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The Wool Overcoat
The coat is the outfit. The outfit is the coat.
You walk everywhere in a long wool coat that does all the work, camel or charcoal or black, over a sweater that nobody sees. You have learned exactly how many layers it takes to make the overcoat survive January and you wear them without complaint.
The overcoat is the most adult coat there is, and you wear it like you were born in it.
What you'd actually buy
- A long wool coat with a shoulder that fits
- A cashmere scarf that doubles the coat's warmth
- Leather gloves, lined, lost once a winter
- A lint brush you actually use