My Ode to the Anti-Jacket Jacket I Wear Every Fall

For a bit of context, it’s late October, and where I live (the Southeast), the temperature will rise to 80° today. With fall weather like this, you kind of need a jacket, especially when the sun rises and sets, but you don’t really need a jacket jacket. More often than not, my jacket of choice is actually a blazer.

While different blazers serve different purposes, I find that the one that makes the most sense to wear as a jacket is an oversize one. I’m, of course, aware of the chatter that oversize blazers have been replaced by cinched-waist ones, but I’d have to disagree. They may be elegant, but cinched-waist blazers don’t work nearly as well as a jacket substitute. On the other hand, an oversize blazer can be layered over a sweater if needed for those chillier fall days.