In a quilted coat with down filling, you can not only roam the snowy mountain slopes - women's down jackets today have become incredibly stylish and elegant, they are perfect for city streets. To make your look trendy and harmonious, think about what clothes you will wear with a down jacket and what accessories you will choose.
What shoes to choose
Straight models of down jackets, as well as semi-sports options with knitted cuffs and collars, are best worn with low-top boots. You can wear ankle boots without heels or with small wedges.
What to wear with a fitted down jacket? Feminine models with a belt, down jackets with fur trim, a large turn-down collar can be worn with ankle boots and boots with heels or high wedges.
What to wear with a short down jacket? In good weather, sports quilted jackets can be worn with sports shoes - sneakers, slip-ons.
Graceful cropped models are in perfect harmony with high boots with heels and boots. If you are the lucky owner of long legs, pair your short down jacket with boots without heels. But it is not recommended to wear stocking boots with down jackets.
Pants or dress?
What to wear with a down jacket? The photo shows that both trousers and skirts can make a stylish pair with a down jacket. It is better to choose pants for straight coat models, and skirts and dresses for fitted ones.
If you have slender legs, wear skinny pants or jeggings, complementing the look with boots with a tight top.
Full legs can be corrected with straight trousers. Classic pants with arrows look great with a fitted long down jacket.
What to wear with a knee-length down jacket? With tight trousers or a short skirt. In the case of a skirt, take care of fairly thick tights or leggings, nude nylon tights contraindicated.
A knee-length coat looks very stylish if you wear it without buttoning it up. Create a multi-layered set by wearing a long shirt, a sweatshirt and a down jacket, and tie a voluminous scarf around your neck.
Mid-thigh length down jackets look great with miniskirts that are completely hidden under the hem of the coat. With short, fitted models, you should try on a flared woolen skirt or a knitted pleated skirt.
Selecting a hat
Looks most harmonious with down jackets knitted hats beanie. Young people often choose knitted beanies or options with large pom-poms.
An incredibly practical solution would be one that will replace both your hat and a warm scarf.
Don't forget about color harmony. What to wear with a black down jacket? Best with snow-white or cream accessories.
A white down jacket can be worn with a hat of absolutely any color. For a burgundy, brown, dark blue or purple down jacket, you should choose accessories that match the tone or are white.
A warm and practical down jacket can look no worse than a natural fur coat if you carefully think through the look and use outerwear wisely and taking into account your own external characteristics.
Text: Anastasia Poletaeva
WE ARE RELENTLESSLY MONITORING behind new trends, but many of them raise questions: how livable is this? How and with what to wear crop tops, hairy sneakers, teddy jackets and transparent everything? In the “Instructions” section, we select relevant things and clearly show how and with what to supplement them, even if it seems that the solution is obvious. This time we’re figuring out what to do with down jackets: creating images with them that are more decent than “I’m not far from the store here” is not at all easy (even though designers have shown unprecedented interest in down jackets this season - especially in huge sizes) . We have collected 10 sets with warm jackets, which will rehabilitate this winter wardrobe item. We prove: you can wear down jackets with anything, the main thing is to follow a few simple rules.
Medium length down jacket
with a dress
A white down jacket is not the most practical thing, but sometimes you can sacrifice utilitarianism (especially since the heat-insulating properties do not depend on color). In this particular case, the down jacket, in fact, simply replaces a more familiar coat classic length. Therefore, there is no need to dress in sporty casual from head to toe: try wearing such a jacket with a pleasant feel knitted dress, warm boots with thick soles and, of course, tights (in this case it is better to choose brown or gray). Headdresses of any rich colors look good with a beige and milky set. natural colors, but we especially like the marsala shade accent - this, by the way, main color of the outgoing year according to Pantone.
Down jacket
with a pencil skirt
and rough boots
This look from T by Alexander Wang's pre-fall lookbook is a prime example of how much Alexander Wang loves to play with proportions. Visually, the line of the zipper on the down jacket merges with the line of the zipper on the skirt - this looks, of course, interesting, but such a technique can play a cruel joke on short girls. Therefore, be careful with verticals. Otherwise, this option is so good that you can copy it almost word for word - from the straight silhouette of the down jacket to socks with rough lace-up boots. Just in case once again Let's remind you about tights and the harsh reality in which it is impossible to exist in a down jacket without a scarf or a high-neck sweater. It’s better, of course, to choose both at once and add mittens - they say that winter this year will be cold.
