Select Perfect Coat for your Body Type

How to Select the Perfect Coat

Coats have always been in fashion in various shapes and styles. Coats, jackets, overcoats, blazers etc are fashion staple for winter season. In fact a basic trench is a fashion must have for every girl. Coats are designed to gorgeously sculpt the body by emphasizing the waist line and the feminine form of the body while still offering a great amount of coverage which creates a very mysterious and elegant look.

stella McCartney A.F.vandevorst Giorgio Armani
stella McCartney A.F.vandevorst Giorgio Armani

But choosing the perfect coat, especially for Indian women, can be quite a task. There are so many details to be considered in coats such as length, collar and lapel details, buttons, and styles and so on.. Here are a few tips for choosing the right coat for every body shape:

Top Heavy

Go for: slightly unfitted, single breasted, deep necks, narrow lapels, natural shoulder padding. Reaching till hips’ end.
Avoid: bulky material, statement collars, heavy top embellishments.

coats for topy heavy body type
coats for topy heavy body type

Small Bust

Go for: nipped waists, top detailing, structured cut. high shoulders, broad lapels, statement collars.
Avoid: unstructured, oversized, boxy, square cut.

A pea coat, a structured shoulders coat and two coats with detailed necklines
A pea coat, a structured shoulders coat and two coats with detailed necklines

Bottom Heavy

Go For: Straight, a line, single breasted, mid hip length or longer.
Avoid: nipped waists, square and boxy cuts, oversized embellishments and pocket detailing.

A classic and a line coat.
A classic and a line coat.

Petite Body Type

Go for: belts, empire waists, fitted silhouettes, just above the knees length, subtle neck detailing, simple straight and bracelet sleeves.
Avoid: bulky and double breasted, broad lapels, off detailing.

Bracelet sleeves, fitted belted trench
Bracelet sleeves, fitted belted trench

Tall Body Type

Go for: almost any style. Unstructured, voluminous, oversized coats with bold prints, huge checks, with fur, belted and embellished, high necklines and collars. This is the only shape tat can pull off a long trench.
Avoid: too short styles a they can make your legs look weirdly long.

Oversized jacket style coat with high collar, a fitted belted coat, a boxy coat and a long trench.
Oversized jacket style coat with high collar, a fitted belted coat, a boxy coat and a long trench.

Curvy Body Type

Go for: belted, straight, simple cuts. Low neck, one or two buttons, single breasted, narrow lapels, knee length.
Avoid: high collars, long length and ott embellishments.

America Ferrera’s above the knee length coat and a knee length coat worn front open.
America Ferrera’s above the knee length coat and a knee length coat worn front open.

Broad shoulders Body Type

Go for: unstructured, loose but not oversized, cocoon cuts. Raglan sleeves, deep v necks, mid hip length or longer.
Leave out: double breasted, breast pockets, stiff fabrics and shoulder padding.

A CK raglan sleeves coat, and other loose unstructured coats.
A CK raglan sleeves coat, and other loose unstructured coats.

Narrow shoulders

Go for: military fitted cuts, or short cuts with defined shoulders and some padding, straight sleeves, double breasted.
Leave out: raglan or puffy sleeves

A hot blue military coat, a structured shoulders short coat and a short straight coat.
A hot blue military coat, a structured shoulders short coat and a short straight coat.

The coat fabric and design can make you look instantly different. There are a variety of fabrics, colours and styles in coats to choose from. They are available in wool, tweed, corduroy, leather, cotton etc.. Leather coats can help you create a very sophisticated and sleek look, a look which will exude sensuality, style and confidence at the same time. Corduroy fabrics work for formal wear as it gives a smart and professional look. It is very comfortable to wear but will not keep you warm at very chilly places. For a more interesting style, choose a printed trench coat as prints are very popular this fall winter season. Animal prints fashion trend is in and can add just the right amount of sexiness to your outfit. If however you are more of a classic, try to opt for the vintage style trench, the trench coat which has classic lines and in the classical subtle colours like tan, beige, white, black, cherry red etc.

In India you can find the newest trends in coats, jackets and trends at all the major shopping outlets such as shoppers stop, lifestyle, pantaloons, max etc. Globus has a nice and reasonably priced fall collection up now. You can also check out many high end brands such as LV, Burberry (Invention of the trench coat is claimed by both Burberry and Aquascutum), Ck etc..

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15 thoughts on “Select Perfect Coat for your Body Type

  1. Thank u so much Rati.. yeah u shud asap… coat is to winter what makeup is to skin!! lol..weird comparison but u get the point right 😀

  2. Aaaaaah…**drooling** over the coats :drool: :drool: ..I so much want that that Bracelet sleeves, fitted belted trench :-(( !! Why does this website make me want more of the stuffs from this mercenary world? ?:-) ?:-) . I was such a non-materialistic girl *sigh* and now look at me!! :teeth: :teeth: :evilgrin: :devil: :devil:

    1. I guess she is busy preparing the new eye make up looks!! She is such an ace :yes: :yes: :yes: !! Me J :evilgrin: :teeth: ..me want to learn all that tooooooooooooo :weep: :wilt: :wilt:

  3. i dnt use much makeup other than a kajal and a mascara..and a gloss on occassions so m nt J 😎 bt yes she is an ace and everything looks perfect on her :-))

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