Casual Fall Jacket Outfit Ideas: The Light Layers I’m Buying Early

Shopping for fall in August makes no sense here. It’s still over a hundred degrees and I’m looking at jackets anyway. I can’t help it, I start early every year, and the good pieces are always gone by the time the weather actually turns.

The Lioness Vista bomber in crimson is where I’d start. Red jacket, plain black or white underneath, done. You don’t have to think about the rest of the outfit because the jacket already made the decision for you. It’s the number one selling jacket at Revolve right now, which tells you I’m not the only one who feels that way about it.

Two of these are doing almost the same job in different fabrics. The Lioness Essential windbreaker in beige and the ASTR funnel neck bomber in tan are both that easy throw-on layer, so pick whichever texture you prefer and skip the other one.

Then there’s the quilted vest from Lauren Ralph Lauren in birch tan. Vests are underrated. Over a long sleeve tee with jeans and boots, it reads finished in a way that takes no effort, and the corduroy trim is the detail that makes it look like it cost more than it did.

The BLANKNYC cropped suede in cinnamon crunch is the dinner jacket of the group. Suede is what makes a plain outfit look intentional, and that warm brown works with almost everything already hanging in your closet.

For the opposite end of that, the Alo sherpa shacket in ivory. School pickup, coffee, errands. Ivory instead of cream, which matters more than it sounds like it should, because cream goes dingy looking fast.

White in fall sounds wrong until you wear it. The Mango Marie jacket proves it. Dark denim, gold jewelry, and it becomes the thing you reach for constantly. Size up if you’re between, it runs small.

And the Lululemon Always Effortless is in here because not every jacket has to be a statement.

Building from scratch? The vest and the crimson bomber cover almost everything.