In 2025, the Best Blazers Are Made for and by Women
From boxy and oversized to nipped-in and belted, here's everything you need to know about the tailored jacket.
In 2025, the best blazers for women look a little—and feel a lot—different.
As a growing new guard of women designers reimagines workwear with heightened nuance and subtlety, the sports jacket becomes more intuitive to the female experience. Waists are nipped into hourglasses, shoulders drop and soften, and Jackie Kennedy-inspired lady jackets go without sharp collars and lapels. Versatility also becomes more readily available as today’s top designers understand the many roles that women have to play. In her Spring 2025 show, Catherine Holstein of Khaite sent out oversized satin-lapeled blazers that will work in a spring work outfit and, later in the day, an impressive going-out outfit for dinner with your in-laws. The same all-around benefits apply to blazers in the middle-class tier of fashion brands: J.Crew, Veronica Beard, and Reformation all offer stiff tweed jackets for big business and relaxed, long-lapel styles to dress up a white tee and jeans on the weekends.
In sum, this year—and hopefully for the foreseeable future—the best blazers aren’t borrowed from the boys; they’re made for and by female designers who understand women's unique wants and needs. Keep scrolling for a comprehensive breakdown of the season’s leading blazer silhouettes with input from Gaëlle Drevet, founder of every fashion editor's favorite brand, The Frankie Shop, and Marc Rofsky, Moda Operandi's ready-to-wear buying director, to guide you as you shop.
Best Oversized Blazers
"Boxy oversized blazers have been trending and continue to be shown on the runways," says Rofsky, referencing those in Christian Dior, Stella McCartney, and Saint Laurent's Spring 2025 shows. Outside the luxury realm, The Frankie Shop is a cult-favorite brand to shop for blazers, largely because of its roomy Bea style. "[The Bea] offers a loose silhouette for those days you want to feel a little edgier," says Drevet of the oversized, consistent top-seller silhouette. "Strong shoulders can elevate a casual look for meetings where people will only see the upper part of your body, so consider what you want to convey and adjust the styling of your blazer based on that."
Best Collarless Blazer
"Collarless, boxy jackets in cozy materials that reference the '80s and '90s-era Chanel are also a key trend of the season," Rofsky tells Marie Claire. Look for dare-to-be-touched textures like weed, wool, and brushed velvet. We're particularly partial to the below tweed lady jacket from J. Crew, which proudly boasts Meghan Markle's stamp of approval.
Best Leather Blazers
Your hardware-heavy moto jacket doesn't abide by your office's dress codes, but your button-front black leather blazer does. A leather blazer possesses the same signature edge as a leather jacket but with less of an overt biker vibe. L'Agence's lambskin, single-button jacket would look especially smart with black tailored trousers and a matching leather boot.
Best Hourglass Blazers
"For Spring 2025, blazers with a cinched waist and strong shoulder feel fresh and create an hourglass silhouette," Rofsky notes. The silhouette calls on the feminine feel of a peplum top but in a more tailored, suited-up manifestation. Aritiza's waist-accentuating blazer takes the top slot on Marie Claire's rankings as a favorite of fashion e-commerce editor Julia Marzovilla and fashion editor Lauren Tappan.
Best Plaid Blazer
"A blazer is the number one closet staple [and] continues to be popular because it's not a trend; it's a look and an attitude,” says Drevet. When you pick your blazer for the day, you're manufacturing your mood—and a plaid style says you're going for a bookish, vintage-inspired vibe.
Best Belted Blazer
As the Moda Operandi expert explains, "Blazers are a wardrobe staple that adds instant polish to any look"—especially those with built-in belts, as the added-on accessory creates even more silhouette definition. Try a relaxed kimono style, like Banana Republic's wrap blazer, or a stiffer and more structured option, like Rag Bone's, with a leather tie around the waist.
Best Pinstripe Blazers
Speaking of '80s fashion trends: pinstriped blazers. The lined print exudes easy sophistication, calling to mind the look of a money-making business mogul, and is surprisingly easy to style. "[Pinstripe blazers] are a wardrobe staple that adds instant polish to any look. They can be worn with jeans, over a slip dress, or as a full suit—even over athleisure," offers Moda Operandi's Rofsky. Plus, a pinstripe blazer is an easy opt-in to nail the corporate-core Milan Fashion Week street style trend that's in its early stages of taking off.
Meet the Fashion Experts
When native Française-turned-New Yorker Gaëlle Drevet founded the brand, she did so with the intention of serving women like herself— who believe feeling good means looking like themselves. Women who didn’t necessarily subscribe to the codes and cuts of most clothes designed for them. Real women with real lives and an unapologetic sense of self. Women who work as hard as the play. Et voilà… the idea for The Frankie Shop was born.
Marc Rofsky is the Director of Buying, Ready-to-Wear at Moda Operandi. He oversees Moda Operandi’s complete Ready-to-Wear portfolio across the Designer, Evening, Contemporary, Resortwear, Denim Ski categories for both the in-season (Boutique) and next season (Trunkshow) lines of business. Prior to joining the Moda team, he held positions as Director of Wholesale for Valentino and Senior Buyer of Designer Ready-to-Wear at Barneys New York.
