Woman walking through a station concourse in a long black wool coat, grey hoodie, straight jeans and black combat boots

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Outerwear · Autumn · Winter

Long black wool coat over a grey hoodie and straight jeans

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Early train. I dressed for the coat, not the hour. A long black wool coat, single-breasted, over a grey marl cotton hoodie and mid-wash straight jeans. Black leather combat boots, one big tote. The hoodie is a secret I keep under tailoring. Transit, winter, no creases.

A long black wool coat thrown over a grey marl hoodie, mid-wash straight jeans and lace-up boots: travel dressing that does not look like it.

The coat is the piece: single-breasted, black wool, cut long and straight to the shin with a satin lining that flashes when it moves. Under it a grey marl cotton hoodie, drawstrings left loose, over mid-wash straight-leg jeans with a clean high waist. Black leather lace-up combat boots with a lug sole, and a plain black leather tote big enough to hold a laptop and a change of mind.

This is how to travel in winter without arriving creased. The hoodie does the comfort, the coat does the rest, and the boots cross a concourse faster than anything with a heel. Autumn and winter, early trains, long walks between platforms and the coffee at the other end.

I pack light. The coat is the luggage.