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Keep the Chill Away with Some Great Spring Jackets

Is it spring yet, or, are we stuck in some seasonal quagmire between winter and summer? Have you needed a jacket early in the day, but by noontime it’s too warm for an outer garment? Even better, is it too warm in the morning for a jacket, but too cool by afternoon to be left out in the chill without some serious layering?

Whether you want to blame global warming for the quixotic weather fluctuations, every smart, stylish man knows a spring jacket is a necessary staple for his wardrobe. Fashion Reverie has found a couple of great-looking jackets that will fit the bill whether it’s raining, seasonal or just a little chilly.

Tallia Orange image courtesy of Ernest Green

For spring/summer 2012 Tallia Orange has some great spring hoodie windbreakers that can take the chill off of crisp spring mornings and can also shelter you in the case of a sudden downpour. These 70s‒inspired windbreakers come in sky blue, pale grey, and olive green with a white zipper detail.

Burkman Bros. Image courtesy of Tracee Yang

Inspired by a trip to Hawaii, Doug and Ben Burkman of Burkman Bros. Polynesia-meets-America‒ theme have produced some great spring/summer garments. Tropical color combinations and original patterns based on the tropical topography is expressed in fantastic hiking shorts, tops and drawstring pants capped with some great spring/summer  bomber hoodie jackets in red, tan twill, and dark navy. Bomber hoodies retail for around $275.

Tallia Orange’s hoodie windbreakers can be purchased at Macy’s nationwide and Burkman Bros. bomber jackets can be purchased at Odin’s, Bloomingdales, Fred Segal’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Scoop and major retailers and boutiques nationwide.

 

—William Gooch

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