Everyone’s Styling Hero Is The Spring Jacket
10th May, 2026
True style is all about building contrast, which shows a natural confidence in your taste and individuality too – whether that's balancing high glam sequins with an oversized lux cotton t-shirt or a tailored blazer with denim bermuda shorts. This season’s contrast maker comes in the guise of the spring jacket. Specifically one that holds its own through thoughtful design details, shapes contrast with whatever you’re wearing beneath and has absolutely zero intention of being taken off. Read on to discover your main character spring jacket now.
First up in the ss26 jacket hall of fame is the shrunken blazer. Diminutive in shape, but never in appeal and attitude. A hallmark of Matthieu Blazy’s SS26 debut show for Chanel, a cropped blazer subverts traditional tailoring codes and celebrates contrast – it’s sharp in silhouette but naturally fun and playful. Turn to Fabric of Society favourite, Aleksandre Akhalkatsishvili, a forever cool Georgian label that has mastered tailoring 2.0. Their SS26 butter yellow cropped jacket is our natural choice or We11done’s cropped blazer which doubles up as a dress with a genius matching detachable skirt.
Modern, minimalist and with more than a shade of Phoebe Philo about it, voluminous jackets like this silky design from Nanushka have a natural sense of lux about them. Seek out designs where details are minimal but international – such as an oversize funnel neck, or drawstring hem – and the material commands attention, from light-catching silks and satin, to technical and structured, as seen in Cecilie Bahnsen’s Birdie jacket.
No nod to the spring jackets is complete without a call to utilitarian designs. Ottolinger showcases the perfect style this season with their Khaki Chopped Trench Jacket – a reimaged trench coat, deconstructed to play with proportion and function with a belt across the chest, raw hemlines and epaulettes. Ganni (who are exclusive Fabric of Society customers in Kuwait) has also effortlessly channeled a utility aesthetic. Their cropped trench features multiple belts and exaggerated military-inspired hardware. Wear with feminine florals or playful bubblegum hues for an unexpected contrast.
