No matter where you live, who you are, or what time period it is, when the temperatures drop, the coats come out. It's basically a fact of life, the same way the fact that a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich is good at any time of day is always true. The wonderful thing about outerwear is that it's always a variation on itself. Jacket silhouettes that were popular decades ago are resurfacing in 2012, calling to mind visions of Annie Hall and Paul Léautaud. Big coats are once again feminine and masculine at the same time (see below), depending on how you style them (and what gender you identify with). This coming fall, overcoats are appearing in bright colors, bizarre textures, funky prints, and new lengths. Just talking about it makes me want to walk around in humongous jacket, but if I were to do so I would indefinitely die of heat stroke.
For pre-fall, hemlines are falling at a demure length of right above the knee, so keep that in mind when selecting your coat. You can go long, but not too long. That's so last season. (Jokes, jokes! You know I wouldn't care if you went all Hagrid-style on me, he's a kewl dude.) If you get a simpler one, you can do some incredible layering. If you get a statement coat, you can just button it up to your collarbone and walk around like that. Trust me, it's enough.
Photos via style.com.
Colorful coats:
Acne Balenciaga
Calvin Klein Collection Erdem
DSquared² Missoni
Classic coats with contemporary complexities:
T by Alexander Wang Badgley Mischka
Band of Outsiders Jason Wu
3.1 Phillip Lim Michael Kors
Oscar de la Renta 3.1 Phillip Lim
I'm quite pumped about this particular trend: if I could look like a combination of the two members of a heterosexual elderly couple, I'd be happy. You gotta have the old man and the old woman all in one. It's essential.
It's le weekend once more, so go out and enjoyo'self. I'm walking across the Brooklyn Bridge today and biking around Governor's Island tomorrow, so I know I'll be having oodles and noodles of fun going back and forth and in circles. Yeah!
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