Coat over down jacket and summer dress
Firstly, layering is our best friend for the six months that winter lasts in Russia. Secondly, a voluminous coat worn over a down jacket looks more unusual than these two things separately. In general, it’s sometimes useful to remember that you can wear not only weightless Uniqlo jackets under outerwear. The main advantage of the image, obviously, is that it is very warm and you can wear the lightest, even summer, dress under it. And although a romantic dress with chunky boots is almost a common thing, this combination still works. Especially in winter, when no one really expects to see him. In this case, the bag does not have to be fur - on the contrary, it seems to us that it is better to focus on the most laconic model without any flashy details.
Short down jacket with printed trousers
The key benefit of this set isn't that Humberto Leon and Carol Lim came up with the idea of layering a jacket over trousers and a skirt, but that the duo from Kenzo reminded us how many cool pieces there are with prints that can be tucked away in the back corner of your closet. all winter there is no reason. Try to take the basics from here and discard everything unnecessary: a short oversized down jacket with laconic boots with medium heels and trousers with a monochrome print - it’s really very beautiful. You can support the combination with a sporty black and white backpack with an alphabet pattern, and replace the hat with a slightly brighter headband. This set will not protect you from forty-degree frost, but you can walk in it right now.
Medium length down jacket with skirt and boots
From season to season, the Moncler team works competently not only in a marketing sense, but also in a stylistic sense, so that the Gamme Rouge shows and lookbooks of other lines of the brand can be safely used as winter cheat sheets. This year, this approach suddenly became also a patriotic act: designer Erdem Moralioglu, who created a collection for the Moncler E fashion line, was inspired by the aesthetic heritage of the House of Romanov and the Soviet sixties. The result turned out to be truly royal, but we liked the simplest and spectacular image- a tight short circle skirt, the hem of which peeks out from under the down jacket middle length, and jockey boots. Under a down jacket you can wear a shirt of any degree of romance and a sweater, and when the thermometer finally plummets down, we advise you to think about a hat and, possibly, thermal underwear. Warm tights are assumed by default.
Oversized down jacket with flared trousers
Let’s not lie and immediately voice the main disadvantage of this look: flared trousers that fit on the floor require shoes that fit high heels(or tall), as well as dry weather. But if you find a jacket that is at least close to ideal and comfortable boots with stable heels, you will get one of the most beautiful winter looks you can imagine, and the disadvantages will self-destruct. Such sets greatly elongate the silhouette and look both simple (for work or school) and solemn (for example, for the way to the theater, it’s also suitable). Optionally, you can complement the look with a bright hat and funny mittens to make it fun.
Knee-length down jacket with miniskirt and ankle boots
Winter is not a reason to deny yourself dresses and short skirts. Elegant dress on New Year You can easily wear it with your favorite long down jacket in a bright color. The upper part of the set does not require any adjustments, with the lower part everything is clear: beautiful, but summer sandals should be replaced with neat ankle boots, and put on tights on your legs - maybe to match the skirt, or to match the shoes. Everything together makes a neutral impression, so if you are really going to a moderately unbridled party, you can add large earrings with natural stones.
Short down jacket with flared jeans
Everyone dressed like this at least once, and yes, it’s not very original, but it’s comfortable and cute. Please note that the jeans here are flared and not skinny, which fill all the streets in winter and for some reason gain popularity even among those girls who have long worn much more at any other time of the year. interesting models. If flared jeans designed to be worn without heels fit correctly, they will end 2-3 centimeters above the floor - there are both aesthetic and utilitarian reasons for this (think about puddles of reagent when trying them on). Slip-ons can be replaced with sports ones, but winter shoes, and dilute the overall calmness of the image with a red turtleneck. You can live like this all winter and feel great.
