My Dream Winter Outfit Formula? A Sweater, Jeans, and Boots—33 Options I Found at J.Crew, Nordstrom, and Gap

Comfortable, easy, and chic.

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Fact: You can usually find me in some combination of a sweater, jeans, and boots. The winter outfit formula has never failed me. However, my go-to look has been feeling a bit stale lately, so I figured it was time to add some new essentials into the mix.

I headed to a few of my favorite retailers—Nordstrom, J.Crew, and Gap—with my credit card and a mental shopping list comprised of knitwear, denim, and boots. In the end, I had created several very emulatable winter outfits perfect for keeping on deck for the next time you get bored, thanks to a few key winter fashion trends. My love of minimalist finds also led me to add capsule-wardrobe staples like cashmere sweaters, black boots, and straight-leg denim to my cart—my bases are officially covered. Once you scroll through my curation below, you, too, will see that the look is polished, cozy, and far from boring.

Brooke Knappenberger
Brooke Knappenberger
Associate Commerce Editor

Brooke Knappenberger is the Associate Commerce Editor at Marie Claire, where she specializes in crafting shopping stories—from sales content to buying guides that span every vertical on the site. She also oversees holiday coverage with an emphasis on gifting guides as well as Power Pick, our monthly column on the items that power the lives of MC’s editors. She also tackled shopping content as Marie Claire's Editorial Fellow prior to her role as Associate Commerce Editor.

She has over three years of experience writing on fashion, beauty, and entertainment and her work has appeared on Looper, NickiSwift, The Sun US, and Vox Magazine of Columbia, Missouri. Brooke obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism with an emphasis on Magazine Editing and has a minor in Textile and Apparel Management.