https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:08:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look/page/2#post-482512 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:48:39 +0000 catgirl 482512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too, Marley! I think it's cozy casual and has a little edge to it. High five! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look/page/2#post-482510 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:45:17 +0000 Marley 482510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe its a Northwest US thing (particularly Seattle) - the immediate association with grunge and street-punk? Cuz I didn't see it when I looked at the picture - and I still don't! I still like it, even after reading all of the comments. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482489 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:17:20 +0000 Patty 482489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it--and think it can work on any demographic.<br /> I agree with Andrea about putting together what you have and I have done this for the same reason like this. It's basically what I wear now to pick up the kids at school--a long thick knit cowl neck sweater. I like the tightness feeling.</p> <p>What the thought about it being specifically a buttoned sweater?<br /> I think this would be cool with the sweater turned around backwards!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482334 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:50:21 +0000 Scarlet 482334@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it. I would try this--jean jacket over long sweater--and see how it looks. Don't know that it would on me, but I would try it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482304 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:19:37 +0000 Lori 482304@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the difference between your look and the girl's look is that you super chic, edgy and age appropriate for you, and she looks adorable and pulled together in a young ingenue way. There is definitely leeway given to the young and gorgeous. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482223 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:48:14 +0000 MsMary 482223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think she looks super cute and age-appropriate.</p> <p>And I am IN LOVE with Una's version!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482140 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:09:00 +0000 modgrl 482140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I want to see this from the front not a side view. I have a feeling this is a frumpfest from every other angle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482137 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:07:00 +0000 Angie 482137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*chuckle* No worries, Una. </p> <p>It's a combination. As Anna says, there are lots of young Seattle "street punks" who dress in a similar way and do NOT look edgy, fun and fab. She does. Her nice hair and bag really add to the look, making her visually more fashionable and deliberate. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482044 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:22:43 +0000 Marley 482044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG Una! I was perusing the Sart yesterday and noticed this outfit and was drawn to it and bookmarked it for further reflection and to see if there was a way that it could be pulled off for a more "mature person!" Isn't that wild! I have a sleeveless sweater tunic that I was thinking I would try with it. Also I have a lightweight long boyfriend cardigan that I think would be perfect with the denim jacket. I'm going to try it out soon because to me it just looks like fun! AND makes sense for the climate that I live in - we have to dress in layers in the winter because its warm during the day and chilly at night - this jacket over the sweater makes perfect sense to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482040 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:06:21 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 482040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the proportions of this outfit (as others have said, it's your basic crop over tunic/fit n flare) however I don't love this -specific- outfit because the colors, textures and fabric weights don't thrill me. YOUR version of it I like much, much more. Everything I am underwhelmed by in the girl's outfit looks lovely in yours.</p> <p>Honestly, to my eye, this outfit looks like a happy accident and not at all deliberate. I am pretty sure I wore this exact thing about 20 years ago. And it would have been because I only owned one jacket but it was cold out so I needed to cover my kidneys and bum with a big warm sweater. I was a 100% grunge girl. I should find a picture of myself post-mohawk. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-482014 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:51:28 +0000 catgirl 482014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, are you with Anna in saying that she's getting away with a fashion crime but it's pardonable because she's young and gorgeous, or do you mean that you truly like this look for someone this age? Sorry to be dense!</p> <p>Also, in general, what about this, other than the casualness and the actual fact that a lot of young people might wear it, makes it a young look in itself? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481854 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:37:18 +0000 Angie 481854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm 100% with, Anna. I like this style on the young lass A LOT! But can barely see it working on anyone but a teen or 20 year old in as a casual and distressed manner. </p> <p>However, the concept could work with more sophisticated pieces. So I hear Jonesy too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481847 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:32:17 +0000 Jonesy 481847@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it! It's a straightforward cropped-over-long silhouette, no? The different textures make it interesting. I don't really see how her age has anything to do with its success or failure, but maybe I'm just a nut....I also think my eye has totally adjusted to many, many layers after reading and looking at Susie Lau's blog every day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481804 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:54:34 +0000 rae 481804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz helped articulate my point a little better - thanks, Suz!