The Most Important Item in Your Wardrobe

If you don't already own a well-fitting sports jacket, it should be the first thing you buy this spring. Play it right and you'll look as sharp as dapper soul man Trey Songz. This is our lapel-to-hem guide to buying and wearing the season's best styles. The sports jacket is the most important item in your wardrobe this season. You will be wearing it all day, every day, no kidding. (As you can see in these pages, there are countless ways to style it, whether you've got business to handle or you're simply hanging out.) Just remember: It's called a sports jacket for a reason.