If you're looking for a surefire way to inject a touch of cool into your fall wardrobe, or just looking to refresh your jacket collection this season, there is one outerwear style that is gaining major traction: distressed brown leather jackets. One quick glimpse at the latest street style from fashion month, and you will spot the cool jacket styled in a variety of chic ways that are guaranteed to have you beelining to your favorite store to snag one of your own.
Just picture yourself layering on a perfectly worn-in brown leather jacket that lends a cool vintage feel to your outfit right before you head out the door. Sound inviting? Keep scrolling to check out 11 outfit ideas that offer a cool take on the emerging trend, and shop each look as well as some of my top distressed brown leather jacket picks of the moment.
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This Copenhagen Fashion Week attendee layered her worn-in brown leather moto jacket over a textured turtleneck sweaterdress, complete with wraparound sunglasses, black knee-high boots, and a textured bag.
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Sabina Socol gave a distressed brown leather jacket her signature French-girl touch by pairing it with sleek black sunglasses and a slinky tie-front dress.
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Irina Shayk is the epitome of cool in this fall-ready layered look that requires a few key pieces to re-create: large hoop earrings, a vintage-looking brown leather jacket, a long trench coat, a pair of black cutoffs, and shiny black ankle boots.
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Anne-Laure Mais was spotted on the streets of Paris in a brown leather jacket, white tee, cuffed straight-leg jeans, and zebra-print slingback heels.
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Lucy Williams is known for her laid-back, cool approach to dressing, and her take on this leather jacket trend is no different. The British It girl wore her oversize jacket with a white T-shirt, a studded Khaite belt, dark-wash jeans, and Mary Jane ballet flats.
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Amalie Nielsen is one of my favorite Danish fashion-girl follows—her brown leather jacket look is just one of the many reasons for that. Just look how great it looks with a black top, butter-yellow skirt, and brown moto boots.
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Paris-based Ellie Delphine is ready for fall in a chic brown sweaterdress and slouchy, flat knee-high boots topped off with an oversize brown leather moto jacket.
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Alessa Winter was photographed during Copenhagen Fashion Week decked out in a head-to-toe Miu Miu outfit including a distressed brown leather jacket, white bra top, pleated skirt, and buckled knee-high moto boots.
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Dua Lipa is another chic woman in this roundup wearing covertable Miu Miu pieces, including her washed-out leather jacket, black minidress, and brown knee-high moto boots.
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Jeanette Madsen is a Danish dream in her distressed leather jacket, black hooded sweatshirt, black leggings, white bag, and statement black knee-high boots.
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Vogue editor Madeline Fass was yet another Copenhagen Fashion Week attendee spotted in a brown leather jacket, which she wore with a printed midi skirt and black flip-flops.
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