From Cara Delevingne To Kate Middleton, Celebrities Are Making Sweater Vests Cool Again

Once loved by geography teachers and librarians, the sweater vest might not have started out with impeccable fashion credentials. Smash cut to 2024, however, and everyone seems to have embraced the sleeveless knitwear style.

In theory, it's rather unappealing. We only need look, however, to the women who have managed to make them look effortlessly cool to be convinced that a sweater vest is a very good idea. Kate Middleton was among the people first making sweater vests cool again, after stepping out last October in a grey knit sweater vest with a long-sleeve white shirt layered underneath. The royal paired it with a pair of Sezane Martin Trousers (still in stock!) and some ballet pumps for an effortlessly sophisticated look, perfect for a day in the office.

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Elsewhere, Cara Delevingne was photographed in a fun patterned cropped sweater vest and low-slung jeans, taking the once-stuffy sweater vest to a whole new level.

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Over on the spring catwalks for 2024, we were treated to some high-fashion knitted vests. Molly Goddard's tangerine striped knit was worn on the baggy side, over billowing maxi skirts, while Philosophy's offering was tight, cropped and came with matching knitted trousers for good measure. Ferragamo's sweater vests were more demure; plain black knits layered over crisp white shirts – a lot like how Katie Holmes styled hers on a stroll through New York recently.

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Ganni, Anthropologie and Other Stories have some super slouchy sleeveless sweaters, either worn over bare arms (for the brave) or neatly over shirts and long-sleeved tops. Browse our edit of the best sweater vests out there right now...

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Julia Harvey is the shopping editor for Grazia, overseeing and editing all things shopping for the title from trend pages, gift guides and the best things to buy now in both print and online.