Great questions, all! Thanks for helping me think this through.
The coat is winter coat weight. A wool blend, with a thinsulate lining. You wouldn't layer another coat over this, Joy. It's too structured/ substantial. It would look and feel odd to layer over it. This is the outer layer.
It would not be warm enough for our very coldest days. But it would be warm enough for most of our winter. It zips all the way up -- they have shown it only buckled for some unknown weird reason. In fact, the zip goes bottom to top, and the collar is a high stand collar. I think it would be at least as warm as my (unlined) wool blend pea coat -- probably warmer. The pea coat is also quite fitted in the shoulder but I do layer jackets underneath it and don't seem to mind that.
Shannon, you're right -- this coat makes quite a statement! But it's also got a sporty element to it that makes it possible to imagine it over jeans as well as dresses. The two way zip also facilitates that -- despite the fact that it is fitted, it doesn't inhibit movement.
On me, of course, it's longer than on the model. Not quite knee length, but just a few inches above. It would work with sheaths, pencil skirts, and pants. I don't think it looks good with a flared skirt. (None of my coats do, really.)
So...I don't know. I'm not jumping on this instantly. I don't really see it as an alternative to my dressier red coat. I would wear it with dresses and skirts -- for sure -- but I see it more as a pea coat alternative -- and which one would I reach for? Would I end up using one only and orphaning the other? I also wonder what type and colour of bag would work well with it.
Another consideration -- the high collar looks great on me and I like it. But both my pea coat and my red coat (and also, my puffer!) have high collar closings. Maybe I need a coat with a Revere style collar as an alternative. One that would allow me to change up my look with scarves, etc. I.e. one more like the coat that Sveta bought.
