Girls' Jackets and Gilets

Girls' jackets and gilets: what's in the collection?

Champion girls' jackets are the outer layer of a sportswear wardrobe, worn over sweatshirts, tracksuits and T-shirts and changed with the season. The selection is built from three constructions: lightweight hooded jackets, padded hooded jackets and padded full-zip gilets.

Every model has a hood, which covers the head on a short walk without needing anything extra. To build the rest of the wardrobe underneath, browse girls' clothing 3-16.

Lightweight, padded or sleeveless?

The lightweight hooded jacket handles the mid-seasons: over a sweatshirt on a windy day, on its own when it is mild, and small enough to carry when it is not needed.

The padded jacket is the winter piece, where the padding adds cover and volume. The full-zip gilet sits between the two, covering the body while leaving the arms free over a hoodie or a tracksuit.

Which jacket for which season?

What works for the start of term?

In the first weeks back the lightweight hooded jacket covers most of it. Over a T-shirt or a crew-neck sweatshirt, it manages the gap between a cold morning and a warm afternoon without weighing the bag down.

What works in the cold months?

Once the temperature settles low the padded jacket becomes the main outer layer. Underneath, a hooded sweatshirt with joggers stays the most practical pairing, and the coordinated versions are in girls' tracksuits and sets.

And in spring?

In spring the gilet and the lightweight jacket come back into rotation. The gilet in particular keeps the body covered during outdoor play without restricting the arms.

What goes underneath?

Under the lightweight jacket a T-shirt or a crew-neck sweatshirt is enough. Under the padded style, a hoodie with joggers or leggings is the easiest combination to strip a layer back from indoors.

The gilet plays either role depending on the day: over a sweatshirt when the air is cool, under a lightweight jacket when more cover is needed. A girls' T-shirt stays the base layer in both cases, which keeps the outfit easy to adjust between morning and afternoon.

How do the colours change the outfit?

The range runs across pink, light pink, black, dark blue and dusty blue. A black or dark blue jacket goes with any sweatshirt and trousers already in the wardrobe and is the simplest choice for school.

The pink and dusty blue styles work as the main event instead: keep the layers beneath plain and finish with a neutral pair of kids' trainers.

How do you decide between the three?

The simplest test is how many layers go underneath. T-shirt or a light sweatshirt only, and the lightweight hooded jacket is enough. Hoodie plus brushed-lined joggers, and the padded jacket is the consistent choice. Body covered but arms free, for outdoor play and mid-season days, and the gilet is the answer.

Which accessories complete the outer layer?

In cold months a hat and a backpack finish the look alongside the jacket. Kids' accessories gathers the hats, bags and socks of the junior range.

The same accessories carry over into the warmer part of the year, when the backpack ends up carrying the lightweight jacket itself once the afternoon warms up. It is the practical reason the packable style stays in rotation long after the padded one has been put away.

Where does the outerwear come from?

Champion was founded in 1919 in sportswear, and the outerwear follows the same brief: clothes built to be worn in motion. In the girls' range that means jackets and gilets for school, play and getting about.