Jackets have become  our Wardrobe Heroes – our champions as much as Jeans are today’s multitaskers.  No matter what you we wear for work, day to to day or pleasure our jacket pulls our style, look, mood and personality together.  By adding a jacket to our outfit we are giving it our signature look and feel.  It is like the icing on the cake. Therefore choosing our jackets is an essential  and emotional love affair.

In order to make this love affair an ever lasting one, here are some key notes to remember the next time you going shopping:

• A jacket has to suit your dominant colour.
• It has to follow your body shape.
• It has to reflect your body size whether being tall, short, plus size or petite.
• The jacket has to be comfortable to wear- otherwise you won’t feel confident in it.

Here are some guide lines for each body shape on what to look for in a jacket:

Neat Hourglass: You are the most flexible one and therefore take advantage of any details and colours.

Full Hourglass: Focus on your curves and stay away away from any fuzz. Less is more here!

Apple: Avoid any volume and attention at your fullest point. Balance your fullest point with the top as well as with the bottom. Stay away from any double breasted styles.

Pear: Focus on attention, buzz and details on top. Choose Empire styles for best fit. Avoid hemline and pockets that finish on your hips.

Inverted Triangle: As always the rules are the complete opposite to a Pear. Keep the drama to your lower part. Avoid any shoulder details or cropt styles.Opt instead for boy fried jackets.

Rectangle: Main focus is to create the illusion of a waist. Cropt jackets or Empire styles are good as well as single breasted ones. But never ever choose a double breasted version. It will make you look boxy.

Lean Column: Add curves is your mantra. So look for shoulder pads, deep necklines, Empire or cropped styles . Single breasted styles are great as well double breasted as long as they are not too chunky and carry styles that will add curves to your shape. Avoid styles that are dead straight and make you longer and leaner.

Here are some guidelines for each body size what to look for in a jacket:

Petite: You are petite in your build. So, avoid any chunky styles and patterns. It will overpower your you.

Plus Size: Avoid fitted styles and too many details at your fullest part. Best are loose fitted styles.

Short: You have to elongate your height. Great are Empire styles as well as styles that keep details to the top.

Tall: You can afford to break your height with many patterns, details and colour blocks. Avoid styles that are solid in colour and have no features.

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Michaela