In the last post we discussed how a down jacket becomes a work of design art due to architectural forms. However, both a sporty down jacket and a smart one are the two wardrobe poles of the “down jacket evolution”, between which there is large group everyday down jackets. This big (and perhaps most relevant for most of us in Everyday life) I called the group minimalistic down jackets, and in the comments to the last post they were given an excellent name - “urban padded coats” - that’s how they are sometimes called in online stores. So, let's talk about this: what is a city down jacket and what to wear it with so that it is not just functional, but also beautiful.
The task is actually more complicated than combining an architectural down jacket with a pleated skirt, because the devil, as always, is in the details: a step to the right, a step to the left - and now you get a sports down jacket with suit trousers, the “auntie in the clinic” model. The point is also that the sporty, utilitarian function of a down jacket sits in the subcortex - if we put on a down jacket, then it is to be comfortable and warm (a coat or fur coat is another matter), so the combinations are automatically lined up utilitarian - not about beauty. However, making a city down jacket an element stylish wardrobe It’s still possible if you follow a few principles.
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How to choose a city down jacket?
The first and most important quality of a “city” down jacket: to be universal and go with everything, it should be as simple as possible , “smooth”, without decoration, which immediately leads to sport and functionality. Without emphasized contrasts lightning, without pronounced comfortable pockets with zipper and button at the same time, without rubber bands, without stripes, without protective strips and additional fasteners. Ideally, without a hood, or with a hood of the simplest form.
Elements like those in the picture below are better avoid, if you are looking for a versatile urban down jacket: 
I’m not ready to say that down jackets with such finishing have no right to be purchased, and below there will be good examples, including those with patch pockets and stripes, but the sum of these details should be as small as possible: each of them complicates compatibility.
The simpler the better. The simplest, most boring and bare. Blank canvas. "Interesting" is in the form, not in the decoration. Better long than short.
Where to look for this?
For those who are looking for a budget down jacket, I highly recommend checking out Aliexpress - there are now suddenly a lot of down jackets in the required format.
For example, I found these:
1. Blue down jacket. 2. Pink down jacket from here.
Warehouse Hooded Padded Coat ; ASOS Extreme Oversized Padded Coat.
Down jacket ASOS; Monki down jacket (and the same black one)
How to wear a city down jacket,
to avoid standard set"down jacket- skinny jeans-boots- knitted hat"?
I have identified several strategies for myself. They are all about one thing: to get stylish combination With an urban down jacket, which is inherently eclectic, you need to highlight the “general line”, discard everything unnecessary (color, styles, textures) and create a design from simple elements. As usual, this does not negate the fact that there are people who can beautifully combine a down jacket with anything without any stupid rules, but in 99.9% of cases these are not you and me, but the heroes of the photographs of Sartorialist and his colleagues.
And we will do what is easier. So, three strategies for using an urban down jacket.
1. Sports. We admit that a down jacket is originally about sports, so variations on this theme (sweatpants with fleece, sneakers, sweatshirts) - even in an urban environment - will look harmonious. It is important here that this option is good specifically for a “city” down jacket - otherwise there is a risk of looking like a tourist who did not change clothes after returning from a hike. In fact, this is not about sports in its purest form - rather about urban “sport chic”. Therefore, this combination suggests more negligence than sports practicality: bare ankles (if you are), a large knit cap carelessly pulled over your curls, perhaps the down jacket itself is unbuttoned. This is not a practical combination for long walks or standing at a bus stop, it is a variation on the theme of urban comfort: jump into the car to go to a shopping center with a heated parking lot; drinking coffee in a cafe overlooking the park and so on.
Down jacket ASOS
EA7 and Tommy Hilfiger with Lamoda
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2. Monochrome. Since a down jacket, due to its functionality, is a thing of a very narrow style, when we combine in one look a bright city down jacket, a sports cap, casual blue jeans and also classic black boots, it turns out to be an explosive mess - both in style and color. If you subtract color from this equation, the problem will be easier to solve. Things are in the same range, even different styles, can be combined into a calm and harmonious winter look.
The colors can be any - this works with both light and dark colors.
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It is not necessary to maintain total black or any other total - an “inner core”, a vertical line in one color (top+bottom, tights/pants, shoes) will be enough.
