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Winter Coats from Littlewoods


Cold enough for you yet?

Certain newspapers are full of dire warnings of the worst winter on record, a new ice age if you will. Apparently we can expect show up to our shoulders and we might as well invest in husky dogs to take us to work as a car. Except when you ask the Met office they look all mystified and deny all knowledge of any such weather phenomenon.

New ice age or not, it’s winter, it will be cold, and I’ve been planning a winter coats post for weeks, then an email dropped through asking me to take a look at Littlewoods range of Women’s Jackets. So I did, and today’s post is about things to keep you warm from Littlewoods coats and jackets, there might be another winter coats post coming soon when I get round to it!

I love catalogue sites, they have such a huge range that you’re bound to find something to your taste. The downside of that is spending hours trawling through page after page of padded knee length parkas to find that gorgeous, fitted 40s style coat. So, like the kind and generous person I am, I have done the the hard work for you and pulled out 5 of my favourite vintage inspired coats from the 394 available. There are other nice ones, but these are my favourites.

Myleene Klass Cape Sleeve Jacket £74

I absolutely love this jacket! That cape shoulder and curved hem have a very late 30s or early 40s feel. This would look great as a suit if you could get a pencil skirt to match, but if not it would look just as good over a dress, or with a pair of swing trousers in a toning colour. It’s just crying out to be worn with gloves and a hat.

cape jacketSouth Fit & Flare Coat with Faux Fur Collar £92

A fit and flare coat is a classic shape and this one works really well for a 1940s style with it’s faux fur collar and peplum on the hips. Beware if you are bottom heavy, as that peplum definitely accentuates the hips, which is great, as long as that’s the desired effect!

Peplum Coat

Vero Moda Lounge Fur Jacket £92

This reminds me very much of a boxy hip length 1940s faux fur jacket I have. My 1940s jacket has bigger, boxier shoulders, but if you wanted a little more of that look you could always sew some shoulder pads in. I really like the subtle leopard print on this too.

fur jacket

Glamour Princess Coat £97

This is such a perfect coat for a ladylike 60s inspired look. It’s a gorgeous boucle material, not something you see often, with cute gold buttons. Very Jackie O. I’d keep it away from mud and remember not to lean against walls though….

Boucle Coat

French Connection Glorious Wool Coat £224

Finally, up at the top end of the scale is this gorgeous wool coat. For a quality winter coat this isn’t an outrageous price, but dry cleaning costs on such a pale colour might be an issue. Still, the fit and flare style and peter pan collar means this coat works for vintage styles from the 1940s up to the 1960s, but is classic enough not to look out of place if you’re having a jeans day.

French Connection Coat

Are you buying a new winter coat this year, or is last years still doing it’s job?

 

This post is produced in collaboration with Littlewoods.

18 replies on “Winter Coats from Littlewoods”
  1. says: Ali

    I’ve dug out a really old green tweed winter coat I bought from H&M, maybe 6 years ago? I’ve done a bit of re-fashioning on it – shortened by about 8 inches, used the excess material to create a ruffle down the front and replaced the buttons! I’m also going to make a detachable faux fur collar and cuffs set, for when the ice age sets in! If I could afford it I’d love that French Connection coat, it’s such a gorgeous shape!

  2. says: Jessie in Fashion Limbo

    I bought a light coat from Mango, which is more like a jacket it’s so thin, but I loved it cos it reminded me of the one Jennifer Beals wears in the last scene in Flashdance 😉 It’s not as cold here, in Barcelona, as it’s in the UK; but it’s getting mighty freezing, so yesterday I wore my huge furry leopard print ago from Zara two years ago. Problem is I live in a typical Spanish flat…with no central heating. So my boyfriend, the dogs and I are bracing ourselves for our hardest winter yet…we also work from home, so no toasty office to go to. As I type, I’m wearing Ugg boots, warm layers and a snood…indoors, and the cold has only just began 😛

  5. says: Perdita

    I have too many coats to justify a new one! I did find a new work ‘anorack’ coat that was a massive improvement on the norm though; it was from Asda (!!) and is a waterproof padded coat but tailored-style with a neat waist with quilting in bow shapes and fur around the hood. Waterproof AND not a man’s puffa jacket: bonus.

  7. says: Morrigan Palmer Brown

    I’m wearing my 1940s beaver lamb. Makes me feel a million dollars and environmentally-friendly at the same time. Although not on rainy days. I don’t want to smell like a wet sheep.

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