Women's Jackets

A big mistake that designers make when manufacturing women's jackets for fashion rather than practicality is that they often tailor them as a smaller version of men's. That would be fine if women didn't have hips. But because more often than not they do, it's hard to find a size to suit your figure with zips or buttons without it stretching or looking tight at the waist/hip area.

The fashion jacket is not to be confused with the coat. A women's jacket is short (stopping just below the waist or hip) while a coat can be any length, stopping at the knee, below, or even extending to floor length.

The first women's jacket went on the market in the 1860's and was designed by Garibaldi. It was a military style jacket and rather surprisingly only came in red! This was where the fashion for straight line jackets got their start, and while women's fashion has progressed in other clothing, women’s jacket designers haven't seemed to be able to stray from the cut ever since.

But women have curves, and fashion needs to reflect this. So as women became more athletic, riding jackets became popular in fashion, but were still too tight for much movement. Nowadays there are many types and styles of jacket to appeal to a women's fashion sense, and some designers are even taking the shape of a women into account when designing the next season's fashions. For example, you can now purchase a women's snow boarding jacket in the appropriate cut as well as a women's leather bomber jacket.

Take the women's leather jacket as an example; once leather jackets were short, tight and only meant for riding motorcycles. Now the cuts range from the traditional short to the knee length fashion found on celebrities. Women's leather jacket design has changed to include the blazer, and leathers are cut with the hips in mind, (which is a nice change and a good marketing ploy). Every woman seems to want a dress leather jacket, and these stock wardrobe staples go with the current fashion of every year, no matter what it is.