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I know that children and cats are forbidden, but this also works for children's wardrobe)
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3. Urban. This strategy is diametrically opposed to the first.
With it, we forget that the down jacket has some kind of sporting past and treat it as if it were ordinary classic coat. We combine a down jacket with dresses, shoes, clutches, shirts and other “elegant” wardrobe items. Of course, we take into account color, shape and silhouette. It is important that there should be nothing more sporty here: a knitted hat and a backpack with a bright edging can ruin everything completely. And no, this story is not about jeans, despite the first photo in the post. If you put all the elements of the image together correctly, you get just the right dose of eclecticism.
There is hardly a woman who does not have in her wardrobe such a universal item as a down jacket. Another thing is how this thing is used: someone throws on a down jacket to go shopping nearby, but for others it’s casual wear. But not every woman knows how and with what to wear a down jacket, so that it is not only warm and comfortable, but also fashionable and stylish. In this article you will find a solution to this problem.
How to choose the right down jacket
First, you need to figure out which down jacket is suitable for whom. Fortunately, the choice of down jackets in our time is truly huge and, I must say, every woman can afford to wear this thing: at any age and of any build. The main thing is to find your style.
Slim women and young girls can safely wear short models. In addition, young ladies can afford bright solid colors, but you shouldn’t choose a multi-colored down jacket, richly decorated with embroidery, rhinestones and other decor. These decorations are now unnecessary.
Adult women are advised to wear longer down jackets. Here the range of sizes is wide: from models just above the knee to long down coats. For ladies with curvy figures, a strict straight or slightly fitted silhouette is desirable. The colors are rich, deep, but not black.
Combination of clothing items with different styles of down jackets
Skinny trousers, insulated leggings or skinny jeans are ideal for a short down jacket. The main thing is that the pants should fit the legs as closely as possible and not form wrinkles, otherwise the picture will be ruined. A short woolen skirt or sweater dress will also go well with a short down jacket. But, remember, all this will suit those with slim figures.
A sleeveless down jacket will look interesting with a long woolen skirt or flared jeans. Don't forget to wear a thick down jacket underneath. a warm sweater or a pullover to stay warm. Make sure that the jacket does not stick out from under the down jacket.
Medium-length down jackets are suitable for both tight-fitting and straight cut jeans, leggings, leggings, can be decorated with various prints, but with the condition that the down jacket will be plain and not very bright. In addition to bright down jackets, you need to select all the clothes in calm, discreet tones.
A long down jacket, especially if it comes with a wide belt, will go perfectly with an elegant knitted dress, as well as classic-cut trousers. A long down jacket with a straight or fitted cut, especially with bias stitching, visually makes the figure slimmer.
What shoes go with a down jacket?
TO short models A down jacket in combination with jeans will go well with stylish felt boots, UGG boots or dutik boots. Under a short down jacket with trousers, you can wear boots or ankle boots without heels, and over-the-knee boots, but also without heels, will look great with a short skirt.
With more long models a down jacket, on the contrary, shoes with heels will look good, but it should not be a very high, stable heel or wedge. Remember, the lower the length of the down jacket, the higher the heel - this way your silhouette will look harmonious.
What hats are suitable for a down jacket?
Large knitted voluminous hats are suitable for any model of down jacket. This could be a beret or a hat with a large fur pompom. A hat with earflaps looks interesting with a down jacket. Hats knitted from mink look very feminine and stylish. They will also fit under a down jacket.
What not to wear with a down jacket
You should not combine a down jacket with such wardrobe items as:
Nylon tights;
stocking boots, as well as any high-heeled shoes;
narrow, head-fitting hats;
hats and bonnets.
These things do not match the style of a down jacket. In addition, you should not combine too bulky clothes with a down jacket. Down jackets already have enough volume.
New photo: fashionable women's down jacket New photo: fashionable women's down jacket What to wear with a beige down jacket in winter? Beige color, the so-called “nude” in all its variations has remained a trendy shade for several seasons. Clothes of this color look interesting and noble and suit everyone. The main thing is to choose the right shade and skillfully combine it with other, brighter and bolder accessories.
