<input type="text" />

<input type="text" style="border-color:red" />

<input type="text" style="border:1px solid #ff0000" />

<input type="text"/>

<style>
    input{
       border:2px solid #FF0000;
    }
</style>

.default{
border: 2px solid transparent;
}

.new{
border: 2px solid red;
}

input:active,
input:focus {
    border: 1px solid #red
}

input:active,
input:focus {
    padding: 2px solid #red /*for firefox and chrome*/
}

/* .ie is a class you would need to set at the html root level */
.ie input:active,
.ie input:focus {
    padding: 3px solid #red /* IE needs 1px extra padding*/
}

$("input.address_field").on('click', function(){
     $(this).css('border', '2px solid red');
});