Woman in a charcoal balloon-sleeve coat with a wide leather obi belt and herringbone wide-leg trousers by a concrete wall

Outerwear · Autumn · Winter

Charcoal obi-belt coat and herringbone wide-leg trousers

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A coat that closes with a knot. Buttons are for other people. A charcoal wool felt coat with balloon sleeves, wrapped shut by a wide black leather obi belt, over grey herringbone wide-leg trousers and black pointed pumps. Belt twice, knot at the front. Cold office morning.

A charcoal wool coat with balloon sleeves, wrapped shut with a wide black leather obi belt, over herringbone wide-leg trousers and pointed pumps.

The coat is charcoal wool felt, knee-length and double-faced, with wide notched lapels and sleeves that balloon from the shoulder to a narrow cuff. It has no buttons; a wide black leather obi belt wraps twice around the waist and knots at the front, pulling the whole silhouette into an hourglass. Below it, the trousers are a grey and black herringbone wool, high-waisted and wide, with a pressed crease that runs to the floor over pointed black pumps.

This is a working coat for the cold months: the office, a lunch that runs long, a walk between the two. October to March. The belt should sit at the natural waist and be pulled tight; it is doing the job of every button the coat does not have. A black smartwatch, a bead bracelet, hair down and straight, one hand on the hip.

Shoulders like that do not need a title on the door.