The Long Coat Report

Six coat shapes, one grey afternoon, and an argument about hem length that lasted the whole shoot.

Editorial

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Eight pages on the only garment that has to work at every temperature. We shot on a black cyc so the silhouettes read as drawings - no floor, no horizon, nothing to tell you how tall anyone is.

Every coat on the rail was second-hand or borrowed, and four of the six came back needing a button. The wool gabardine in the opening frame is a 1980s sample from a factory in Ronse that has been closed since 2011.

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02 Gabardine, 1980s sample
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03 Belt knotted, never buckled