STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

lynnie · Chanel

back to square one!

cc · Marc Jacobs

Awww that sucks. I feel like I'm always seeing adorable winter coats that I don't need and now of course I can't think of particular stores. Oh actually there's this boutique called Gigi which I think is on Mott or Mulberry around Prince Street and they just opened a location on the Upper East Side. I pass by the UES one regularly and they always have really nice coats in the window. Classic but not totally boring. I haven't gone in yet because I'm trying to not shop but maybe check them out.

I'm totally in love with this $500 Prudence coat but I don't know what the quality is like or what stores carry it and it's probably not classic enough for your purposes.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for you!

bumblebee · Coach

hey lynnie--there's a really cute shop called meg (312 e. 9th street) that the owner designs all the stuff herself so you never see anyone else wearing it. it's all very cute. i just got a coat from the LA store this week, it was about $400 and it's bee-yoo-ti-ful. it's aysmmetrical, though, i know you said you weren't into that. it's the same color as the red one cc posted, but it has a high, dramatic collar that buttons all the way up, and split sleeves, and is about mid-calf length. they also made it in grey, and i think black and/or taupe. i don't know if that helps you, but worth a shot maybe!

erin · Chanel

i like this coat from acheng (443 east 9th):

i always love coats from edward an. that prudence coat is really cute, too.

honey · Gucci

i'm sorry your coat didn't work out. i actually thought of it this morning when i saw dc and it had a blurb about tracy reese's sample sale. finding the perfect coat is so hard. i really like the prudence one cc posted. it's so glam. i'm not really sure where to tell you to start, i haven't really been in the stores in ages. searle usually has a good selection of coats, but i wouldn't necessarily buy something from them, b/c they tend to have a ridiculous mark-up. i'll keep my eyes out and let you know if i see something. also have you looked at theory? i can't remember their website (it would have the complete collection), but they might have what you're looking for.

jmango · Dooney & Bourke

I realize this is a long shot- armani exchange-(the womans grey coat) $285- also comes in black and cream

vince $575 $184 herringbone

milly $740

the coats in C or F?

the green coat labeled B?
good luck with the search!

-- Edited by jmango at 22:29, 2005-11-14

-- Edited by jmango at 22:36, 2005-11-14

FashionPrincess · Hermes

You know I love the Prudence one, I loved it when it was posted previously in one of your coat post. Also diggin the Armani one.

lynnie · Chanel

thanks everyone! i will check those stores- i also looked at places that mackage is sold and i will check out those boutiques for other coats. i went to searle honey, nothing really stood out aside from the mackage coats. i like this one:

but its pricey and not sure about the checkerboard wool. The prudence one is cute, but theres an urban one almost identical for $140, and i really don't want an asymmetrical coat. Maybe as my next coat, but my first one has to be pretty standard with a twist. remember- i don't own a single wool coat and i live in nyc! its cold here!

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

I lurve the milly coat that jmango posted. Here are some others I found. Many of them aren't anything special but I thought I'd post whatever I could find.

shopgirl82 · Chanel

i really like this one!

mckenke · BCBG

I have this Trovata coat that tri sarah tops posted and it is thin (basically a light weight trench). Unless this is a winter version? I love my trench and it fits really well.

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jmango · Dooney & Bourke

lynnie-have you checked jane mayle? or steven alan?

there are two of these vanessa bruno coats (from steven alan,sizes 36 and 38) on ebay right now- which makes me think that they may be on sale there?

theorybcbg comes in black

susana monaco

-- Edited by jmango at 12:27, 2005-11-15

bumblebee · Coach

hey lynnie--i thought of you today because in the daily candy weekly deals e-mail, they had a picture of that prudence coat from le train bleu for a pretty good deal (i think 25% or 30% off). just FYI in case you didn't get it.