I love this jacket from LK Bennett. It’s very chic, very Parisian, very…Chanely. Could Chanely be a word" Maybe it would make more sense with a hyphen in it, like Chanel-y. I mean to say, of course, that the jacket has more than a touch of Chanel about it – the boxy shape that sits so nicely at the hips, the textured tweed that looks at once so smart yet so understated, the frayed trim that gives it a vintage quality, the polished buttons that look so nice and posh…
It’s quite the wardrobe staple. If you live in jeans but constantly bemoan the fact that you live in jeans, then it’s an easy way to step things up a notch and look a bit more pulled together. It doesn’t even require heels – although a good pair of stilettos will always add a different dimension to any outfit – managing to look sophisticated with ballet pumps, casual with trainers (clean, elegant ones) and more than a bit edgy with a pair of biker boots.
LK Bennett have this luxurious-feeling Charlee jacket in two colours; jet black (here*), which can be thrown on with absolutely no effort or thought whatsoever because it goes with virtually everything and then white with a black trim (here*), which is possibly the more classically Chanely of the two but feels less casual.
The white with black trim is definitely not as low maintenance, either, especially if you’re bad at eating spaghetti/soup/yoghurt/kebabs/toast, delete as applicable. You can g...