I picked three beige-toned trench coats that are easy to throw on during days with big temperature swings. There is the LOW CLASSIC Raglan High Neck Trench Coat that fastens neatly up to the neckline, the MARGESHERWOOD Washed Single Trench Coat featuring a natural washed feel, and the AMOMENTO Sheer Single Trench Coat that drapes softly and lightly. An autumn trench needs to naturally have room in the shoulders and body so that it's easy to layer thin clothes underneath and adjust to fickle temperatures.
The raglan sleeves used on LOW CLASSIC's piece were first created for Britain's Lord Raglan, who lost his right arm in the Battle of Waterloo. They began with a long diagonal seam extending from the neckline to the armpit instead of a shoulder seam, so that he could easily put on and take off his coat by himself with only one arm. Later, the coat he wore when departing for the Crimean War became widely known, and it continues to this day as a classic tailoring method that enhances mobility.
Instead of stiff, structured shoulder lines, putting on sleeves that flow softly like this feels comfortable without squeezing your arms even when thrown over thick knitwear. Would you like to look through these three coats first, or shall we narrow down the price below KRW 300,000, or search for half-lengths or suede materials?
↳ Under KRW 300,000
These are MARGESHERWOOD's Washed Single Trench Coat and Low Tide's Suede High Neck Belt Coat. Both are clean beige colors, but one brings out the lightweight grain of a single trench coat that falls naturally, while the other features a suede texture and is made so you can stand up the collar to fasten it.
MARGESHERWOOD is a brand borrowed by two designers from the name of Marge Sherwood, the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley. While pondering designs that were practical yet sophisticated, they took the classic yet natural ambiance shown by the character in the film as their muse. The understated coolness exuded by Marge in the movie carries over beyond bags and into the lines of everyday outerwear like this.
When autumn arrives, everyone naturally reaches first for a familiar trench coat in the corner of their closet. Shall we raise the budget slightly to the mid-KRW 300,000 range, or move on to other outerwear or cotton-material trenches?
![SUEDE HIGH NECK BELT COAT [BEIGE] - Low Tide](https://img.hmmm.pub/brands/lowtide/products/98aec2ec-e7e7-41f6-aae1-3ec16d14a14b/0-320.jpg)
↳ Mid-KRW 300,000 is fine too
Since you broadened your budget to the mid-KRW 300,000 range, I narrowed it down to three beige-toned trench coats. The MARGESHERWOOD single trench coat with natural wrinkles brought out by a washing process, the Low Tide suede high-neck coat with a cozy texture that fastens with a belt, and the LOW CLASSIC high-neck trench coat that creates soft lines with raglan sleeves. All three are a calm beige, but the way the collars fasten and the textures of the materials are each different, so the impression they give when worn differs quite a bit.
Looking at a single trench coat brings to mind the neat outfit Meryl Streep wore in the movie Kramer vs. Kramer. Fastened neatly to fit her body without exaggerated embellishments, that coat has long been talked about as clothing that symbolizes the intellectual demeanor and independence of a working woman facing standing on her own in late 1970s New York. The aesthetic of quietly embracing complex inner emotions while presenting a calm and restrained exterior is well infused in the unique lines of a single coat.
Returning to the list, the current candidates have a fairly wide range of textures, from crisp finishes to the soft grain of suede. Shall we narrow it down focusing on neat cotton materials, or go with a textured suede feel? Or shall we expand our options to include up to the KRW 400,000 range?
Final Selected Products
