Basic Trench Coats Are So 2025—This New Cool-Girl Option Is Far Chicer

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A trench coat is a classic for a reason. It's the perfect coat to wear when you're not sure what else to wear. It looks great with jeans or a maxi skirt. It feels right with a sweater or a tank top. It's the people pleaser of coats. You can't really offend or go wrong with a trench coat. You can only really delight.

That being said, a trench coat isn't necessarily the most exciting of coats for that reason. It's not what you wear when you want to make a statement. Alana Haim, though, reminded us that you can always opt for a trench coat with interesting details that help it stand out from the rest.

Haim Trench Coat Street Style

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While out recently, Haim wore a simple go-to winter outfit: a brown sweater, light-wash jeans, black boots, and a trench coat. But her trench coat had a red collar and cuffs, the exact kind of small detail that warrants a double-take. It's also just subtle enough to be as versatile as your standard trench coat, but with a cooler twist.

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Tara Gonzalez
Tara Gonzalez
Senior Fashion & Social Editor

Tara Gonzalez is a senior fashion and social editor at WhoWhatWear. where she is interested in exploring the intersection of fashion and culture and why we are drawn to wearing the things we wear and what that says about the world we live in. Previously she worked as a senior fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar. When she isn't writing trend deep dives for WWW, she's working on her newsletter on Substack, Cult Classic, which explores the very best fashion in film and television. She has a degree in creative writing from The University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and pug Bjork, the later of which has a very extensive collection of dog-sized Sandy Liang sweaters.