https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:22:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150495 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 23:31:52 +0000 Mainelady 2150495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I could really enjoy this. If I am outside and active, I would not opt for a blanket, as I have plenty of great outerwear to choose from. For sitting outside to enjoy the scenery, the company of others, the stars, or a meal, I would happily add a blanket.&nbsp;<div>&nbsp;We had a big basket of cotton blankets by the deck door at the lake house. They were perfect for evenings on the deck or early mornings, with a cup of coffee, down on the dock waiting for the sun to rise.<br />&nbsp; In fall and winter those cotton blankets are replaced by fleece for outdoors. &nbsp;Fleece is warm, cozy and easy to wash and dry.</div><div>&nbsp; If we continue with outdoor education, I may very well add a blanket to my outfit. &nbsp;A hooded blanket would be pretty awesome.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150306 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:56:04 +0000 jacquez 2150306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I personally LOVE a giant, blanket-adjacent scarf, and huge shawls. In my old, cold office, I kept an enormous scarf that might as well have been a blanket, and wore it around with no shame. (I have also been known to wear actual chair/sofa throws around my house like a shawl, so...) I would absolutely wear the right size &amp; style of blanket out of the house as if it were a scarf. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150293 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:58:09 +0000 avicennia 2150293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun read. Thanks for sharing UmmLila! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150279 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:14:57 +0000 Staysfit 2150279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m undecided right now, although I do love my sleeping bag puffer coats. &nbsp;:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150177 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:49:22 +0000 Suz 2150177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They often give blankets for outdoor seating up here in Canada, at least on the west coast. I think it's a great idea.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150175 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:33:22 +0000 LaPed 2150175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always thought the blankets provided at European restaurants for outdoor dining were pretty charming. </p> <p>I like the *idea* of big wraps and ponchos and wearable blankets but in reality I think I'd get annoyed with having to deal with all that fabric while I eat.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150089 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:27:57 +0000 bella 2150089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Free blankets for customers, along with outside heaters is a thing over here in restaurants, too. I suspect, like Lynne, they might be a casualty of the pandemic, but who knows. People do all sorts of crazy things. Offering a relatively affordable alternative both as a souvenir and a way to support local businesses is an idea that I can get behind, but we do not eat out anymore at all. The numbers are just so high that it is very risky.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150086 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 03:20:36 +0000 Jaime 2150086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All I can think of is how many crumbs I would get on my blanket if/when I take it to a restaurant . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150078 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:35:57 +0000 Gail 2150078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have my supply ready, I have a lot of blanket scarves that will work hard this winter. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150052 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:24:29 +0000 Angie 2150052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In Arnhem and Velp, &nbsp;where my Dad lives in the Netherlands, they give you blankets for outside restaurant seating too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150026 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 11:41:54 +0000 Liesbeth 2150026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw them in Oslo too, combined with terrace heaters it extended outdoor eating into September and possibly later. I would consider this for mildly cold weather or a crisp sunny day lunch but would still prefer indoors seating (with precautions right now) when it gets darker or wintery cold. Restaurants are all closed here now anyway :(. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2150023 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:15:38 +0000 Lynne 2150023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I agree, I think the blankets on outdoor chairs look so inviting! Very hygge, but maybe now they're a thing of the past. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2149940 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 14:43:05 +0000 kkards 2149940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not sure how i feel about this...I’m ok with an individual bringing there own blanket, but communal blankets, not so much, its like the worst part of airline travel... