Right now, the chicest way to wear a coat is to not. During this month of frigid fashion weeks, photo after photo showed that women are skipping sleeves in favour of a slung-jacket look: not actively putting on the coat, just letting it be there, draped on their shoulders and guarding against the cold.
MBFWA Sydney, Australia was full of caped crusaders, dashing fearlessly from show to show with their coattails flowing from their shoulders. We always admire the way actress Charlotte Best of Puberty Blues not-wear their coats. That is, they skip the sleeves and drape their outerwear over their shoulders, so that it looks like they’re wearing leather moto cloaks. Tash Sefton of theyallhateus.com also nails the art of not-wearing, deftly pairing a loose fitting top and trousers under her regal camel coat. Shop Mode’s range of coats here.
