The proportions of a spread collar would work best with a double-breasted sport coat or one with wide peak lapels, he says.

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In his spring collection, Bottega Veneta designer Tomas Maier, who has long imprinted the brand with a classic femininity, crafted sheer cardigans, calf-grazing dresses and a coat in the sort of rose print one might find on the walls of a '50s-era powder room.

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But Lewis' 2006 one-off with the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat, apparently sated her folk-rock yearnings.

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One stand-out was a black tailored floor-length coat with a pillow collar.

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Now in its 24th year, one of my all-time favorite print ads for the New York Cares Annual Coat Drive continues to show the Statue of Liberty sitting down in bad weather wearing a coat.

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Around his tiny shop in various stages of completion hang hunting jackets in corduroy and moleskin, a tweed sport coat or two, and at least one sleek pair of knickerbockers with deer-bone cuff buttons.

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For one thing, Mr Clinton campaigned against his own party during much of 1995-96, and so his coat-tails pulled few Democrats into office.

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