SHANE WATSON: Every woman over 50 has this denim jacket in their wardrobe - this is why you need to throw it away now! (and the EXACT style to 取って代わる it with - from just £31)

By SHANE WATSON

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This is not scientifically proven, but I’m pretty sure that the denim jacket ? the classic trucker style that’s been around forever ? is the oldest item in most women’s wardrobes.

You go for a （疑いを）晴らす out every now and then, come across it and think ‘I can’t get rid of this. I sat on it on the grass the day I met my husband. I wore it to see The Rolling 石／投石するs. It’s a timeless classic.’

And yes it is, but it’s time to move on. I’m not 説 take it to the Red Cross shop すぐに. I’m 説 put it away because this denim jacket is past doing us any favours.?

It’s 激しい, it’s straight, it’s square, it’s 削減（する） on the hip just low enough to hide your waist and 誇張する your bum. You’ve had the best out of it.

And besides the denim jacket has 発展させるd. Whatever your age, we’re in 完全に different denim jacket 領土 now.

American actress Julianne Moore opts for double denim

American actress Julianne Moore 選ぶs for 二塁打 denim

Me+Em co-ord: Cotton blend denim sharp shoulder blazer, reduced from £325 to £162.50, and kick flare trousers, £225

Me+Em co-ord: Cotton blend denim sharp shoulder blazer, 減ずるd from £325 to £162.50, and kick ゆらめく trousers, £225

In spring 2025, when fashion connoisseurs talk about a denim jacket, they’re far more likely to mean a sharp-shouldered blazer, or a belt-tied safari style jacket, or even a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-collar, boxy Chanel-esque number.?

A ‘wear with lots of things 含むing denim if you so wish’ jacket.

This is 特に good news for us fashion conscious 50-plusers.?

We 利益 from wearing structured 着せる／賦与するs that give us 形態／調整 and keep us smart, but we also like our 着せる／賦与するs to have an 平易な, effortless feel - いっそう少なく 法人組織の／企業の queen, more stylish and fresh-looking woman.?

(That’s the goal, isn’t it? That and overhearing someone you don’t know roar: You Cannot Be Serious But She Looks half that age!)

M&S collared relaxed denim jacket?
£45 Shop

The gift of denim is it’s the opposite of stuffy and 設立 ? 加える most shades of indigo look good on everyone. 一方／合間 a new denim jacket is an 平易な sharpener upper for summer.?

If you’re wearing a knitted 最高の，を越す and midi skirt, a denim blazer will pull it all together. A shirt and trousers get smartened up with the 新規加入 of a light 二塁打-breasted denim jacket.

What do you wear over a little summer 黒人／ボイコット cotton dress? Belted four-pocket, or 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-neck and boxy denim jacket. It’s always hard to find the 権利 jacket to sling on over a pretty midi dress and a soft cropped denim jacket is just the 職業 ? something grounded to stop you looking too Truly Scrumptious.

I’ve tried a lot of different denim jacket styles recently and there are a couple that work best for me.

In no particular order, these are: a classic one-button, notch-lapel blazer ? to wear over a T-shirt with smart wide-脚 trousers or ジーンズs.

Denim blazers should be はっきりと tailored, 最高の，を越す-of-the-thigh-grazing, with a 支援する vent (in other words everything you look for in a 正規の／正選手 blazer) or they look dowdy.?

Now would be a good time to snap up?Me+Em’s smooth tailored dark indigo style as it’s half price in the sale (£162.50, meandem.com).

Dark denim 作品 in spring and summer so long as you don’t 二塁打 up. For that a 中央の-wash is best. Gap also has a 井戸／弁護士席 削減（する） はしけ wash blazer (£31, gap.co.uk).

Zara 二塁打-breasted denim jacket
£55.99 Shop

The more glamorous, Parisian girl 選択, is 二塁打 breasted with gold buttons and tabs on the sleeves ? a little bit 軍の, a little bit peacoat ? and I love Zara’s cropped on the hip style (£55.99, zara.com).?

M&S denim belted relaxed jacket?
£49.50 Shop

Next up is the four-pocket belted style. M&S’s (£49.50, marksandspencer.com) has the advantage of 存在 底（に届く） covering and soft, and it looks chic with the cuffs turned up and the collar わずかに raised, paired with relaxed wide-脚 ジーンズs.?

公式文書，認める: you have to wear a tie belt with this jacket or it can look swampy and unflattering.

The four-pocket belted jacket 加える wide ジーンズs is the new look Canadian Tuxedo (二塁打 denim). It has a relaxed Seventies feel and it’s 平易な to dress up with solid silver or gold earrings and 中央の-heel sandals.?

Just remember if you’re teaming a denim jacket with ジーンズs they should be a tonal match - if not co-ords - さもなければ you can 結局最後にはーなる looking patchy.

If you prefer something more cropped to wear with skirts or trousers, there are plenty of boxy 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-collar jackets with patch pockets.

The smartest come in a darker wash and Zara’s is the best of the bunch (£45.99).

Still boxy but more relaxed is 提携させる’s Sasha jacket (£129, 提携させる.co) which, in spite of having elasticated 削減するs and metal buttons, looks smart like a leather jacket and would work 井戸／弁護士席 with high-waisted trousers. The words denim jacket will never feel the same.

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