The big spring coat guide for 2024

Choose a trench like Sienna Miller, or channel Meg Ryan’s checked blazer to instantly update your wardrobe. By Frankie Graddon

The clocks are yet to spring forward, but the arrival of the new season is already visible thanks to a few tell-tale sartorial signs. Though there might still be a nip in the air, the big coat switchover is happening. The chicest A-listers have already shrugged off their winter layers and are embracing lighter weight outerwear options.

Sienna Miller caused a social media sensation when she made an appearance at Paris Fashion Week wearing a trench by cult French label, Sézane. Beige with a checked lining, the Clyde coat (£275) has since sold out five times over and currently has a waiting list of over 40,000 (yes, thousand) people.

Beyond the trench, this season there’s a whole raft of chic spring coats to choose from, and it’s worth moving fast before the very best sell out. At John Lewis, sales of tailored jackets are up 32 per cent, while linen blazers – the ultimate spring workwear staple – are up by 55 per cent.

If the thought of retiring your woollen overcoat makes you shiver, take a tip from the style set and layer two spring coats over one another for extra warmth. Known as ‘double jacketing’ this works particularly well when a fitted style is worn underneath something more voluminous; think, a shrunken bomber worn underneath a loose-cut mac.

Don’t go reaching for a scarf though, the way to keep your neck toasty now is to drape a jumper over your shoulders. Done on the catwalks at Michael Kors, Fendi and others, this is how to give your spring coat added style kudos and beat the chill.

These are the six spring coat styles to know now.