The 10 Jackets Everyone Should Have in Their Closets

By Tara Gonzalez

In just over a month it'll finally be time to pack away your bikinis and start trying to embrace sweater weather. If you're not necessarily ready to start thinking about covering every inch of your body in knits, try to remember what fall is really all about: very good coats and jackets. And who doesn't love a fuzzy teddy coat or a classic camel coat? Definitely not Meghan Markle, Nancy Pelosi or Rihanna, outerwear icons and power coat enthusiasts, who actually make us feel inspired about dressing for the colder weather ahead.

The other thing that makes us not entirely dread fall outfit shopping is the fact that there are ten very specific jackets that you can always build your entire fall and winter wardrobe around. They'll never let you down and every season brands and designers churn out exciting new takes on classic silhouettes. Think the cool leather jacket, a classic British style trench coat, and a loud statement coat even Rihanna would be proud of.

Below find the ten most essential jackets basically ever and the best styles to shop now.

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There are few toppers as iconic as the trench coat. No matter what you're wearing, a trench coat will either make you look incredibly British like Alexa Chung or basically royal like Meghan Markle, both of which are things we could live with.

Denim jackets have been around forever because they will never not be cool. Everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna to Chloë Sevigny has worn a jean jacket, which is as good a case as anything for buying something. And the best thing about a jean jacket is that there are seemingly limitless options. If you already have a lighter denim favorite, opt for a darker wash. If you're tired of oversize jackets, get one with some details like shoelace ruching from Proenza's affordable line, PSWL.

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Like rain coats, puffer coats have a pretty bad rep. They don't have the same sex appeal as denim or leather probably because puffer coats are the jackets everyone's mother forced them to wear when the temperature dropped below 70. Basically puffer coats call to mind memories of angsty childhood resentment but that's worth getting over. The newest iteration of puffer coats are so cool Rihanna designed a bunch and then Cardi B wore one to fashion week.

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Favorite animal prints come and go but if the leopard print midi skirt has taught us anything it's that leopard is a print that'll never go away. Just like with denim and Canadian tuxedos, you can totally wear leopard head-to-toe for a Lady Gaga-esque look. You can also just add a little bit of leopard to your outfit and it'll still look cool.

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Cold weather makes it socially acceptable to wear a ton of fluff on your body and a faux fur coat is a fluffy blanket you can wear in public. With more and more brands going fur-free, it's never been easier to stray from the standard beige fuzz. We'll take our faux fur in millennial pink please.

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The duster is a perfect jacket to wear year round because it isn't too heavy. You can wear it on it's own whilst going to very important meetings like Amal Clooney or underneath a faux fur jacket while desperately searching the streets for a bar with heating. Like we said, it's got a lot of range.

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Everyone has that piece of clothing that they can rely on when they're running late or having a bad day. We'd like to make the case for that article of clothing being a really loud and excessive statement coat. If you buy a really crazy one you basically don't have to do anything else to create a look and you'll channel Rihanna. And if feeling like Rihanna in a coat doesn't help fix a bad day, then we really don't know what will.

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Somehow bomber jackets became the poster child for off-duty model chic but we can't be too mad because it really does look good. If you feel like leaving the house with leggings on you can always just wear a bomber jacket and tell people Gigi Hadid made you do it.

The only think that makes you look cooler than a good oversized denim jacket is a perfectly fitted leather biker jacket. The outerwear staple is basically synonymous with every cool rock star that ever lived and every look Kate Moss has ever worn.

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Rain jackets are arguably the most essential jacket of all because when it rains there is really no other coat you can wear. For the longest time rain coats got a bad rep for being anything but cute but cool brands like Ganni and PSWL have really upped the weather resistant fashion game.

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