It is a mistake to believe that beige is only suitable for summer. It will look great at any time of the year. That is why many famous designers include beige coats, jackets and raincoats in their winter collections.
Preparing for the Russian winter, girls can choose a more practical top - a down jacket beige colour, which will not only warm you up in severe frosts, but also make the image interesting and relevant.
Buying a high-quality down jacket is a matter that requires sufficient financial investment. That is why women prefer “classic colors”, but are more inclined to dark shades.
As practice shows and fashion trends, today it is not at all necessary to buy outerwear in black or dark blue shades; beige has become the same classic color that will not go out of fashion.
How to choose the best combinations
To properly wear this or that clothing, it is best to study its history.
The down jacket became popular several decades ago and came into the fashion world straight from sports. Down jackets were originally developed as clothing for snowboarders and biathletes. They had to be light, bright, comfortable.
As soon as down jackets came into urban fashion, their style underwent significant changes.
Today, any girl can buy not only a sporty model of a down jacket, but also find a “ceremonial” version, a more feminine model, and even a down jacket stylized as a dress with a flared hem and a fur frill.
In a good down coat, the ratio of natural down and other synthetic filler can be 80% to 20%.
Exactly like this outerwear will serve for a long time and will not lose its appearance after storage in a closet or dry cleaning. A beige short down jacket will look great on slender girls, and for full figure It is better to choose an elongated style - to the knees and below.
Shoe selection
Long gone are the days when shoes had to be chosen exactly to match other accessories.
If a girl has chosen a beige down jacket as outerwear, boots of any shade will suit her perfectly.
Rough versions of dark brown and other “natural” shades will look especially impressive. It is preferable to wear down jackets with flat-soled shoes, but if the model is made in a more feminine style, stilettos or heels are allowed, here the choice is up to the girl.
Ankle boots with fur, which are popular today, will look no less attractive.
What clothes to combine with a down jacket
It is believed that down jackets look most impressive with trousers and jeans. A beige down jacket just below the knee, skinny jeans, boots with massive heels - this combination will be quite impressive if you choose dark-colored trousers and boots.
You should not choose trousers or skirts that match the color of your outerwear, otherwise a girl can look ridiculous in this look.
Of course, a down jacket does not force a girl to give up skirts; it is only important to choose the material according to the season so as not to create an incomprehensible contrast. Winter and such outerwear are associated with natural warm fabrics, so a universal solution would be wool skirt and plain tight tights.
A skirt without a pattern and thick tights with a current winter motif, for example, with a red diamond, will look no less interesting.
Selection of accessories
In building winter look Accessories play a huge role.
Often, girls choose down jackets with a rich collar made of natural or faux fur, which can easily replace a scarf. In addition, fur trim on the hood can also add warmth, comfort and beauty to the look.
If a girl is going to wear a scarf and hat, she should choose accessories that will match the down jacket not only in color, but also in texture.
Long scarves
Long scarves resembling a shawl will be appropriate if the collar of the down jacket is left without fur or is decorated with not too lush fur.
In this case, a delicate but massive shawl will create volume and focus on the face.
Similarly, you can use bright chunky knit scarves.
To create more romantic image light ones will do long scarves and hats with knitted patterns.
Pompom hats
What else can you wear with a beige down jacket? The youth style that is popular today will make the image lighter and freer. Hats with pom-poms and images of your favorite cartoon characters, bright scarves with tassels, comfortable mittens, such accessories will tell about a girl’s sense of humor and are perfect for a trip out of town or a walk with friends.
The good thing about a basic beige down jacket is that it doesn’t limit its owner’s imagination; rather, it serves as a blank canvas onto which other, brighter colors can be added.
Brooch
In addition, accessories can complement and change a little appearance the down jacket itself.
If you do not plan to wear a hat or scarf with a beige down jacket, you can attach a massive brooch directly to the down jacket.
To make it look attractive, it is best to give preference to natural “warm” materials, such as wool and beads made of wood and stone.
A long down jacket can be made more feminine with a belt. The color of the belt can either match the shade of the down jacket or be much brighter, then it will turn into an accent.
The main rule to follow when composing an image is not to overload it with unnecessary details, colors and patterns.
