As I blogged here and here, I was making myself BurdaStyle Wool Long Coat 08/2012#101B this year. Finally the coat is completed! Actually I was done about a month or two ago..Just did not have a chance to take pictures and blog. I am very pleased with this coat. I’ve warn it many times, and it has helped me survived this winter which was unusually cold for Tokyo.
I love:
– the boxy men’s wear inspired silhouette
– it covers my body down to my knees, and is double breasted front style which keeps me warm
– the pink color! It is easier for people to find me in a crowd of gray and black coats
– silk lining. It is very warm and luxurious. It was worth the money for the fabric!
I am not so crazy about:
– the sleeve insertion. Can you see the wrinkle around the armhole in my back view picture above?
– the shoulder width of the coat patterns. They were very wide, and I had to take in about 5 inches! Next time I sew this coat, I would do a narrow shoulder adjustment before I start sewing.
Overall, I am happy with the result. I bought three meters of this wool fabric, and used two meters for the coat. I also made a coat for Kiko with the rest of the fabric. Kiko’s coat is done, I just need to take pictures! It is super cute, I can’t wait to show it here.
今年はピンクのチェスターコートを自分用に作りました。布は日暮里で１ｍ３００円だったウール、裏地はシルクサテンです（こっちは高かった！）。でも奮発して裏地シルクにして正解でした。滑りがいいし、とにかく自分の体温を保持してくれるから、あったかいです。なんか高級感があって、腕を通すたびに幸せな気分になります笑
３ｍ買ったウール、１ｍ余ったので娘にもコート作りました。
こちらは丸襟がかわいいお嬢様コート。お揃いはちょっと恥ずかしいけど、「Mommy made it!」と言ってもらえてうれしいです。
去年はこのコート作りました。
Worn with forever21 sweater, Moose and Nigel pendant and 3.1 Philip Lim Pashli Mini Bag
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Sasha says
Wow … it is a beautiful coat!! … the contrast between the men’s wear cut and the pink color (oh so very feminine) it’s what makes it quite glamorous. If there is something going on with the sleeve insertion … can be easily overlooked when considering the whole. 🙂
Sasha
Chie says
Thank you Sasha! I was really obsessed with men’s wear inspired coat this year. I kept pinning different colored version of them on pinterest! I am happy that I was able to get one for myself with the fraction of the price you would pay at the store.
Ginger says
This is so gorgeous! I love it! It’s so very chic!
Chie says
Thank you Sonja!
juebejue says
I LOVE IT!!! i think it came out just as you envisioned. lovely color and lovely shape!
Chie says
Thank you Jue! I think it turned out the way I wanted it to. I want another one in cream, with shorter length!
tiza says
wow such a lovely coat!!! some women are bag women, others shoe women, i’m definitely a coat/jacket woman! i love, love fabulous outerwear. menswear-inspired and vintage coats are also my weakness. so you can just imagine my excitement when i saw this…and it’s pink! not my favorite colour but the colour of the season! i’m a sewing novice and now i just wish i can already sew as well as you do because i definitely want to make one for myself! i wonder though how it would’ve looked like a little oversized (with a wider shoulder width, as originally designed in burda) a la céline, rochas or carven? i love how it turned out though with the fitted shoulders, just the way you envisioned it. great job, fabulous coat! 😉
Chie says
Hi Tiza, I think I am in the bag woman category! If I were to invest money on something, it is certainly bags for me.
The original pattern does have a wide shoulder. They seem that way in the Burda pictures too. I’m not so crazy about exaggerated shoulders…I’m happy that I took in shoulder width for mine:)
susan says
Super duper awesome pink coat!! You done an amazing job executing the pattern! How do you find time doing all this sewing with your busy schedule? I can’t seem to find a time in between work, night class and taking care of a dog name Bento =)
Chie says
Hi Susan, I love your dog’s name! Bento means lunch box in Japanese:)
I made the coat in about two weeks, just a little bit of work each day. I find 20-30 minutes of sewing time much more productive that 3 straight hours. For some reasons, my concentration does not last that long.
Also keeping the sewing space organized is the key! That way, I can get right down to sewing, instead of searching around my tools and fabrics:)