Favourite Friday - Jack Wills Jacket

I thought I'd try to commit myself to doing a regular post and decided I would do a "Favourite Friday" where I can waffle about something I like, something I own or something which just rocks my boat for whatever reason.  How well this goes remains to be seen.  I might fall off the bandwagon by next week but hey we won't know that till next week.  

The first in the series kicks off with what my friends would call my "Granny" jacket from Jack Wills.  When I tried a similar one this year whilst out shopping with my friends, they looked distinctly unimpressed and exclaimed "it's something a granny would wear" and so it has now been fondly dubbed the "Granny" jacket to me.

Granny would approve!

How girly is this print?

It's probably a bit of a love it/hate it kind of jacket.  A bit "marmite" is the popular expression.  I kind of fell in love with it when I first saw it because it reminded me of a little quilted cotton jacket I had when I was a little girl.  Mine was a mid blue with little red flowers and the Jack Wills comes as close as I think I am ever going to get to finding its replacement in navy with red pink flowers.  I confess to having looked for adult versions in recent years as my childhood jacket has definitely lodged itself into my good memories bank. 

It's a compact little jacket, adds a bit of a fun to a boring jeans and top combo and I found it very useful for my little holiday in Wales a couple of years back when the weather was neither here nor there as it proved to be quite a good layering piece - fitting comfortably under a rain jacket or just making a nice alternative to a cardigan.  Here's a couple of ways in which I wore it in the last week.


With a white cotton top and skinny jeans.

Jack Wills Colebridge Quilted Jacket (2010)

Aubin Wills Annaside Top (Sold Out)

Falmer Heritage Skinny Boyfriend Jeans (Old)

Carvela Krimble Sandals

Or with a stripy jumper and teal/jade skinny jeans.

H&M ivory & navy stripe jumper (in store but not on line)

Primark teal/jade skinny jeans (in store only).

And here is a quick round up of the versions going around which are out there at the current moment.

Maison Scotch Quilted Worker Jacket

Jack Wills Queenswood Jacket

Aubin Wills Mapperton Jacket

And last but not least : 

Isabel Marant Haca Jacket 

(find one if you can)

So that's my first favourite Friday piece.  Wonder what will turn up next week?!