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2149903 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 05:00:53 +0000 Janet 2149903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When we went to Oslo a few years ago, we loved how the restaurants provided throw blankets at all of the outdoor seating. Even if you didn’t use it, it was so inviting and cozy. </p> <p>I don’t really care to tote around anything too bulky unless I’m just going to be sitting in one spot, and that’s a rare thing if I’m going to be outdoors. Maybe this trend will encourage socially-distanced outdoor socializing this winter? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2149877 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:59:59 +0000 Jenn 2149877@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so down with this. It seems very hygge, doesn't it? Enjoying an autumn meal outdoors, wrapped in a cozy blanket?</p> <p>Outdoor dining was a thing on chilly winter nights here in SoCal even before the pandemic, and I've had many a meal with my cashmere scarf wrapped around me and a propane heater warming the patio. If carrying your own blanket to dinner becomes socially acceptable, I'm in. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2149865 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:22:32 +0000 Jenava 2149865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A bunch of my friends are purchasing "The Cozy" from the shark tank.&nbsp; Maybe not as haute couture, but same concept.&nbsp; (-; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2149828 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:26:13 +0000 nemosmom 2149828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>I fully support wearing a blanket outside on days like these where the weather is cold and grey, and there is no end to the lockdown in sight... (we just went to fully remote schooling, and there may be MORE restrictions coming...) </p> <p>I do draw the line at taking a sleeping bag out at this point, but ask me again in December... ;)</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-blankets-the-new-going-out-accessory---wsj-article-complete-with-very-expensive-blankets#post-2149827 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:19:26 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2149827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> From Sarah Jessica Parker’s monogrammed Burberry poncho to Norma Kamali’s Sleeping Bag Coat, fashion has long embraced blanket-inspired styles. During a time when most socializing takes place outdoors, would you wear one outside the house?</p> <p>Blankets, a symbol of coziness and warmth usually relegated to the indoors, can also be a great piece to layer for fall and winter outfits. Though temperatures are just starting to drop in New York City, <em>WSJ.</em>&nbsp;staffers have spotted a few in the wild—mostly while outdoor dining, which New York City recently extended permanently. (It was originally set to expire ahead of the winter months, on October 31.) For the first time in recent history, the preferred environment for socializing has become “anywhere outside.” And during a pandemic and period of worldwide unrest, most people are seeking comfort more than ever. As a replacement for the timeworn going-out top—obviously better suited to the indoors—the going-out blanket suddenly makes sense. <p>Over the years, blankets have inspired fashion, from the upscale <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/BURBY">Burberry</a>&nbsp;blanket poncho that Sarah Jessica Parker <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vogue.com/article/sarah-jessica-parker-blanket-coat-burberry-celebrity-style">wore</a>&nbsp;in 2014, personalized with her initials, to Norma Kamali’s famous blanket-adjacent <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.ft.com/content/ed724278-13ff-11e9-a168-d45595ad076d">Sleeping Bag Coat</a>, which she first designed in 1973. In 2012, Lenny Kravitz went viral after being photographed by paparazzi while ensconced in an enormous scarf on his way to buy groceries. Six years later, he <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJk9hoaZVE&amp;list=LLEN-nRrlWyWODwWXc6qeDRQ&amp;index=1030&amp;app=desktop">defended the accessory</a>&nbsp;on an episode of <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</em>. “But Lenny,” Fallon said, “this is not a scarf. This is a <em>blanket</em>.”</p> <p>While companies like Pendleton and Hudson’s Bay that are known for their blankets produce coats reminiscent of their bedcover designs, fashion brands like Hermès, Loewe and The Elder Statesman all sell blankets themselves.</p> <p>A blanket as a top layer isn’t a new idea to Emily Bode, the founder and designer of menswear label Bode, who always keeps multiple blankets in her car just in case. She says New Yorkers are adjusting to a different way of dining. “It’s maybe akin to when you travel to Europe,” she says. “You’re more prepared to be outside, not just in and out of a car or a subway.” Bode, 31, launched her company in 2016 with one-of-a-kind pieces made out of antique quilts and textiles that continue to be a signature of the brand today. She says that a number of people have reached out to purchase quilts; she has more of the vintage wool blankets she covers in patches from the 20th century coming out in the next few months. “We’re in such a place where you want to have your own objects of comfort,” she says.</p> <div></div> <p>Blankets have always been at the heart of the knitwear brand The Elder Statesman. Founder Greg Chait started the company in 2007 with a series of cashmere blankets, and now sells a full range of clothing for men, women and children, as well as accessories and home goods. Chait thinks carrying some sort of blanket for outings is a good idea. In fact, The Elder Statesman has had a blanket scarf in its collection for years for that very purpose. “Very handy,” he said in an email. Like Bode, he’s a fan of the car blanket and also keeps his brand’s socks and sweaters with him on the go.