It-Brit and former MTV host Alexa Chung has effortless, understated cool down to the kind of science that has inspired her cult-like following. And her usual style was no different while roaming the festivities of London Fashion Week, where Chung paired a tailored button down and leather mini with a simple shrunken pea coat that worked.
With his mixed plaid and madras, canary-colored driving gloves, multi-hued sneakers and vibrant blue, monogrammed Clare Vivier clutch, things could have easily taken a clown-like turn for stylist Brad Goreski. But by layering a refined, sophisticated gray overcoat on top of all that fun, the Bravo star kept things perfectly proportioned yet lighthearted at once.
Cool-girl DJ Harley Viera Newton — who has modeled for Dior and is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label — took the shrunken trench to a new level at Burberry's A/W 2013 show on Feb. 18.
British songstress Kate Nash hit the Temperley London show on Feb. 17 looking equal parts Alexander McQueen-inspired punk and afternoon tea party polished in a standout tartan cape.
At the Burberry A/W 2013 show on Feb. 18, Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery proved that even the simplest of outfits is spiced up when paired with a decidedly grown-up coat.
Onetime actress/ train wreck Mischa Barton surfaced at London Fashion Week, where she attended a Harper's Bazaar closing party in a cool tuxedo-style military coat. A swipe or two of bronzer, and her look would have been complete.
Former reality star Olivia Palermo hit the Antonio Berardi show in a fun, personality-filled outfit that was topped by an architecturally shouldered pea coat.
Singer Rita Ora's fearless fashion choices rarely do wrong. And her modified jacquard overcoat at Another Magazine and Dazed and Confused's London Fashion Week party — which she attended with will.i.am — proved that she brings flavor to even subdued frocks.
British rapper Tinnie Tempah got his look all kinds of right at Burberry's London Fashion Week show, courtesy of a gentlemanly camel overcoat that provided perfect juxtaposition to his younger sneakers and patterned top ensemble.
Oscar-winning Les Mis director Tom Hooper shows that a good Burberry trench coat truly makes the man.