an assistant professor in the fashion design and merchandising school at Kent State University in Ohio. Fleece coats need to have a good liner, too, or they’ll “allow wind to pass through ...

So, with no experience in clothing design, she decided to design a coat that turned into a sleeping bag. "It took 80-plus hours to make the first one," Scott said. She took her early prototypes to ...

Scott Schuman of influential fashion blog The Sartorialist teamed up with Facebook to create a social networking fashion blog centered solely around the iconic Burberry trench coat. Just like on ...

Usually, a design project would end there ... She spent around $2,000 of her own money to construct several prototypes of her coat, called the Element S(urvival). "I have designed high-end ...

But they can also yield appealing, relatable styling moves. In these spring looks, trench coats shine. Graphic T-shirts can be tricky to pull off. But luxe Italian label Brunello Cucinelli deftly ...