Womens Micro Jacket £30.00	Orange textured jacket £30.00	Womens Arana Jacket - Black £30.00
Womens Pale Pink Lambswool Italian Collar Cardigan £32.00	Womens Blueberry Purple Lambswool Italian Collar Cardigan £32.00	Woolovers Womens Italian Collar Lambswool Green Cardigan £32.00
Womens Lambswool Italian Collar Cardigan £32.00	Womens Red Italian Collar Wool Cardy £32.00	Womens MicroChill Zip Tee - Pansy £32.00
Pink Mount Prostretch fleece top £33.00	Women’s Two-Tone Parka with Roll Away Hood £34.30	COLLECTION, John Lewis Women Feather Print Dress, Green £34.50
COLLECTION, John Lewis Women Heavy Linen Jacket, Biscuit £34.50	adidas Team GB Presentation Woven Jacket - Light Scarlet - Womens £34.99	Brookhaven Berry Baseball Jacket £34.99
Woolovers Womens Cream Aran Cardigan £35.00	Bench Wolfhound Jacket £35.00	ARMADA £35.00
Bench Shady Jacket £35.00	Brookhaven Thompson Quilted Jacket £35.00	COLLECTION, John Lewis Women Tailored Jacket, Black £35.00
Womens Petite Jorasse Micro Jacket £35.00	Great value puffa jacket £35.00	Adidas RL Reversible Jacket £35.00
Charlie Zip Jacket £35.00	Women’s Woolcloth Mix Reefer Jacket £35.40	Women’s Reefer Jacket £35.40
Adidas Response Run Jacket £36.99	Vanilla sands poplin jacket £38.00	Womens Interlaken Jacket £39.00
Womens Pyxis Jacket £39.00	Great value hooded jacket £39.00	Women’s Long Line Jacket £39.50
Adidas T8 Training Pant Women £39.91	Waterproof Jacket £39.99	Dare 2b Womens Verticity bike Jacket (10) £39.99
Dare 2b Womens Verticity bike Jacket (12) £39.99	Dare 2b Womens Verticity bike Jacket (14) £39.99	Dare 2b Womens Verticity bike Jacket (16) £39.99
Asics Woven Jacket £39.99	Womens Spectrum Micro Full Zip Jacket £40.00	Womens Liberty Jacket £40.00
Short padded jacket £40.00	Womens Spectrum Micro Grid Half Zip £40.00	Printed kimono jacket £40.00
Short padded jacket £40.00	Detachable hooded puffa jacket £40.00	Drape front soft jacket £40.00
Brookhaven Cheers Padded Jacket £40.00	Brookhaven Dudley Toggle Jacket £40.00	Womens MicroChill Fleece Jacket - Black £40.00
Womens MicroChill Fleece Jacket - Winter White £40.00	Womens Khumbu Jacket £40.00	Womens Canisp Jacket IA - Blue Shadow £40.00
Short padded 2 tone jacket £40.00	"Eagle Womens Jacket" £40.20	Tog24 Women's Koro Full Zip Fleece Jacket £42.00
Adidas T8 Training Jacket Women £42.26	Adidas T8 Training Jacket Women £42.26	Womens Lhasa Full Zip Fleece - Country Blue £43.95
Dare2b Ladies Struddle Ski Jacket £43.99	Dare2b Womens Astound Ski Jacket £43.99	Ruched waist hooded jacket £45.00
White Marla Solid Women's Shirt - Short Sleeve £45.00	Laundered Blazer £45.00	Pink womens Retouch II waterproof breathable jacket £45.00
Green womens Retouch II waterproof breathable jacket £45.00	Short padded belted jacket £45.00	Petite quilted puffa jacket £45.00
Tessa Jacket £45.00	McKenzie Willow Duffle Jacket £45.00	Revival Jacket £45.00
Adidas T8 Team Jacket Women £46.96	Short metal popper microfibre £48.00	Vanilla sands coated jacket £48.00
Short quilted jacket £48.00	Detachable fur hood parka jacket £48.00	"Five-O Womens Jacket" £48.00
COLLECTION, John Lewis Women Ponte Pencil Skirt, Black £49.00	COLLECTION, John Lewis Women Ponte Pencil Skirt, Grey £49.00	Womens Calisto Light Jacket - Raspberry Red £49.00
Women’s Long Cardigan in Full Rib Knit £49.00	Womens Activity Fleece IA - Grey Marl £49.95	Womens Calisto Jacket - Eclipse £49.95
Womens Calisto Jacket - Amethyst £49.95	Womens Activity Fleece IA - Black £49.95	Womens Calisto Jacket - Black £49.95
Nike Reversible Hoody/Jacket £49.99	Altura Womens Nevis Waterproof Cycling Jacket in Blue (10) £49.99	Altura Womens Nevis Waterproof Cycling Jacket in Blue (12) £49.99
Altura Womens Nevis Waterproof Cycling Jacket in Blue (16) £49.99	adidas Chelsea 3 Stripe Padded Jacket - Womens £49.99	Adidas Originals Colorado Windbreaker Jacket £49.99
Adidas Stripe Padded Jacket £49.99	adidas Chelsea 3 Stripe Padded Jacket - Womens £49.99	Womens Polartec 100 Glacier Full Zip £50.00
Womens Precious Fleece Hoody £50.00	Womens Vizion Windlite Jacket £50.00	Quilted detail short jacket £50.00
Detachable fur hood puffa jacket £50.00	McKenzie Connie Padded Jacket £50.00	McKenzie Poem Jacket £50.00
Nike Reversible Hoody/Jacket £50.99	Womens Osito Jacket - Moonlight Ivory £54.95	Womens Osito Jacket - Black £54.95
Womens Calisto Jacket - All Black £54.95	Womens Genesis Jacket - Moonlight Ivory £54.95	Mammut Womens Bumblebee Jacket £54.99
Henleys Whizz Baseball Jacket £54.99	Adidas Originals Sleek Jacket £54.99	Womens Genevieve 1/2 Zip £55.00
Womens Moonrise Fleece Jacket £55.00	Womens Resolve Jacket £55.00	Bench Duffler Twiddle Jacket £55.00
Duffle microfibre coat £55.00	John Lewis Women Quilted Jacket, Stone £55.00	Womens Dulcimer Jacket £55.00
Helly Hansen Women's Mount Prostretch Fleece Jacket, Fuchsia £55.00	Stitch detail jacket with detachable hood £55.00	Faux fur collar quilted jacket £55.00