London Street Style

Key trends

Trench coats look sophisticated

We see a move towards sheepkskin aviator coats replacing the popular leather biker

Layered outerwear is an emerging trend

The trench

• The trench was the choice cover-up in classic tones of camel and stark black
• A great transitional coat, new ways of updating the trench are with leather panelling and fur collars
• Lightweight quilted styles reinforce the heritage trend

Blanket wraps

• Unstructured blanket-style jackets look great when worn loose and undone
• Heavy knits worn belted-up
• Oversize blanket shapes are great for the new layering trend emerging on the street and catwalk

Layered outerwear

• A new emerging trend on the streets and catwalk
• Experiment with different lengths to create a new silhouette
• Contrasting classic colours enhance the layering effect

Leather and sheepskin jackets

• There is a clear move towards sheepskin jackets this season
• Leather jackets are still prominent, though softer, more feminine styles look more directional than the biker jacket of previous seasons
• Oversized collars and looser-fit silhouettes move the look on

Classic wool coat

• Heavier wool coats looked classic and sophisticated in camel and grey tones
• Single-breasted styles look great in looser-fit cocoon silhouettes
• Larger, masculine shapes are a great way to update the classic wool coat

Black fur

• Real and faux furs are still a winter must-have on the London streets
• Shaggy furs look great on boxier silhouettes
• Astrakhan effects are popular on oversized styles

Furry

• Aside from black, big hairy fur coats were popular in tones of camel and grey
• While many women opted for the real deal, faux furs looked fun and exotic
• Feather effects and hairy angoras give an over-the-top dimensional effect

Capes

• Capes are reinforcing the heritage trend and were a big hit on the london catwalks
• Camel tones looked directional as well as pillar-box red and navy
• Layer with denim for a more youthful direction

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