We feel sure you know that sleeveless coats and jackets are a thing… not just a coat someone forgot to put the sleeves in.
The sleeveless and short-sleeve coat first made an appearance in the A/W13 collections; though strictly speaking it was a reappearance, since sleeveless coats and jackets first made an appearance in the 1970s and their return is part of the whole 70s trend.
Phoebe Philo showed them at Celine for A/W13/14 and as the hottest designer of that season, she ensured that sleeveless coats and jackets really got some attention.
A few High Street brands produced sleeveless coats last winter, but a few also got their fingers burned because we, the consumer rejected them as a bit bonkers and not what we wanted from a winter coat. But now we have got our eye in, and can see how desirable they can be, we want one and for the upcoming A/W15 season sleeveless coat top the winter lust list.
Don’t be misled if these beauties are occasionally labelled as gilets – as Shakespeare famously said “What’s In a Name”? If this gorgeous garment is long enough – and warm enough – to wear as a coat, it is a coat; so who cares what it is called.
Now, at SoSensational, we do realise there is an element of impracticality in owning a sleeveless coat or jacket or a short-sleeve coat or a gilet as your main winter cover-up, so we offer the following advice: buy your sleeveless coat or jacket or short-sleeve coat or gilet at least half a size larger than you would normally buy. This gives you the room to rock a gorgeous (and warm) chunky-knit cardigan in a perfectly-toning colour that you will always wear beneath your sleeveless coat or jacket to ensure your arms don’t freeze. We recommend a cardi, rather than a jumper as this is easier to remove when you divest yourself of your coat, jacket or gilet. And it won’t mess your hair.
Your sleeveless coat or jacket or a short-sleeve coat or a gilet is especially perfect worn over one of the new season’s jumper dresses since a jumper dress has just the right degree of effortless chic (not to say warmth) to look perfect beneath a sleeveless coat or jacket or a short-sleeve coat or gilet.
Style your sleeveless coat or jacket or a short-sleeve coat with thick tights and chunky-heel ankle boots. If it is shorter in length (i.e a gilet or jacket), wear it over a statement skirt such as denim, suede or leather.
And do be prepared for comments such as “Couldn’t you afford sleeves?” from those less in-the-know fashion-wise.
We suggest you spend a few minutes working up a response relating to their patent lack of fashion know-how, smug in the knowledge you are achingly on-trend with your sleeveless coat or jacket or short-sleeve coat!
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