I was glancing through my rather extensive collection of jackets the other day as I got dressed — it’s the brief time of year when I can go deep in my collection!

I have some of the more on-trend jacket silhouettes — roomy or cropped bombers and utility styles. But I also have five old fitted moto jackets that have gone unworn the past few years since they seem to be so not-current. It doesn’t help that I bought them all so long ago that they fit more snugly than I’d like (not always a problem since I tended to wear them open anyway).

Is anyone else hanging onto this style? I always liked it, and invested heavily in it for years. I have slowly let go of a couple of those styles over the intervening years, but the ones I’ve kept have been because I felt they ultimately had longevity.

I’ll probably stick them in my holding zone — again — and see how I feel and how trends go in the next year or two.

What do you think? Does anyone else have trouble wearing something like that which was once such a signature part of their style when it now feels a bit outdated?