Penny Lane has the girls in a chokehold. From Bella Hadid to Taylor Swift and now, Dua Lipa.
The fuzzy-trimmed collar coat, with its nipped in waist, harkens back to the 2000 cult classic film Almost Famous and its alluring character Penny Lane. The groupie and ‘band aid,’ played by Kate Hudson, has an enviable Afghan coat. Big collar, big personality.
It’s become an it girl calling card this winter; Dua Lipa is the next to bundle up and ensconce herself in shearling. The musician opted for a shearling collar leather coat in a buttery burgundy leather from Bottega Veneta, paired with black trousers, snake print pointy boots, and a quilted Chanel bag (as the newly minted Chanel ambassador can). Plus, that headline-catching ring. While the rest of her outfit is slim and close-fitting, the plush and full-bodied coat collar is gargantuan—perfect for the London chill, and a quick escape into the night with partner Callum Turner.
Lipa and Turner had been out on a date night, and were photographed leaving Chiltern Firehouse in the early hours of the morning.
The shaggy-trimmed coat-of-the-moment has been having somewhat of a resurgence as a chic and functional piece of outerwear. Taylor Swift remains a devotee to British label Charlotte Simone’s faux-fur creations in pleasing cherry red tones and more classic styles, while Bella Hadid often mines the archive for vintage iterations by way of Dolce Gabbana, giving them her own contemporary western core twist.
Lipa’s winter wardrobe has been percolating with strong outwear and accessories—a bold snakeskin coat by Jil Sander, a plushy puffer jacket and a heavily charmed Hermès Birkin. Date night always requires a strong look—Turner and Lipa’s jaunt to Paris amid Couture Week was a sight to behold, with big bows and bigger, romantic restaurant bookings.
Lipa is soon to jet off once again for the next leg of her Radical Optimism tour, which kicks off in Australia and New Zealand in March, travelling back to Europe and then to North America. The cozy coats will stay at home when she absconds to Oz, but now we’ve got Lipa’s summer wardrobe, bursting with bikinis and diaphanous beach dresses, to anticipate.
