7 Casual Chic Ways to Style Your Leather Jacket – Glam Radar

Whether faux or real, leather jackets can add some edge to any chic, feminine, and simple outfits that can be so personal and true to your style. You may go for a variety of colors, style, and unique details that can make a statement. Looking for casual chic ways to style your leather jacket? Keep on reading to scoop some.

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Playing with proportions can make you look slimmer. So, wear your leather jacket with shorts and ankle boots rather than being all covered up in jeans and boots. Or, if you like some skinny jeans, pair it with a cropped leather jacket or a crop top. Try different combinations of skirts, knitted tops, cropped pants, off-shoulder blouses, high-waist jeans, oversized sweaters, tank tops, feminine tops, and such. Finish your looks with knitted scarves, sunglasses, stylish bags, and statement shoes.

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The trick to wearing all leather is to break it up with textures, color, and proportions. Adding ensembles that have a texture like silk, velvet, fur, feather, cotton, and even denim is a trendy way to add something extra to your leather making your outfit interesting and stylish. You may look for fur or feathered skirts to match with your leather jacket or velvet and denim pants to add some casual yet polished feel to your looks.

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The leather itself is edgy and pairing it with other leather makes it more tough and edgy looking. Since one of the hottest trends is leather on leather, think of leather trousers, leather skirts, leather dresses, leather shorts, leather tops, and even leather boots and bags will do the trick. For an edgier statement, you may switch to an all-black outfit like a black dress with leather trousers underneath and leather jacket on top. Just finish your looks with a black structured bag, black heels, black sunglasses, and even black leather belt.

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Wear a feminine dress under your leather jacket for a sweet and sultry look. It looks unexpected, but still put-together. There is nothing more stylish and classic than these two pieces together for an occasion or just for a casual happy hour. Better opt for soft draping, flowy fit, flouncy fabrics, and feminine shades for a more statement. Also, dressy rompers and jumpsuits are best worn with leather jackets to punch some edgy feel on too feminine looks.

  1. Pair it with stylish prints.

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Picking prints to wear can reflect your personality and mood. Classic prints like polka dots, houndstooth, stripes, plaids, tartans show off your classic personality while funky prints, graphic prints, quirky prints, and such reflect your quirky nature. Abstract prints, watercolor prints, and even painting-inspired designs channel your artistic and creative vibe. Animal prints like leopard, giraffe, zebra, and snake channel your fierce and brave attitude in a tamed way. Just add your favorite leather jacket to your favorite print and you’re ready to go!

  1. Make your casual outfit edgy.

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Simple tees or tank tops and denim jeans combination can easily be dressed up by a leather jacket for an edgier statement. If you’re feeling plain, bored, and too casual on your street style, better opt for a leather jacket for a quick fix.

  1. Add some color to your style.

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Though black, brown, and white are the traditional colors of leather jackets, you may now sport them to add some punch of color to your monochrome looks. Go for bold shades like red, green, cobalt blue, purple, and pastel shades like pink, yellow and such for a nice statement. When wearing a colored jacket, better go for an all-black or monochrome outfit to give a great backdrop for your colored piece. Or if you like, go for analogous or complementary ones for a bolder statement.

Leather jackets have been an iconic look to fit any style for any occasion. Just throw on your leather jacket whenever you feel plain or dressy and you are ready to go.

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