https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:32:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322511 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:55:35 +0000 rabbit 1322511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one denim jacket and I use it almost interchangeably with a cardigan (usually with casual dresses and skirts in my case). &nbsp;It can casualize and add structure to an outfit. &nbsp;I wear it outdoors and indoors, but usually not in colder temperatures or underneath another layer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322470 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:46:05 +0000 Thistle 1322470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sportswear, at least not for me. I have sportswear jackets designed for the task.</p> <p>I think of denim jackets as a topper. It can be removed if I get warm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322464 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:39:17 +0000 JAileen 1322464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's rare to be able to wear my denim jacket in summer or winter. So I pretty much wear it in spring and fall for warmth when I am outside. I did wear it the other evening when we went to an old car show. It was a little breezy and near dusk. I wore it with cropped pants, a tee and Birkies (exactly what I wore to the juvenile detention center if anyone looked at that thread). I might take it if I'm somwhere I think I'll be blasted by AC. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322459 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:32:37 +0000 Anonymous 1322459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>An interesting point. It seems like it's only been in recent years that denim jackets have been considered and treated as indoor third completer pieces rather than outerwear. For years I&nbsp;had a Kut from the Kloth denim jacket that was very heavy and definitely outerwear. When I went to replace it I looked for another denim jacket and found that the denim jackets&nbsp;for sale&nbsp;were both lightweight and seemingly indoor completer pieces, and heavier outerwear. They just seemed all over the place in regard to how heavy they were.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322441 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:15:03 +0000 Nebraskim 1322441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Completer/topper/jacket. If it's coolish out, then bonus (I did, for example, buy my first white denim jacket at a Gap in Santa Monica while on vacation a few years back because it was unseasonably cool, so I did buy it for "outerwear" but it functions as a completer). But I wear my denim jackets as part of an ensemble. To me, sports wear is like gear (like a running jacket). Outwear would be a coat. But....I would need to see the actual piece you're contemplating to think about how I might use it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322411 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:44:58 +0000 Kristin L 1322411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure about sportswear, but I normally think of my denim jacket as a 3rd piece and as casual outerwear. I wouldn't wear it to work, but I'd throw it on to help keep warm if I was going out to meet friends.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322397 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:19:10 +0000 Laura 1322397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure if I can think of a denim jacket as sports wear, at least not for most sports. For the sports I am active in, it would work for horseback riding but that's about it. </p> <p>A denim jacket can look really fun as a fashion / casual item though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322395 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:17:40 +0000 E 1322395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of jackets (blazers or similar weight, with or without a thin lining)&nbsp;as toppers, along with my cardigans, and they're for indoor or outdoor use (I currently live in south Texas, so my blazers make for functional outerwear during most of our fall/winter). If I had a denim jacket, it'd be in that category.&nbsp;Outerwear=coats that I take off indoors/only put on when I'm going outside (trenches, wool coats, etc.). They live in the coat closet, while my jackets live in my regular clothes closet.</p> <p>I'm not sure about the term sportswear.&nbsp;Do you mean it as in the casual, day time&nbsp;separates that become more and more popular in the 20th century &amp; have no basically taken over fashion? Or as in something else? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322389 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:05:37 +0000 Janet 1322389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The term sportswear confuses me, but I find my denim jackets -- and indeed many of my jackets -- useful as outerwear and as outfit pieces. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322382 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:56:38 +0000 Aquamarine 1322382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, I would consider it as outerwear since that's how I'd wear it...as a lightweight jacket for cooler temps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322378 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:53:18 +0000 always trying 1322378@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To me, anything strictly as outerwear is heavy,with lining, that you do not wear indoors. Everything else is booth like cold AC or outdoor temp. when you need something to keep warmer. This puts everything from cardis, blazers, or any light weight jacket in that category.. Sporty, dressy,etc. depends on the outfit, like the denim jacket would be like just casual worn over a dress, but I would not just call it sporty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322367 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:39:59 +0000 Melaine 1322367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think of any of my clothes as sportswear....so I may not be the right person to ask. I put true coats in the coat closet...and toppers in my closet because I think of them as part of the outfit. So jean jackets are definitely in my closet as completer pieces like pp said. But I dunno if it makes too much difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322348 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 19:13:20 +0000 crutcher 1322348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of my denim jacket as a completer piece, a third addition to an outfit, designed to set off the rest of what I am wearing...I think of my denim jacket as outerwear...certainly not sportswear..JMO </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/denim-jackets---outerwear-or-sportswear#post-1322290 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:48:05 +0000 kkards 1322290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I was shopping in a local boutique yesterday, and got into an interesting conversation with the owner regarding denim jackets, and I'd like to know what others think. I was looking at a navy Vince jacket, and asked her if she thought it was an outerwear piece. She replied that she thought it was like a denim jacket and could work as outerwear or indoor wear. I replied that I did think of denim jackets as outerwear, but as sportswear. I never reach for them as I would a coat, but more as a topper an outfit when I know I will need a warmer layer. So, now I'm wondering, do you think of a denim jacket as outerwear or sportswear or something else entirely.? </p>