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KATIE WRIGHT has this autumn/winter’s essential coat trends all wrapped up
REMEMBER last winter, when everywhere you turned there was someone wearing an oversized black shearling biker jacket? The insanely popular jacket originated at Acne but was copied by Zara (who else?), plus practically every other high street retailer and sold like hot cakes. So far this year, there hasn’t been one coat to rule them all on the streets, but then it’s hardly been cold enough for proper coats yet, has it? That’s all about to change, however, with November forecast to be very chilly indeed.
Here are the six key coat trends to clock this winter...
TRENCH COATS
FORGET boring old beige, this season’s trenches are bright and/or shiny, like the leather styles seen at Miu Miu and Acne or the vinyl beauties at MSGM.
If you’d usually associate a light trench with spring or early autumn, fear not, the high-shine finish adds extra insulation. Or you could try another catwalk styling trend and layer your wet-look trench with a furry coat in a tonal hue.
River Island light brown Borg longline coat £85; brown vinyl tie waist trench coat £85; cream turtle neck long sleeve jumper £26; mid blue amelie ripped hem super skinny jeans £42; beige layered sole lace-up trainers £42
CAPES
PREVIOUSLY seen as distinctly uncool, blanket wraps are now back in a big way. Gucci gave us carpet print capes while Mcqueen’s came with sporty stripes, and even every cool kid’s favourite brand Off-white did a cornflower blue version. These soft, buttonless versions are more like big scarves than the stiff wool capes of last winter – all you have to do is throw it on and go. Wallis geometric print wrap, currently reduced to £21 from £30