The A-List Has Spoken: This Is Officially The Ultimate Spring Jacket For 2025

Can you feel that? You know, that merest hint of sun on your face that makes everything – the grey, the cold, the damp – feel like a distant memory? I thought so, which means you’ll soon need a substitute for that puffer that is thoroughly out of puff. The good news is that it’s easy to make the switch this spring because one jacket is a front-runner for best in show: the blouson.

Boxy, collared and single-breasted, it borrows the best elements of its cousins – the stretchy hem of a bomber; the neat lapels of a barn jacket – but also brings polish, a sense of no-frills style that feels refreshing.

On the high street, Uniqlo has married its technical prowess and spring’s trending jacket in its Windproof Blouson. Available in shades of khaki, black, white and pink, and with a price tag of £49.90, it plays up the jacket’s practical side while still managing to look elegant with work-appropriate trousers. Reiss’s suede version ticks off the blouson trend but also the butter-soft fabric that has been everywhere this spring, while COS’s, in a wearable shade of sand, can either be open- collared or funnel-necked.

You might still need to layer your blouson with a sweater – this is the UK – but you can officially put your puffer on ice. Thank goodness.

Simone Ashley has already stepped out in a blouson, wearing a half-zipped khaki version to sit front row at Prada. Layered over a shirt and paired with a thigh-high miniskirt and buckled loafers, it might be the perfect spring outfit (and tantalisingly suggestive of a temperature where it’s not essential to wear tights). Kate Moss also packed a blouson for Stella McCartney, an oversized style that’s crafted from the designer’s cruelty-free alternative leather.

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Natalie Hammond is Grazia's senior fashion news editor. She loves winter, hates summer and can often be found writing about the weather (and what on earth to wear).