</p> <p>A number of restaurants in New York City are starting to provide blankets to their customers, too, especially as they wait on additional outdoor heating regulations to be announced by the city. Some restaurants are offering blankets to borrow and wear for the duration of the meal. Others see them as an opportunity to sell merchandise. At the Four Horsemen in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, customers can buy a fleece blanket embroidered with a modified version of the restaurant and wine bar’s logo—four ghosts, as well as the horse they’re riding on, all wearing masks—for $25. “It’s sort of a souvenir of these wild times and supporting small business in New York,” says Amanda Spina, the restaurant’s general manager.</p> <p>In the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, the bistro Oxalis has branded its large outdoor courtyard as a pop-up restaurant called Place des Fêtes. There, they’re offering blankets to guests free of charge, in a borrowing program with a cleaning company that sanitizes them after every use. And in Nolita, the restaurant Wayan currently has blankets for guests to borrow that owner and chef Cédric Vongerichten describes as “generic,” but says they’re looking into buying something with more style, tied to the restaurant’s Indonesian roots. Managers at both restaurants aren’t worried about their blankets becoming the new restaurant pen or ashtray, something that guests might surreptitiously take home with them as a souvenir. “I really can’t see anyone trying to make it harder for restaurants [right now],” says Steve Wong, the director of operations at Oxalis.</p> <p>In SoHo, the French restaurant La Mercerie is situated inside the home store Roman and Williams Guild—so it’s the rare restaurant where diners have always been able to buy blankets. Its founders, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, are the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-design-wizards-gwyneth-paltrow-keeps-on-speed-dial-1509587226">duo behind Roman and Williams</a>, the studio that’s designed spaces for <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/FB">Facebook</a>, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Standefer says the blankets the Guild stocks were too big to make sense for outdoor dining. Instead, she’s worked on two versions of an outdoor dining blanket to sell guests. One is in collaboration with designer and textile producer Alicia Adams, who makes alpaca blankets and goods in Millbrook, New York, in the restaurant’s signature blue, retailing for $295. The other is made from recycled polyester and will sell for $18. (Standefer hopes to offer Adams’s alpaca handwarmers to guests soon, too.) Part of the sales from both blankets will be donated to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/jose-andres-new-memoir-how-the-chef-fed-puerto-rico-1535623200">José Andrés’s</a>&nbsp;World Central Kitchen, which benefits the hungry during the coronavirus pandemic. “I would love to continue this [blanket program] for a long time,” says Standefer, who says she’d consider wearing a blanket out at another restaurant.</p> <p>For those who might be wary of a blanket’s bulkiness—or bringing their indoor things outdoors during a pandemic—there are other ways to embrace the trend. Designer Lauren Manoogian, who’s known for her soft ready-to-wear designs made in fabrics like cashmere and alpaca, says she would wear a blanket, large scarf or wrap coat to stay warm outside of the house (all of which she sells on her website). “A full blanket might be hard for people to imagine,” she said via email. “But we make a lot of scarves in different weights that are large enough to cover your body when you’re sitting [without feeling] like you brought the couch or bed with you. Although I kind of think that’s a cool look too.”</p> <div><div></div></div>Blanket Decisions <p>Cozy offerings from fashion brands and restaurants for keeping warm as temperatures start to drop.</p> <div><div></div>PHOTO: KEITH MORRISON</div> <p>Lauren Manoogian handwoven blanket, <em>$690, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://laurenmanoogian.com/">laurenmanoogian.com</a></em></p> <div><div></div></div><div><div></div>PHOTO: LA MERCERIE</div> <p>La Mercerie baby alpaca blanket by Alicia Adams,<em>&nbsp;$295, similar available at <a rel="nofollow" href="https://rwguild.com/">rwguild.com</a></em></p> <div><div></div></div><div><div></div>PHOTO: ESTROP/GETTY IMAGES</div> <p>Bode multi-patch wool blanket (pictured on model’s bag), <em>$1,860, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bodenewyork.com/">bodenewyork.com</a></em></p> <div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div> <p>The Four Horsemen blanket, <em>$25, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://nextdoorspacebk.com/">nextdoorspacebk.com</a></em></p> <div><div></div></div><div><div></div>PHOTO: THE ELDER STATESMAN</div> <p>The Elder Statesman cashmere blanket, <em>$3,475, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://elder-statesman.com/">elder-statesman.com</a></em></p> <div><div></div></div><div><div></div>PHOTO: TEKLA</div> <p>Tekla wool blanket, <em>about $187, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://teklafabrics.com/">teklafabrics.com</a></em></p> <div><div></div></div><div><div></div>PHOTO: PENDLETON</div> <p>Pendleton blanket,<em>&nbsp;$269 (twin size), <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pendleton-usa.com/">pendleton-usa.com</a></em></p> <div><br /></div> </p>