A Tailored Coat

My final addition to my coat wardrobe + adding feminine accessories

My belated Xmas present was a classic black double-breasted coat from Toteme. I’ve wanted a tailored coat for a while—one that is double-breasted, slightly oversized and somewhat reminiscent of the ones popular in the late 80s, early 90s. To me it’s ultimately versatile, you can dress it up or down, plus I needed something very warm. This replaces an old Stella McCartney of similar design that I bought on mega-sale years back at Neiman’s, but also in a very slim size 2, which now, frankly, is a bit too fitted for me (I’m saving it for my older daughter who is petite). I tried the coat on at the Toteme boutique and then found it on sale at Ssense. There are a few out there (see below), some are not on sale yet, but I am sure they will be quite soon. Unless you are desperate, I would hold out to get a decent deal.

It’s so hard to tell how anything fits when you look at it on beanstalk models, I don’t feel like this on me, above, looks the same as it does on the model, below. It feels big…