</p> <p>To go one step further, to my eye, because of the discomfort of all the extra fabric squished into the denim jacket arms/armpits/bust area, the look seems pretty contrived. I am on Team Effortless, and yanking on a fitted jacket over a bulky sweater seems anything but effortless - I even hate it when thin sweater sleeves bunch when I stick my arm in a blazer, so I can imagine all the pulling and contorting that would go into this look. </p> <p>Still, I do like the proportions that you mentioned, as well as the fit-flare effect. Maybe this could be achieved with a fine-gauge sweater with fitted arms and a trapeeze or babydoll cut? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481797 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:45:58 +0000 rachylou 481797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this girl in a Peet's coffee once, who basically did this, and it is one of my all-time favorite looks: cropped jacket and long sweater coat. </p> <p>It was a more grown up look than the one in picture. The jacket was leather, like your white one, and the sweater coat was a (flow-y) sweater coat, not a big sweater, so more polished. Oh and her boots were heeled booties. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481796 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:45:02 +0000 annagybe 481796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She's too young to remember this</p> <p><a href="http://onthisdayinfashion.com/?p=7759" rel="nofollow">http://onthisdayinfashion.com/?p=7759</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481785 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:33:31 +0000 CocoLion 481785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She is a beautiful young woman. Anything would look good on her. Maybe if her jacket were worn open it would look a little better though.</p> <p>Your look is far superior.</p> <p>Bulky sweaters look better on their own. When I put anything over them, I look like a tank. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481779 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:30:52 +0000 catgirl 481779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't! But out of perversity I am going to attempt with what I do have... just to see. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481771 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:26:51 +0000 Transcona Shannon 481771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una - I do see what you mean about the jacket giving the outfit more of a "fit". Do you have these pieces in your wardrobe? I'd be interested to see what you thought of the look once you put it together and had it on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481768 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:23:52 +0000 catgirl 481768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, it's me who could be off - it wouldn't be the first time! I wouldn't expect to like this look for the exact reasons you've stated (bulky underlayer), but I do - I feel like the jacket reigns things in and gives a faux-"fit and flare". It's more inspiration than execution, but I like the idea of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481767 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:23:02 +0000 Suz 481767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Shannon. It's the fabric weight. On yours, it's lighter than the jacket. With a heavier fabric under a lighter fabric, I get the feeling Rae described. I'd just be uncomfortable. And it LOOKS like that to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481764 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:21:04 +0000 Transcona Shannon 481764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una - to me it's the thickness of the sweater under the jean jacket that throws it off. Proportion wise I can see the two different lengths working together, like your photo does, but because the sweater isn't "flowy" it seems too big under the jacket. Does that make any sense? I am going next week to get my eyes tested - maybe they aren't working right??? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481758 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:17:05 +0000 catgirl 481758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm. This girl seems light-years away from that look. She looks clean and washed, for one thing. And has healthy hair. But I see where you're headed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481752 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:14:29 +0000 annagybe 481752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Counterpoint</p> <p><a href="http://www.tskw.org/wp-content/uploads/reflect.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.tskw.org/wp-content/uploads/reflect.jpg</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481751 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:12:18 +0000 catgirl 481751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting! How, in theory, is it that different from this silhouette (light short jacket over long brown layer over skinnies)? Or is it not different?</p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/i-shouldnt-have-but-i-did-thanks-to-mo" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....anks-to-mo</a></p> <p>I love a good discussion. I agree it is a young look, but couldn't there be a more grown-up version? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481746 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:07:59 +0000 Transcona Shannon 481746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's cute for somebody young...but it's kind of messing with my eyes in terms of proportion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481738 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:09 +0000 Mellllls 481738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i like it but i don't love it... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481736 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:58:16 +0000 rae 481736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe because the buttons line up, it feels more like one jacket to you? Like denim with interesting knit detail, instead of a plain denim jacket? Not sure. It just looks uncomfortable to me, lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481724 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:46:15 +0000 annagybe 481724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Parsley, young, gorgeous with great hair can get away with fashion murder. Seriously this is one step above some of the street kids I see in Seattle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/this-jean-jacket-look#post-481722 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:44:23 +0000 Suz 481722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm. Very interesting. Maybe it makes it all look more like a tunic to your tunic loving eye?! </p>