Good coats live in my imagination more than any other garment. Most runway images I save are perfectly shaped, oversized long wool coats, with wide lapels, exaggerated shoulders and raglan sleeves. They are almost always double-breasted and made by such designers as The Row, Lemaire, Phoebe Philo and Jil Sander. Most of the time I can’t bring myself to look at the price tags.
“The amazing thing about coats, which isn’t true of any other item of clothing, is their ability to redefine an entire look and profile,” says a Melbourne-based stylist, Emma Boseley. Since they go over your outfit and hold a shape of their own whether it’s cocoon, oversized or tailored, “they have the potential to play with volume and scale”.
