Katie Holmes' Cropped Jeans, £35 Tote Bag And Padded Jacket Is The Perfect Off-Duty Wardrobe
Ok, so is that summer done then? Yes. No. Maybe. There is certainly a hint of autumn in the air this week. And although it still feels a little too soon to go the full coat-and-boots, comfort dressing is already edging its way into the chat. What you need is a hybrid, season-straddling look that requires little effort to make an impact.
Take your cue from premium pragmatic dresser, Katie Holmes. Over in New York, she has embraced the soft launch autumn look: lightweight padded jacket, relaxed fit denim, wear-everywhere sneakers and a shove-and-run canvas tote.
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Although a look like this might feel pleasing low-effort to wear, it looks anything but lazy. The secret? It’s all in the little lifts, the small touches that make a big impact overall. Start with that quilted Marfa Stance jacket she’s wearing. An IYKYK choice (the Brit brand’s reversible outerwear is a hit with fashion insiders) the fluffy, fuchsia pink collar instantly lifts it into talking point territory.
See also her £35 monogrammed canvas tote, from Land’s End. The trusty cloth bag has become and a stealth status symbol in recent years – allowing the wearer to communicate all sorts of things about themselves from their intellectual persuasions (see Daunt Books, The New Yorker) to their ability to anticipate a zeitgeisty moment (the sell-out Trader Joes bags). What does Holmes’ one say? Well, apart from, ‘yes, it is me, KH’, it says: unpretentious, down-to-earth, ‘I don’t need a mortgageable handbag to make a style statement’.
And finally, look to her Rachel Comey jeans. Loose and cropped in dark denim, they have the comfort of trackpants (without the ‘given up’ connotations) and the polish of tailoring (without the ‘off to the office’ connotations). With a cut adjacent to this season’s hit barrel-leg jeans, the shortened proportions and contrasting panelling bring something a little different to the denim dialogue. Famous or not, summer or autumn – everybody knows that there is nothing enjoyable about jeans soaking up dirty city puddles when an unexpected downpour inevitably hits, which is what makes this cropped style for the season so perfect.
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