https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:30:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats#post-16552 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:19:05 +0000 shiny 16552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good tips, Angie.</p> <p>Yeah, the makeup thing is a problem for me. I don't wear gobs of foundation, but I rarely go without some foundation on. </p> <p>I do have a cream handbag and you're right - I am simply ultra, ultra careful about it!!! I sit it on my lap in restaurants and never let it touch the ground. It probably needs a cleaning about now, but it's still looking pretty good. </p> <p>Also I have this coat that is black and cream tweed, from AT... and I had it dry-cleaned beforing storing two seasons ago (I do not store in the plastic bags). When I took it out of storage last season, the cream had turned yellow. Very odd, and quite a disappointment, because it was a gorgeous coat until it turned yellow. I don't know if it was the dry cleaning or just something about the fabric. </p> <p>I could see how a cream trench might work, if the material is the sort that can be washed off with a wet cloth. Wool... I dunno. Maybe it's not for me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats#post-16539 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:28 +0000 Angie 16539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>White and cream coats are not practical. But no less practical than anything light coloured. I think they’re worth the extra laundry effort. ( I actually find black wool coats even less practical).</p> <p>I’m perfectly happy to launder and take things to the cleaners as much as possible. I find it saves time and I’m prepared to spend the money. When my cream coats and jackets are in action, they go to the cleaners about every fortnight. I traveled with my new trench and Paris is a very dirty city. I suppose I’m a little careful. I don’t normally spill things and I don’t wear make-up so I never have stains like that. The sleeves get grubby first, but not too bad. I’m an urbanite who walks her dogs in a cream trench. I also wear cream shoes all the time. It can be done! </p> <p>Carry tide-to-go and hang your cream coat inside out when you take it off anywhere but home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats#post-16514 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:43:51 +0000 Tanya 16514@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am yet to wear my new cream trench (it just arrived on Monday, and it's hot here), but I'd love to know how Angie takes care of hers.</p> <p>I had a cream down parka for a few years and it would get dirty so fast, I had to wash it almost every two weeks. Sometimes I wouldn't have time to do that that and absolutely hated walking around with black stuff around the sleeve edges Hope the trench does not get dirty as fast... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats#post-16511 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:39:02 +0000 katieck 16511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think cream trenches are yummy and would love to have one a la Tanya and Angie. I'm interested to know how they keep them clean. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats#post-16509 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:37:35 +0000 Sarah 16509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a cream trench style (no belt, just buttons) coat. I don't know what the outer layer is made of, but it's almost like a thick raincoat. If I get something on it, it easily comes off with a washcloth and gentle soap. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/cream-or-white-coats#post-16505 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:35 +0000 shiny 16505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see this on a lot of lists, and my question is - how do you keep them clean??</p> <p>I owned a beautiful cream wool 3/4 A-line coat a few years ago, and the very first time I wore it, I sat in something greasy that the dry-cleaner couldn't remove. :-(</p> <p>Next-closest was a coat in a gorgeous shade of pink... I adored that coat... and wore it every day for a season. By the end of the season, the sleeves were dingy. Again, the dry-cleaner couldn't revive the coat. (My DD15 ended up wearing it often the following season - she didn't care about the dingy sleeves). </p> <p>Do you replace your cream/white coats every season? Or am I just too hard on my coats? </p>