Statement Coats Are Trending For Spring 2024

For many fashion-conscious folks, the arrival of spring means a change in outerwear. Gone are the days of puffer coats, warm, woolen jackets, and endless layers required to survive the bitter cold outside. However, while coats are still necessary in spring, the warmer weather means an opportunity to showcase new looks. Instead of the necessary imperative of long, dark colored dusters or cocoon trenches, there's room to get a little more experimental. 

Spring 2024 is all about the statement coat. We're after brighter colors and more innovative cuts, with details that tell stories. It's all about stripes, statement buttons, and exaggerated details like fringe and tassels. Spring's sartorial forecast, at least when it comes to coats, emphasizes fuller cuts, in trench coat and long, leather duster styles. We're also seeing a lot of mood-boosting tones, since we're eager to put the dreariness of winter behind us. Spring 2024 is a season of vivid choices, offering an open invitation to come wearing your brightest and boldest looks, all the ones you've been keeping tucked away in your closet because they weren't warm enough to withstand a snow storm. We're coming out of hibernation in a burst of spring. 

Blazers aren't just having a moment. They're having a whole era, and the tailored garment is the perfect outerwear choice for mild spring days. While all blazer shapes, from boxy to tailored, are workable and welcome, the belted blazer is a particularly coveted look at the moment. You get the trendiness of workwear, with the sculpted silhouette thanks to the shape-enhancing belt. If your blazer comes with a matching belt, perfect. If it doesn't, you can get inventive with a statement belt, spring's boldest accessory. Pair with trousers, denim, or, if it's warm enough, nothing at all. 

Leather trench coats never go out of style. They're richly textured and offer just enough warmth to feel snug on those spring days that still have a bite of winter. While all color ranges are welcome when it comes to a leather trench coat, juicy, popping colors like red, purple, and yellow are brilliant choices to ring in the change of season. Pair with a tonal leather bag. The coat is perfect over a daytime look, like jeans and sneakers, or a dressier look, with tights and heels. There's nothing this coat won't work with. 

Spring means that we also get to experiment with the sensory details of our clothing. We're not as desperate to keep warm, which might prompt us to reach for that one, heavy-duty winter coat we lean on all season long. With spring, we can explore our options. Sensual, velvety corduroys are a brilliant staple when building a spring wardrobe. Plus, you get the chance to show off your outfit underneath thanks to the open style of a corduroy wrap coat. Pair with your go-to heeled boots and favorite bag.  

If it feels like you've been wearing the same pieces all winter long, spring is your chance to play around with details in your outerwear. Funky fringe is where it's at! Source out a long, brown jacket with oversized sleeves and cascading fringe along the front and back panels. It's our favorite decorative embellishment at the moment, since western-wear is so hot. Hey, even Beyonce's wearing a cowboy hat now. It's our chance to join the rodeo. Keep the outfit slick with delicate, brown heels and stylish sunnies.  

Coordinated tops and bottoms might harken back to what we wore in kindergarten, but fear not, because the polished version of this concept is back in style. Two-piece suits, with harmonious detailing like plaid stitching, are a fun way of rocking a put-together look. Choose something like a leather, bomber jacket with sophisticated detailing and bouclé-style neckline to keep this look elevated. Don't be shy to play around with exaggerated, yellow gold accessories, like oversized earrings and big belts. Give those budding daffodils some competition.

The oversized leather jacket is another fashion staple that isn't going anywhere. While distressed, brown leather jackets were the it-piece of fall, the look for spring 2024 is all about black leather. Tap into your favorite, head-turning '80s looks by choosing a piece that has oversized shoulders and sleeves. Even shoulder pads are a welcomed detail in volume. Since the jacket is such a statement on its own, feel free to style the rest of the look in tonal black. However, if you want some more color to the ensemble, pair the leather jacket with denim or even a dress.