On a recent morning at Marie Claire's New York City headquarters, I shrugged off my khaki Sézane trench coat to find its light beige twin, owned by fashion commerce editor Julia Marzovilla, hanging from the team's office coat rack. That same day, all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, editor-in-chief Nikki Ognunnaike was making her way through the Paris Fashion Week calendar wrapped up in her own Sézane trench.
Like ours, Ogunnaike's trench coat features a single row of buttons and a slightly oversized fit. Its understated design, highlighted by a contrasting gingham print on the inner lining, was enough to make it stand out on Paris's competitive, style-maxxing streets. "Another EIC with excellent taste complimented me on it," she messaged me between runway shows, "which I think says something!"
