Kings of the catwalk

At the 2019-2020 autumn-winter shows, held in the four fashion capitals in February and March of this year, oversize coats were kings of the catwalk. Taking pride of place in collections from many of the major houses, was a wide variety of oversize, ultra-long, belted, puff-sleeved and bold-shouldered pieces. Oversize coats are not only great for wrapping up against the cold, they also can be used to hide most of an outfit, leaving virtually nothing visible except for the shoes. 

Among the brands which succeeded in sparking a sensation with supersize creations earlier this year: Lacoste presented an imposing two-tone coat with XXL buttons, Chanel combined an oversize look with the timeless elegance of houndstooth and Genny presented an immaculate white, extra-long, side-slit version. For their part, Off-White and Dries Van Noten focused on oversize puffy down coats with checkerboard and floral motifs, while Stella McCartney offered a supersize trench coat. However, without a doubt the most spectacular piece showed up in the collection by Mary Katrantzou, which featured a supersize landscape-print coat.