If you don't know what to wear, put on a black ... coat. One may argue about what black is - “the color of the absence of color” or the color that absorbed all the other colors, but such a coat would be appropriate in your wardrobe always, because you cannot find it more universal and modern.
Length
A black coat, just like any other, can be:
Short. Suitable for young and women in age, not tall. Depending on the style, will help stretch the silhouette or hide extra pounds.
Mid-Knee Length. Looks great on women of any age and build, most importantly, to choose your style.
Long. Suitable for tall women, however, it should be borne in mind that a long black coat can behave insidiously and add to its young owner years, but a lady aged, on the contrary, will help emphasize elegance and sophistication.
the cloth
Depending on the season, the choice is huge:
- For spring or autumn - wool, knitwear, jersey, velvet, velor, tapestry fabric, gabardine, leather.
- For the summer coat of black color - velveteen, lace with lining, jacquard fabric, metallized printed satin.
- Winter will require heavy drape, cashmere, tweed. Such coats are often sewn with insulation.
Color combinations
Black color is very grateful in terms of combining with other colors:
Black and red. Eternal intrigue, passion, flamenco.
Black and white. The color combination of aesthetes.
Black and pink. Harmony and, oddly enough, freshness.
Black and blue. Strict, but at the same time (if blue - beautiful deep) is not a boring image at all.
Black and beige. Elegance for every day.
Black and brown. Do not rush to immediately build associations with the Soviet school uniform (by the way, she had her merits). Simply choose a light brown or medium brown color, such as a coffee with milk.
Black and yellow. Bright, bold and a little harsh, because in nature such a combination is associated with danger.
Black and orange. Joyful combination.
Black and gray. Free, but at the same time complete and concise image.
Black and green. A balanced combination of colors, black in this combination muffles the cheerfulness of green, and green, in turn, does not allow black to become frankly boring and gloomy.
How to wear different models?
Classic black straight coat - double-breasted or single-breasted, with a stand-up collar or an English collar. It depends only on you whether you prefer total black look or complement it with stylish accessories - a scarf, gloves, a hat - in contrasting colors.
A black coat with a hood is a medium length duffle coat with a zip from top to bottom and a hood with a bright lining. Boots on a flat sole, short gloves of color of a lining - not banal classics.
A flared black coat with an English fur collar to the waistline and waist decoration will accentuate your perfect figure. This style is very suitable wide-brimmed felt hat in black, which will give your image alluring mystery.
Black and white coat - in a large or small cage, in the goose foot, "under the zebra", with different prints. Very original models with one hollow white and the second black. An interesting solution is a white coat with large patch black pockets, a collar and black fabric cuffs. Styles can be set.The only remark - the harder the print or decor, the easier it should be to cut the coat.
With the color of accessories, you can, of course, experiment, but the surest option if they are white or black.
A black collarless coat is a great option to use a scarf, woven, knitted or fur.
The winter black coat is a rather ponderous thing, and the time of year doesn’t make us happy with joyful shades, so give yourself and others the possibility of interesting combinations of your black coat with accessories, shoes and a hat, perhaps not even the same color, but in the same color range .
What clothes can be combined?
Straight black coat. Under it, you can safely wear jeans (even a boyfriend jeans suit a shorter coat), straight pants or a classic business suit, a pencil skirt with a blouse or a turtleneck sweater, dresses with a straight or narrowed hem.
It is better if all things are in the same color scheme or no more than three different colors that are well combined with black, so that the whole image does not look too colorful. One of the most stylish options is a white sheath dress, worn under a black coat.
A black military-style coat (looks spectacular with gold buttons) should be combined with hard silhouette lines, which means jeans and straight pants.
Black fitted coat with flared skirt. Perfectly will look with such style and bright dresses with a flared skirt. It is important to monitor the length of the dress, it should not look out from under the coat. You can try to look with skinny jeans. The main thing, when choosing such a style, do not wear shapeless or bulky clothing, save it for other models of coat.
A black tulip coat with a classic suit (with a skirt or pants of your choice) is romance and grace.
A black vintage coat with short sleeves will require the femininity of the whole image: dresses, gloves, hats.
Black cap coats should be combined with a narrow bottom, which will create a very elegant style.
A dress made of metallic fabric is very suitable for a summer black lace coat or printed satin coat. To complement the image will help the metallic color shoes and clutch.
What kind of scarf to wear?
If your coat has a fur collar, then you can only use a scarf as a scarf, a tippet, or the scarf itself should be made of fabric. In the absence of fur on the collar of the coat, and especially if the coat does not have a collar at all, you may need a beautiful scarf.
The color of the scarf, as well as other accessories, should be correlated with your own color type of appearance, and the style of the scarf - with the style of the coat itself.
Beautiful draperies from shawls-palatines look spectacularly on a coat of a strict and laconic direct silhouette.
A long scarf made of thick yarn with a fringe, tied over a long black coat will give you a slightly sloppy look that will make the whole image dull.
It looks interesting duffle coat and a wide scarf in a bright cage.
