Zendaya Wore the New Denim Jacket Trend That Makes Basics Look More Current

Zendaya wears more high-fashion couture looks in a month than most people will wear in a lifetime. On the flip side, when she's off-duty, she keeps things far more chill and accessible but no less chic. Because of her fashion prowess and influence, Zendaya's off-duty outfits are often emulated by the masses. This brings me to her latest look that paparazzi captured in NYC this week.

Zendaya's outfit consisted of all basics, but it's the jacket trend she paired with them that made it look particularly current and cool. She started with baggy white trousers, a gray sweater, and white On sneakers and added a denim jacket. It wasn't just any denim jacket—it was a dark denim jacket. Zendaya's jacket (which is by The Row and has also been donned by Kendall Jenner) represents the inky-denim trend that fashion has been embracing this season and that makes everything it's paired with look more elegant and put-together and, yes, more 2024.

If you're interested in making your basics look fresh and elegant, keep scrolling to see Zendaya's styling and shop dark denim jackets for your own wardrobe.

Zendaya wearing a denim jacket and white pants.

(Image credit: JosiahW/Backgrid)

On Zendaya: The Row Ness Cotton and Cashmere Jacket ($1990); Louis Vuitton bag; On The Roger Centre Court Sneakers ($190); Bottega Veneta sunglasses

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Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.