A Mean Tweed Jacket Is What You Need, Stat

Sometimes – whatever the state of things – dressing regular can be kind of… nice? This season's renditions of the classic tweed jacket fall under this category.

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Tweed all about it. Credit: Saint Laurent

Who inaugurated this artisanally made foundation piece that offers both elegance and ease in one slip into the lives of women and popularised it? There’s no doubt that it’s Coco Chanel, whose maison continues her legacy every season with the likes of this iridescent thread-woven, masculine-cut number pictured below.

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A model wearing a tweed jacket from Chanel's Fall/Winter 2021 collection.

Inez and Vinoodh / Chanel

What does it mean when the look becomes one of Fall/Winter 2021’s biggest trends with various houses putting their own spin on it? That all the more you should get one. Scroll on to see some of our stylish picks.


Chanel
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Tweed jacket, $10,570, Chanel

Celine
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Celine by Hedi Slimane boucle tweed jacket, $4,950, Celine

Celine
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Celine by Hedi Slimane tweed jacket, $4,250, Celine

Saint Laurent
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Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello tweed jacket, $4,600, Saint Laurent

Thom Browne
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Tweed sport jacket, $5,710, Thom Browne

Ssense
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Sacai tweed and lamé jacket, US$1,195 (S$1,608), www.ssense.com

Dior
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Wool-blend tweed hooded jacket, price unavailable, Dior

Chloe
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Chloe tweed jacket, US$2,990 (S$4,023), www.chloe.com

A version of this article first appeared in the October 2021 Lifes Is Beautiful edition of FEMALE

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