If You Want Your Airport Outfits to Give First Class—Ditch Your Jacket For This Elegant Staple Instead

If I could pass on one piece of advice to make your airport styling more elegant, it would be this: ditch your favourite funnel-neck jacket and swap it for an oversized scarf instead. Taking my cues from Zoë Kravitz, who was recently spotted fresh off a flight wrapped up in an elegant pale-pink shawl, I’ll be making this chic layer my new in-flight staple.

Between the sweeping drape of the oversized scarf and the comfort of swaddling yourself up, there's an inherent luxury woven in the makeup of the design. Better still, its throw-on nature makes it a genuinely practical travel companion, too—you can easily drape it over your shoulders when the cabin gets chilly, then remove it or stow it away when temperatures rise.

Zoe Kravitz and Harry Styles emerge from the airport. Zoe wears black trousers with heeled ballet pumps and a pink throw over her shoulders. — (Image credit: The Image Direct)

Styled with a relaxed pair of black straight-leg trousers and an airport-appropriate heeled ballet pump, Kravitz kept things incognito with a dark-blue baseball cap and oversized black sunglasses. With a large tote slung over her shoulder and the oversized pale-pink shawl wrapped around her frame, she crafted a practical yet polished take on airport dressing that felt as first-class-worthy as it looked.

Whilst funnel-neck jackets have certainly been a favourite for the past few autumns, if you’re travelling anytime soon, I’d urge you to consider this elegant alternative instead. If you’re inspired, read on to shop the chicest oversized scarves and shawls I recommend below.