And suddenly, the jacket is the outfit.
It happens almost overnight.
One morning you leave the house in a blazer. The next, the air feels different, your knit isn't quite enough anymore and you find yourself reaching for the coat you haven't thought about in months.
Coat season is back.
And we're not complaining.
Because if summer is about wearing as little as possible, autumn is when fashion becomes interesting again. Layers return. Textures get richer. Silhouettes become stronger. And suddenly, the piece you throw on right before leaving the house becomes the most important part of your entire look.
This season at BIGGLES, we're seeing exactly that across the new collections from JIJI, ROTATE, Baum und Pferdgarten and GESTUZ.
“In autumn, your coat doesn't finish the outfit. It becomes the outfit.”
FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT
For the next few months, your coat will probably be the first thing people see.
Which is why we're giving it a little more attention this year.
The new season moves away from outerwear that simply does its job. Instead, we're seeing strong shoulders, oversized proportions, shorter silhouettes, beautiful textures and unexpected details.
The kind of jackets that can make even the simplest combination of denim, knitwear and loafers feel completely different.
JIJI does this particularly well. The newcomer at BIGGLES plays with proportion and tailoring, creating jackets with enough personality to carry an entire look.
Keep everything underneath simple.
Let the silhouette do the talking.
SOME DAYS NEED A LITTLE MORE
Then there is ROTATE.
Because not every autumn day calls for sensible outerwear.
ROTATE brings the attitude: stronger shapes, feminine details and pieces that turn the act of putting on a jacket into actual dressing up. Wear them with something unexpected relaxed denim, a simple tee or flat shoes to take away some of the polish.
That's often when a statement jacket works best.
“The easiest styling trick of the season? Wear something fabulous with something completely ordinary.”
COPENHAGEN KNOWS COATS
Of course, Scandinavian brands understand outerwear particularly well.
They have to.
And Baum und Pferdgarten has always known how to make practical dressing feel anything but predictable. Expect personality, interesting shapes and that slightly playful Copenhagen approach to getting dressed.
GESTUZ, meanwhile, brings the cool.
Its outerwear sits naturally alongside the brand's tailoring: confident silhouettes, clean lines and just enough edge. The kind of jacket you wear over wide-leg trousers on Monday and throw over denim at the weekend without thinking twice.
Different moods, same principle.
The jacket does the work.
BUY THE COAT, BUILD AROUND IT
We often talk about building a capsule wardrobe from the inside out.
Start with the perfect tee. Find the denim. Invest in trousers. Add knitwear.
But during coat season, you can reverse the formula.
Start with the coat.
An oversized jacket immediately gives your basics direction. A structured coat makes relaxed denim look intentional. A shorter silhouette changes the proportions of your favourite wide-leg trousers. And a statement jacket means everything underneath can stay beautifully uncomplicated.
One coat can create ten different outfits without adding ten new things to your wardrobe.
That's the kind of fashion maths we like.
THE BEST SEASON FOR GETTING DRESSED
Maybe that's why we secretly love this moment of the year so much.
You can still wear a T-shirt, but now there's a jacket over it. Dresses meet boots. Shirts disappear underneath knits. Tailoring gets layered with coats. And all those pieces in your wardrobe suddenly start talking to each other again.
So yes, summer was lovely.
But we're ready.
For the layers. The textures. The oversized shapes. And most importantly, for that one really great coat that makes you want to leave the house even when it's grey outside.
“Cold weather might be coming. At least we're dressed for it.”
