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Ralph Lauren has just released a capsule collection of iconic pieces that’s about to be your one-stop-wintertime-shop for essential wardrobe staples and, specifically, classically chic coats. These luxurious Icons are like company anchors: Ten pieces—a peacoat, a British warmer, a tuxedo, a sailor pant, a navy blazer, a fireman’s coat, an army jacket, a tweed jacket, an officer’s jacket, and a safari jacket—all with long and stellar track records in the RL Look (capital L). They’re the items we collect and keep forever; the clothes we love most because we really live our lives in them.
With winter coming, it was the outerwear in this new capsule that got our attention first (though, FYI, the entire collection is permanent and available at RalphLauren.com year-round). Watch models Romy Schönberger and Grace Elizabeth spend an autumn day uptown in New York City while sporting the fireman’s jacket and peacoat, for example, and tell us you don’t want those coats! Whether they’re picnicking, riding bikes, or walking among the fall foliage in Central Park, both girls and jackets look smart, comfortable, and cool all in tandem. See how chic the British warmer, for instance, looks over a simple white tee? When the temperatures dip and a chill settles in, the heavier fireman’s coat—with its shiny, metal clasps—will pair perfectly with a thick-ply cashmere sweater and looser-fitting straight-leg jeans. All of the outerwear, no matter one’s preference, upholds the exemplary status for which the collection is named; all are imbued with decades’ worth of proven style and pragmatism. In short, Icons pretty much guarantees that when the world outside is at its grayest, you’ll look—and feel—warm and bright. It really doesn t get much more must-have than that.
