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28 March 2026 · 4 min read

On cropping a coat

The AW26 coat is shorter than the previous version by 4cm. A note on why.

by Étienne Laurent
On cropping a coat

Length is the most powerful tool a coat designer has. Three or four centimetres can completely change the silhouette. We shortened the AW26 cut after a season of fitting on people who told us they kept hitching the longer version up to walk. The cropped line lets the leg do what the leg wants to do.