The Jacket That Made Me Fall Back in Love With Getting Dressed

13 de junio de 2026

Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket shown front-on displaying the zip fastening, relaxed fit silhouette and soft pink seasonal colourway

Every year, around the end of February, I have the same experience. I open my wardrobe, look at the rotation of dark, practical layers I have been wearing since October, and feel a very specific kind of tired. Not tired of the clothes exactly, they have done their job, but tired of the version of myself that has been wearing them. Ready for something different.

My name is Bea Thornton. I am a marketing manager from Bristol, and I care about what I wear in the way that people who spend a lot of time in meetings and on video calls tend to care: practically, but not without thought. I want to look put-together. I want to feel like myself. And by late February, after four months of navy and charcoal and black, I had stopped feeling like either.

The Wardrobe Rut

The problem with a winter wardrobe rut is that it creeps up on you. You make sensible choices in October, dark colours, warm layers, things that work in the rain, and by March you have been wearing essentially the same rotation for so long that you have forgotten what you actually like. I had forgotten that I like colour. I had forgotten that getting dressed can be enjoyable rather than just functional.

Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket back view showing the cuffed hemline, relaxed fit through the body and the even pink colourway from behind

What I wanted for spring was something that would do the work of a jacket, practical, layerable, appropriate for the office and the weekend, but that would also signal a change. Something with colour. Something that made me feel like I had made a choice rather than just reached for the nearest thing.

A bomber jacket had been in my mind for a while. The shape is right for me, relaxed without being shapeless, and it works over almost anything. I just needed the right one.

Finding the Yumi Pink Bomber

I found the Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket at ALTOE on a Sunday morning in early March, which is exactly the right time to be looking for a pink bomber jacket. The colour was the first thing: a warm, confident pink that is seasonal without being saccharine. Not pastel, not neon, just a proper spring pink that works with denim, with white, with cream, with the kind of things I actually wear.

Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket styled in a casual outfit showing how the jacket layers over everyday spring clothing and the relaxed fit in proportion

The details were right too. Zip fastening, cuffed hemline, pockets, all the things a bomber jacket should have. Relaxed fit, which at 55cm length sits at exactly the right point. Lightweight enough to wear through spring and into early summer without overheating. Machine washable, which matters for something I planned to wear constantly.

At £60 it was a considered purchase rather than an impulse, but it was also a Yumi piece, a brand I had bought from before and trusted for fit and quality. I ordered it on the Sunday. It arrived Tuesday.

First Wear

I wore it to the office on the Wednesday. Over a white shirt and straight-leg jeans, which is my default and which the jacket made look considerably more intentional than it usually does. Three colleagues commented on it before 10am. One of them asked if I had done something different, which is the best kind of compliment because it means the overall effect is right without being obvious.

Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket worn in a styled setting showing the zip detail, pocket placement and how the cuffed hem sits at the hip

The fit was exactly right. Relaxed without being oversized, the sleeves the correct length, the body sitting at the hip in the way that bomber jackets should. The lining is smooth and the zip runs cleanly. It felt like a jacket that had been thought about.

I wore it again on Thursday. And Friday. And both days of the following weekend.

Three Months On

The Yumi Pink Bomber has been my most-reached-for piece since March. I have worn it over dresses, over knitwear, over t-shirts, to the office, to the pub, to a friend's birthday dinner, and on a weekend trip to London where I wore it every day. It has been machine washed four times and the colour has not faded and the shape has not changed.

Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket front view showing the full jacket with zip open demonstrating the lining, relaxed silhouette and versatile styling options

The lightweight construction has been exactly right for the season. Warm enough for a cool spring morning, not too warm for a sunny afternoon. I have not once put it on and wished I had brought something else.

Yumi Pink Relaxed Lightweight Bomber Jacket detail shot showing the zip fastening, collar and cuff construction and the quality of the polyester shell fabric

More than the practical side: it reminded me that I like getting dressed. That sounds like a small thing. After four months of reaching for the same dark layers on autopilot, it was not a small thing at all. The right piece at the right moment can do that, pull you back into your own wardrobe and remind you what you actually like.

Two friends have bought it since seeing mine. One in the same pink, one in a different colourway. Both have reported the same experience: worn constantly, washed well, no regrets.

Worth It?

Completely. If you are coming out of a winter wardrobe rut and looking for the piece that will pull your spring dressing together, this is a very strong candidate. The colour is right, the fit is right, the quality is right, and it works with everything.