Tailored Long Coat is Best Fall Trend for 2022

When it comes to fashion trends for Fall/Winter cold weather, it's been a long streak with Olivia Palermo as leader of the pack. This year, I'm feeling this long ankle length A-line, tailored coat with a fitted military vibe and shiny double-breasted buttons. If OP posts pictures of her coat three times on her Instagram and also in the IG stories, then you know, this is the "IT" item to put in your fashion inspiration bucket list! 

Giambattista Valli A-line double-breasted coat 

($3,874 - no thanks to the price tag, but will try to find a more affordable dup) 

A running contender of amazing Fall/Winter outerwear is Wendy from Wendy's Lookbook, who shares more affordable items and more petite-friendly sizing for us little ladies. When she posted this lovely long ivory coat in her IG stories, it provided confirmation that the long tailored coat is definitely the trend of the year! 

Mango fitted handmade wool coat

($299.99 - doable for the wallet but wish it was double-breasted though)

What are your thoughts? 

Maxi-length, ankle-grazing coats for the win?

I honestly love the practicality of the length to shield cold legs, especially when one must wear a cute short dress underneath and not yet in the mood for thick stockings or clunky boots.

2015 streetwear inspiration

I thought I had unsubscribed to ASOS promotional emails, but they still keep coming somehow. Usually I delete them without thinking, but today, I happened to see this little photo of ASOS stylist Megan Ellaby...and oooh! I want to wear this outfit! 

1. Duster coat - check! I have something similar in my closet.

2. Cable knit sweater - don't have, but love the current Old Navy version as seen on Kelly in the City (on sale $19.97!)

3. Cropped jeans - eh, thinking about it...

4. Statement pumps - yes!

Target maxi coat review

Adi Designs Juniors Full-length Wool coat sz XS at Target

Likes: The shoulders fit, and the torso and sleeves are slim. I'm surprised back-view nips in at the waist  (instead of the boxy-look as with most maxi coats). Price at around $60-70 for a full-length, fully-lined, wool blend coat is the lowest I've seen so far. The length touches my ankles, which is what I was looking for to keep bare legs warm when wearing a short dress. The best part is that this coat is not bulky and can be rolled up in a nice compact ball (great for traveling).

Dislikes: Sleeves are a bit long (but an easy alteration since there are no sleeve buttons), wool material sort of sheds (or maybe I'm being picky, don't most wool shed a bit?)  I'm unsure about the black color. Is it too boring or witchy? (It also comes in brown or charcoal at Target.) I'm also having second thoughts about the length, perhaps it can go a bit shorter?

Even though this is only the second maxi coat I've tried, I think this is probably the best fit I can find at an affordable price, so I'm leaning towards keeping it for those emergency cold days when I have to wear a fancy dress with bare legs.  Do you think this is a keeper?

Yes or no for Maxi length coats?

A few weeks ago, I arrived fashionably late to a friend's wedding reception, which lead to an undesirable faraway parking spot and freezing bare legs. Although I had on my toasty J.Crew double-cloth thinsulate lady day coat covering my short dress, it only gave warmth from knee up. I never wear tights with my cocktail dresses because the colored ones seem to make my legs look shorter and more crooked. As for pantyhose, I've never found one that matched my skin tone. Thus, nothing covered my naked legs and they were painfully cold! I wished and I wished that my coat was longer to cover all. Thus begins the search for a Maxi Coat!

ASOS Belted Midi Coat (bought on sale with discounts ~$122)

Most maxi-length coats I browsed online were at least 50+ inches in length, which seems too long for my 5'1" petite frame, so I tried to be clever in ordering a "midi" length coat in hopes that it turns out to be the right ankle length for me. 

This ASOS coat is actually a pretty soft, somewhat plushy wool. As with most wool (even my J.Crew metro coat), it's a bit itchy on bare skin, but not too bothersome I had worse itchy wool. On a scale of 0-5 for itchiness, I would probably rate this a 2. Because of the length and material, it's also heavier than most coats I own. I thought the batwing-like armholes were interesting...better ventilation and comfort for the pits. Overall fit is loose. I sort of feel like I'm wearing a house robe.

Do you think this coat is too big? Are you a fan of Maxi-length coats? Should I continue the search?