Woman in an olive and camel patchwork trench coat with a brown leather shoulder-strap belt and black ankle boots on a rooftop

Outerwear · Autumn · Winter

Olive and camel patchwork trench with a leather shoulder-strap belt

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A trench that got taken apart and didn't go back. Olive wool, camel, satin, patchworked into one coat and worn closed as a dress, with a brown leather shoulder-strap belt holding it together. Black wedge ankle boots. Yes, the straps are structural. So am I. October. Sleeves to the elbow.

A trench in olive wool, camel and satin, taken apart, put back together and held in place by a brown leather shoulder-strap belt.

A trench coat taken apart and put back together with opinions. Olive wool felt down one side, camel on the other, and a panel of olive satin where the left skirt should be, falling into a handkerchief hem that points at the pavement. The shoulders are padded and carry epaulettes, the storm flap is camel, and a brown leather shoulder-strap belt is buckled over the lot: two straps over the shoulders, one strap at the waist, matching straps at the cuffs.

It is worn closed, as a dress, on its own, with the sleeves pushed up to the elbow. Black leather ankle boots with a sculpted wedge heel keep the bottom half quiet. This is an autumn coat for the three weeks when a coat is a pleasure and not yet a duty: rooftop at five, coffee after, somewhere with a door at eight.

Two colours in one coat. For me that counts as a riot.

the pieces

  • Olive and camel patchwork trench coatcoat · wool · camel
  • Brown leather shoulder-strap beltstrap belt · leather · chocolate
  • Black leather wedge ankle bootsboots · leather · black

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styling notes

  • Wear it closed, as a dress
  • Sleeves pushed to the elbow
  • Black ankle boots and no tights

palette

Forest green#5F5A2C Camel#B8905F Black#111111 Chocolate#5A4632

details

OuterwearAutumnWinterDaytimeCoffeePowerSharpLeatherSatinWoolCoatStrap beltBootsRooftopAsymmetricBeltedBuckle

wearabilitysomewhere in between

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