Knitted braid scarf can be laid rolls around your neck over your black coat without a collar. It will liven up and complement such a coat and a volume scarf-collar, snoot or a scarf-tube, which can be thrown over the head in cold weather.
Ultramode fur scarf-cape, worn over a straight coat.
Fur boa will emphasize the elegant silhouette of a black flared coat. With a shortened version of the coat of this style it will be appropriate to look and light thin fabrics, silk, chiffon and even gas scarves of bright colors and prints, which will create a very elegant and playful image.
For a black cape coat with a small collar, you can choose a beautiful yellow scarf made from a fabric with a pattern.
Which hat is suitable?
Few people can afford to wear a coat without a hat, (especially in a country with harsh climatic conditions.The coat is a warm outerwear (with the exception of the summer coat, of course), therefore, choosing it, be careful about the choice of hats, caps, beret for comfort and completeness of the image.
Hat. The classic version, suitable for almost any style of coat, can create interesting duos:
- a fedora hat with a contrasting ribbon (it is sometimes called a gangster hat) and a long straight coat is a bold image;
- a hat with short brim or completely borderless and a shortened version of a coat of straight cut is a strict but stylish option;
- wide-brimmed hat and flared coat - romance and glamor, vintage and femininity itself.
A particularly sophisticated image is obtained in which the coat lines are supported and continued in the lines of the hat and accessories.
Beret goes to everyone. The secret is only in what it is and how to wear it:
Knitted volume beret of large openwork knitting (from yarn or fur) is perfectly combined with a straight long coat and will give you not only style, but also comfort. Suitable for women and girls with a round face, provided that they will not push him over his forehead, and shifted back.
A soft felt beret and a flared coat will help you to create a real French image, and at the same time smooth out the angular lines of a square face, if you move it to the side and cover half of your forehead.
Leather beret with a visor - add spice and charm, it will look good with a black short coat.
Girls and women with an oval face type when choosing a beret are lucky - you can choose anyone, as long as he walks to you and fits your black coat.
Cap:
Like the beret, the cap goes to everyone. The main thing is to find your style:
Round and elongated hats with pompoms - companions of a short straight coat or coat with a hood. Fit hats and sportswear, knitted from fine yarn or sewn from thin knitwear.
To the black coat in the style of military perfect hat to fit.
You will look very feminine in a short or long black winter flared coat and a fur hat-cuban.
The turban cap and black oversize coat are unusual but spectacular.
What shoes to wear?
And again it should be repelled from the style of the coat itself:
The longer the coat, the shorter the length of the shoe, that is, for a long coat it is better to choose ankle boots, half boots, boots or low shoes, and for short versions you need long boots.
Designers of fashion houses convincingly proved that from now on not only a coat + boots (ankle boots, boots, boots), but also a coat + shoes, and even ... a coat + sandals are allowed. Of course, the latter should have a closed heel, wide straps and a massive platform. They are worn with tight tights to match shoes, over which leggings are sometimes put on, in order to balance the silhouette of a short coat and shoes (sandals).
Sneakers or even sneakers with a short coat of straight cut or a duffle coat also ceased to be something transcendental, but so far not everyone has decided on such a combination.
They refuse to take positions and combination of boots + mini-skirt (or shorts) with a short or long straight coat.
Fashionable and stylish images
Fashion houses represent black coats 2016-2017:
A black and white vibrant print coat by Calvin Klein.
Spectacular coat with an unusual, but elegant black and white print, just above the knee, extended from the chest and with a buckle from the Azzedine Alaia.
A long black pea coat with gold buttons by Chloe, a shortened version by Michael Kors and a very short one by Nina Ricci.
A black coat with a cape trimmed in red edging in a military style from Burberry.
A short, straight black coat with a detachable button closure and a white fluffy collar by Alexander Wang.
Black and white dominoes of loose fit without a collar with unusual large buttons-buckles from Dolce & Gabbana.
Rough-looking black oversized coat with a volley and a fur collar by Louis Vuitton.
Libertine offers an elegant, slightly fitted collar of medium length without a collar with luxurious embroidery on one shelf and sleeve.
The large flounces and lace of a black trapezoid coat are represented by Dsquared2.
A black coat of medium length with a small turn-down collar, four valves and buttons of the same variegated color, having a 7/8 sleeve - Kate Spade solution.
A feminine black coat with a stand-up collar, narrow sleeves, an accentuated waist and a fluffy cut-off skirt with a colorful geometric print by Emporio Armani.
Another black oversized coat with a large fur collar and images of watches, butterflies, lion and other patterns on the fabric by Alexander McQueen.
Black and gray overcoat for men from Vera Wang.
A mid-length stylish semi-fit black coat with a red finish by Ralph Lauren.
Classic Valentino's Extended Classic Cape.
Greetings from the 80s - a black coat with an extended shoulder line with a large English collar and a luxurious arctic fox boa of a beautiful tan color from Lanvin.
Black long coat in ethno-style with a white collar and a zigzag trim on the edges of the shelves and hem from Edun.
