Fall Coats: A Guide

There’s a rotting cornucopia gourd’s worth of reasons why fall is the best season (except for spring, early summer,  Christmas and my birthday). But, if you’re like me, it means you have a vagina, and if you have a vagina it means you like clothes.  This means that your favorite kind of harvest bounty comes in the lush fabrics, beautiful stitching and inifinite layering possibilities of falls most delectable clothing options. (You’re supposed to read that last sentence in the voice of that mincing homosexual m’aitre d’ from The Simpsons). Best of all, of course, is coats.  Fall coats! Heavy enough to keep you warm while you’re walking cobblestoned streets, sipping pumpkin spice lattes, standing  beside a leaf pile or mourning the death or your college sweetheart.  But what KIND of coat?  So many styles, so many colors so many fabrics. It can be a tad overwhelming!  Here’s a helpful guide:

Peacoat

Collegiate, Oxfordian and irresistible to the Ryan O’Neills of the world, peacoats are classic, stylish and come in a variety of colors. We all know that camel is the look of the season but some like it gray, others red, but I say classic navy’s where you can’t go wrong.

Peacoats by ashleyclaire featuring a long sleeve coat

Military

Kill a civilian! Nothing says harvest time like ritual slaughter. Do Columbus proud the chic way in one of these battle-worthy toppers.

Military by ashleyclaire featuring a military coat

Trench

Perfect for subway exhibitionists and girls with an Anna Karina fixation alike.

trench by ashleyclaire featuring a double breasted coat

Swing coat

For zany dinner parties, jaunts to the shops on Saturday morning and girls with a Laugh-In Fixation

swing coat by ashleyclaire featuring an asos coat

Blazer

For those of us who still occasionally do our onanistic homework to that one English / Humanities teacher/professor we high-school wanted to hook up with but would have hated  forever if he had actually ever come on to us. Corduroy is a plus. Elbow patches are a no, unless you plan on throwing  our textbooks out the window and putting your feet on the desk.  And even then, no.

Blazers by ashleyclaire featuring a corduroy blazer

Animal Print

For Fran Drescher.

Animal Print by ashleyclaire featuring french connection coats