The Jacket Taking the Place of Our Trench Coats This Spring
A fantastic pair of jeans, a crisp button-down shirt, a sophisticated blazer—certain items are added to your wardrobe with the belief that they will remain stylish indefinitely. While there's reassurance in knowing these essentials are tucked away in your closet, ready to support you year after year, there's also much thrill in their modern reinterpretation. For example, this spring introduces a novel cropped trench coat that’s eager to find its place in your outfit lineup.
The cropped trench has already attracted a number of celebrity supporters—Katie Holmes sported a butter-yellow version at the Zimmermann show in Paris on March 10—and is set to become the most popular outerwear of the season. Although trench coats have never been particularly associated with "cool," the fresh details on this spring's cropped styles have reinvented them into completely trend-setting pieces. With their wider, boxier silhouettes and features like hoods, belts, and asymmetrical hems, cropped trench coats retain the versatility of classic designs, but with a more modern edge.
For those of us experiencing unpredictable weather, lightweight layers are essential to bridge the gap until consistent summer warmth arrives (did anyone else feel duped by this weekend's false spring?), and there’s a cropped trench to suit every style. You can emulate Katie Holmes by choosing a colorful version to add even more flair to your outfit, or stick to a traditional khaki that complements your existing spring wardrobe.
Are you ready to embrace this season’s must-have layer? We’ve compiled a list of the 30 best cropped trench coats to shop right now below.
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