How often do we see a great piece in a store and think “I could never wear that, it is too obvious”
I love a coat (or any piece) that has really dramatic design details , like the sleeve seaming here, that is actually is very subtle when you are wearing it.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Alice Olive
March 26, 2007 at 9:40 am
She looks so cute! The whole ensemble is great. The coat is beautiful, I especially love the overall sleeve design, the ‘pouf’, very pretty. I finally wore a shirt with a similar design detail the other day and was amazed at how many people noticed.
Sleeper
March 26, 2007 at 9:48 am
This is my favorite kind of piece: the kind that could almost be unremarkable from a distance, or even across the subway car, but that utterly captures your attention — and then you notice the gaspingly lovely details. They almost wound you.
You’ve also nailed the feeling of walking into a shop and seeing something that’s just too item-y. This is the opposite of that piece.
Deja Pseu
March 26, 2007 at 9:54 am
It works because she keeps everything else so simple. Very nice! Love her Balenciaga Geant too!
Sempre Libera
March 26, 2007 at 10:44 am
Ditto on what Sleeper said. This is really lovely!
Leigh
March 26, 2007 at 11:06 am
Gorgeous coat . . . love love the sleeve details. Agree with “Sleeper” . . . this is my fave kind of piece as well for exactly the same reasons.
Carolina Lange
March 26, 2007 at 11:07 am
That is a fantastic coat! She looks really nice with it!
Fashion Weakley
March 26, 2007 at 11:41 am
What a beautiful coat. The key is in the simplicity of everything else, even the color, it’s all about the sleeve. She wears it well.
shopdiary
March 26, 2007 at 11:50 am
i love the sleeves!
Cut of cloth
March 26, 2007 at 11:53 am
Beautiful cut
Simply clever
Anonymous
March 26, 2007 at 12:07 pm
It’s very beautiful, but how does it close? I can’t see buttons or other closures in the enlarged photograph.
Anonymous
March 26, 2007 at 2:48 pm
the coat looks like Marni.
NYC Modelista
March 26, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Brilliant bell sleeves!! I wonder if the coat would look better or more severe if it had a tighter fit in the body.
Anonymous
March 26, 2007 at 3:04 pm
gorgeous! I want that coat! its very artistic!
Yugen
March 26, 2007 at 4:13 pm
I like sleeper´s sentence: They [the lovely details] almost wound you.
I find this remark very precise. dicovering such details takes your breath away for a moment. it always comes so unexpectedly!
artbi*ch
March 26, 2007 at 4:32 pm
fancy
well done!! =)
SwanDiamondRose
March 26, 2007 at 4:46 pm
i really love this
jkrnyc
March 26, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Oh, I love those sleeves. After you posted that pic of the woman in the grey blouse at the CK show in the Fall I went a-huntin’ and bought several tops with that sleeve. It looks just gorgeous and sublime on this coat – love the seaming. >sigh<
Marc
March 26, 2007 at 5:39 pm
great coat. great bag, louboutins
Anonymous
March 26, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Very pretty but I see it being impractical (i.e. when getting your chai latte from the barrista)
mltt
Random Notion by Dova & Ko
March 26, 2007 at 8:29 pm
I think finding the perfect coat that is warm and beautiful is very hard to come by. It is a bit like finding a good hairdresser.
I know a good aigle goose down coat will keep me warm, but I don’t look so great in it. Maybe I am from Sydney (which is never cold), so I am not as lucky as new yorkers and europeans, they have a great deal to choose from.
Candid Cool
March 26, 2007 at 8:47 pm
that sleeve is marvelous!
Mandy
March 27, 2007 at 6:51 am
Oh man, this is amazing. How brilliant… I am very inspired. :)
piccolina
March 27, 2007 at 11:33 am
Beautiful. I want it…
iopine
March 27, 2007 at 1:34 pm
The tailoring on that sleeve is epic.
jrn
March 28, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Details like this are what fashion is all about, plain and simple.
Anonymous
March 29, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I like it – it’s a little AsFour-tastic, but I like it.
mra
March 31, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Great detail!!
Anonymous
September 30, 2007 at 9:51 am
Are you sure that is Marni? It looks like a Markus Huemer: Unit Coat. I remember this sleeve that he actually draped and pattern made himself years ago.
The Divinitus
February 17, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I would say its Marni b/c I have it in unlined version (from Marni Fall / Winter 2006-07 collection).
But you made me interested in Markus Huemer…
Anonymous
February 12, 2010 at 9:51 am
I love dramatic sleeves!