More importantly for the style-conscious shopper, she has spawned a generation of me-too startups desperate to ride the chic coat-tails of this standard-bearer for fashion e-commerce.
Mr. Jacobs's fall 2013 show was sublimely pared down, with chic coats and skirt-and-sweater looks.
Helmut Lang cut fall-away panels into his first-rate collection, while Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton severed chic coats into horizontal segments.
Top buy is New Look's timelessly chic belted coat, which reminds us of the very talented designer Erdem.
The bolts on a new iron railway bridge, the exact cut of a chic bourgeois coat are all accounted for.
Having once absorbed the shocks of life as a mattress, what future delights would it hold as a chic town coat?
There was a touch of Biba in some of floral appliqués (on chic suede coats), and the ironed-haired models were kitted out in wool tights and patent-leather platforms or suede boots.
By last week, there were clear early signs in the audience at several shows that the shabby-chic shearling coat look had become the new uniform, replacing last year's strict pencil skirt and heels.
The classic double-breasted military-chic trench coat is said to have infiltrated civilian wardrobes following the war, when surplus stock was handed out by the government.
"This is fun now," Westerberg said as he tossed off his thrift store-chic sport coat and settled in to watch Armstrong lead his band.
