Woven patterns, a little shine and your everyday jeans: the jacket that makes a simple outfit look expensive. Every fall has its go-to jacket. For years, it was the oversized blazer. Then the trench took over again. This season, the piece fashion insiders keep reaching for is neither, and it comes with a pattern woven right into the fabric.
It is the jacquard jacket, sometimes called brocade, and Who What Wear senior editor Allyson Payer calls it “the easiest way to dress up jeans and make your outfit look incredibly expensive.” Two stars have already shown exactly how to wear it.
Emma Stone’s Longer, Grown-Up Version
In Paris, Emma Stone wore a longer gray jacquard jacket with a collar over her jeans, finishing the look with a Louis Vuitton bag and Khaite sandals, according to Who What Wear. The muted color keeps the pattern subtle, and the longer length makes it feel close to a light coat, ideal for transitional fall days.
It is the most wearable version of the trend: polished, quiet and easy to throw over anything.
Daisy Edgar-Jones’s Fitted White Take
Daisy Edgar-Jones went brighter. On October 6, at The Grove in Los Angeles, during the press tour for her Jane Austen adaptation Sense and Sensibility, she wore Mango Selection’s $270 satin Jacquard Stand Collar Jacket, Marie Claire reports. The milky white jacket has a subtle print, puffed sleeves, a flared waistband and no lapels.
Her stylist, Dani Michelle, paired it with ripped light-wash jeans, a white T-shirt and pointed pumps in a matching shade. The result looked dressy from the waist up and relaxed from the waist down, which is exactly the point.
Why Jacquard Feels So Right This Fall
Jacquard fabrics get their pattern from the weave itself, not from printing, which gives them depth, texture and often a slight sheen. That richness fits fall 2026’s broader taste for opulence, which Who What Wear identifies as one of the season’s big themes.
The trick is contrast. A jacket this ornate can feel formal on its own, but with jeans it becomes effortless. Payer describes the combination as both trend-forward and classic, which is rare.
How to Wear It
Choose your shape first. A fitted, cropped jacket like Edgar-Jones’s works best with straight or wide-leg jeans, since it highlights the waist. A longer style like Stone’s pairs well with slim or straight jeans and flat shoes.
Keep everything else simple: a white T-shirt, a fine knit or a plain shirt. Let the jacket be the only patterned piece. For shoes, pointed pumps make it dressier, while loafers, ballet flats or minimal sandals keep it casual.
Where to Shop It
The trend works at every budget. Who What Wear’s selection starts at $119 with Zara‘s ZW Collection jacquard jacket with frog fastenings, and includes Mango’s floral and stand-collar styles, Reformation’s Eleanor Jacket and Hill House Home’s Chrysanthemum Jacket. At the top end, Prabal Gurung’s floral jacquard car coat costs $1,895 and Dries Van Noten’s floral jacquard jacket $2,065.
Not a blazer, not a trench: this fall, the jacket that does the most for your jeans is the one with a story woven into it.