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Requiem for the Belle Epoque

So who is this guy who posts an entire blog about women wearing long leather coats? Find out in the following memoir... I contently g...

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Visions of the past

If I saw either one of the ladies while I was a college kid hanging out at the mall back in 1993, and I saw lots of women just like them back then, I would be buzzing with excitement the rest of the day ...

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Riley Keough at the Empire State Building in February 2023

Elvis Presley's granddaughter wears a genuine lambskin leather coat, the Nour Hammour Gotham.







Beautiful model in a leather coat





Rosalia

Wilson's Maxima leather coat from the late 1990s

This maxi-length leather coat from Wilson's is frequently for sale on vintage clothing sites these days.  That would indicate that it was quite popular when it was being sold in stores back in the late nineties.  It causes me a pang of regret that I never witnessed even one of the thousands of beautiful women who wore this coat to the office, out on dates, to the club back then.  What gorgeous style the ladies had, and they would never dream of wearing such a coat with sneakers or a hoodie.  This coat would have been layered over a dress, or a blouse and skirt, with heels for sure.  Those were the days. 





The Manokhi Leather Trench

This is a beautiful, classic lambskin leather coat.  Too bad they don't know how to just model these garments in a "real life" context anymore.  It's either over-the-top stylized or the model is as flat and wooden as a totem pole. 






On the city streets




Outside the window

Leather coat groove