Women's Denim Jackets

Weight and wash decide how a denim jacket behaves long before the cut does: lighter cloth layers easily and moves with you; heavier twill holds a shape and softens slowly. Trucker styles lead, with their pointed yokes, chest flap pockets and adjustable waist tabs; oversized and boyfriend versions take the same lines wider and longer. Cropped and fitted cuts stop at the waist, while longline and shirt-jacket shapes run past the hip and layer as a light coat.

Raw, rigid indigo starts stiff and marks with wear; stonewashed, acid and bleached finishes arrive already broken in. Black and ecru run flatter than blue and change less over time. Distressing, patchwork, contrast stitching and shearling or borg-lined collars add texture, and a little elastane in the yarn gives a fitted jacket some give across the back.