackets just seem like options for tall women with modest bosoms. I’m short with an hourglass figure and I won’t be covering up with those kinds of silhouettes.

@rookiemere I love the Amazon jacket!

@Motnight honestly it’s gorgeous. I paid £45 for it in a boutique and it seemed a snip even at that price. I might consider getting the khaki one to add to my collection.

Well, it is pure wool, & it's also Jaeger not standard M&S.

So if it was my thing & I could afford it, I would pay that for something that's really good-quality if it went with lots of other things in my wardrobe.

Well I'm returning the m and s cream jacket! Looks too long and blousy when i tried it with dresses. I need a cropped one I think. I'll look in Hobbs again.

I think those silhouettes are everywhere right now (not just Massimo Dutti) as oversized/bomber/blouson etc are what's "in" right now. I'm not a slave to fashion but I think some of those are also quite classic shapes.

I think the current styling vogue on various websites of seeing it on models on a catwalk does make you think "It looks great on them but wouldn't on me" more than normal.

I am tall (though no longer small of bosom!), & some of those ones probably ARE better if you're taller/more rectangular in shape. But there are lots of neater cropped or belted jackets on their website too? And their leather/suede ones are really excellent (they're known for their leather goods).

Theatre Autograph denim one I posted is fitted, & there are still quite a lot of fitted jackets out there - they're not all baggy/blousons!

I like this jacket. Most sizes gone in the sale though, so it seems others do too!!!

https://www.stories.com/en-gb/product/textured-jacket-white-1276756001/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=FF~_CN~pmax_AN~otherstories_PR~mix_MK~gb_PL~google-ads_TT~generic_CU~gpg_PH~conversion&utm_content=nonbrand&utm_id=21018399729&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21028538041&gbraid=0AAAAADCHX8FCWvDmms7xohbkAYcsByzZo

This one? https://www.whistles.com/product/anne-ponte-button-jacket-40035.html

Can't say I like much on the Hobbs website. Very formal/cautious/conservative/work or wedding appropriate.

This is possibly the best of the bunch, but makes the 20-something model look closer to my age. And I'm 59 ... It is partly how it's styled though.

https://www.hobbs.com/product/otillia-jacket/0126-4547-9845L00-IVORY.html

Actually, that's fine when styled a bit more casually - which Hobbs isn't very good at!!

This kind of denim jacket is much for fashionable at the moment.

H&M

Which one? The Jaeger knitted one or the M&S crochet one? Or a different one that I've somehow missed in the thread?!!!

If you have a cream denim one, do you still want another cream one?

You mentioned you were thinking of green. Do you mean a neutral khaki? This is nice but expensive. Should be cheaper options out there too.

https://www.meandem.com/the-wear-with-everything-fitted-utility-jacket-khaki

Would much prefer that this had at least some natural fibres in it, but it's a good shape.

https://www.marksandspencer.com/soft-touch-waisted-fitted-cardigan/p/clp60768900

A bit heavier but April abroad may not mean warm & sunny! I like this shape a lot. Depends on what dress style you favour though.

https://cos-frontend-prd.prd.mcs.hmgroup.tech/en-gb/women/womenswear/coatsjackets/jackets/product/boxy-double-faced-wool-jacket-khaki-1246537022

More utility look. https://shop.mango.com/gb/en/p/women/jackets/bombers/buttons-linen-blend-jacket_2704124