Women’s Pea Coat

The women’s Pea Coat: Fashion Staple Since Time Immemorial


Every era has its fashion classics, yet few have proved as versatile as the women’s pea coat. This style staple has established itself as an iconic piece of fashion history, despite its humble beginnings as a basic piece of military apparel the women’s pea coat has found its in the fashion industry.

The women’s pea coat has graced movie screens, catwalks, store windows and celebrity wardrobes lending it a luxe, businesslike respectability. Adapted by designers and adopted by fashion gurus, the women’s pea coat has taken many a modern twist since its time in the trenches and is akin to a second skin for the style-conscious.

Nothing dresses up a casual outfit like a well-chosen women’s pea coat. It's a statement piece that adds cohesion and personality. With the new trend toward the art of refinement, this season's women’s pea coats promise to inject a high degree of elegance, instantly updating any wardrobe with a balance of cutting edge and vintage charm. While the traditional women’s pea coat will always offers dependable stability with its goes-with-everything approach, this season's pea coats enjoy a little bit more drama in sporting a suffusion of rich and vibrant jewel colors alongside the tried and true (but certainly not tired) hues of black, khaki, and slate.
The up and coming fall styles are also decidedly feminine, with many elegant details that draw their inspiration more from 1940s Holly­wood glam than dirty trenches (think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s). The sexy silhouette is back, complete with ruffles, three-quarters or seven-eighths sleeves, and a full skirt. These women’s pea coats are mature, but far from being conservative, they incorporate modern touches to keep them fresh and whimsical.
Dress it up, tone it down, cinch it at the waist, or wear it to bare a favorite blouse and trousers; the trusted women’s pea coat is what we have consistently relied on to pull an outfit up from the depths of dull despair and into the chic world of fashionista bliss, making it must-have for any winter wardrobe.

The Tulle Pea Coat

Pea coats have been receiving more recognition over the last few years and rightfully so. This classic silhouette looks chic and stylish and is suited to almost anyone, regardless of their fashion leanings. The pea coat started life as standard issue for the navy. Pea Coats are typically double-breasted, made from heavy worsted wool and usually have vertical slash pockets. They also normally have impossibly large lapels, although today’s Tulle wool pea coats have slimmed down slightly in the transfer from the high seas. Pea Coats are also showing up on the runway, being flogged by many major designers like Marc Jacobs and labels such as Burberry. Besides being a snappy visual, Tulle wool pea coats are amazingly warm. It’s no wonder that sailors have been wearing this design for hundreds of years!

This is a very versatile wardrobe option that anyone can pull off. Pea Coats such as these can be either beautifully androgynous (think with an Englishman’s hat and your best cigarette pants, with leather boots or patent shoes) or quite feminine (perhaps with a mid-thigh length skirt with embellishments and colored stockings); all depending on the cut of the pea coat and what pieces you pair it with. And it’s the best way to look fabulous without sacrificing comfort! I would rather show up to the club with an ultra chic wool pea coat over my outfit than stand in line looking rather sad, shivering to death. So ladies, it’s time for you to find that perfect pea coat!

This most important thing to consider when shopping for your trench pea coat is fit. You want a pea coat that is not too small to move around in, but you do want a pea coat that emphasizes the waist line. Full-length sleeves should reach the bottom of your wrists. Height wise, longer pea coats tend to look better on taller women; however, there are some mid-length pea coats that can give that same feel to a shorter woman.

Once you get past the fit, there’s room for endless fun. Countless styles of pea coats are offered in every color and shade imaginable on the market today, and it would be near impossible not to find something you adore. I am particularly partial to an up-and-comer brand: Sweden-based Tulle.

Tulle is a word no longer limited to that gauzy stuff that goes under prom dresses. This is a line of clothing that hits the perfect mid-range between falling apart after twelve months and ridiculously, rent priced expensive.

Though they offer a full line of clothing, it's Tulle pea coats and Tulle trench coats that really have me checking my closet to see if there's any room left. I know it is the middle of July and no one wants to think about the chilly months of fall and winter, but I am anticipating the first shipment of beautiful Tulle Pea Coats, due this August. UrbanMinx.com carried these beauties last fall and winter and you simply couldn’t order them fast enough to get one. This coming fall season’s collection promises to be just as, if not more, unbelievably gorgeous.
Bright colors and classic shapes that include lots of 1950s peter pan collars, a-line cuts, and bracelet sleeves in rich autumn hues (think eggplant, tomato, crème, black, and evergreen) make for a truly wonderful look. Even better, the prices are in the $80-$150.00 range that other brands no longer seem to think are their target market.

Tulle brand clothing's Fall Winter collection

Pea coats have been receiving more recognition over the last few years and rightfully so. This classic silhouette looks chic and stylish and is suited to almost anyone, regardless of their fashion leanings. The pea coat started life as standard issue for the navy. Pea Coats are typically double-breasted, made from heavy worsted wool and usually have vertical slash pockets. They also normally have impossibly large lapels, although today’s Tulle wool pea coats have slimmed down slightly in the transfer from the high seas. Pea Coats are also showing up on the runway, being flogged by many major designers like Marc Jacobs and labels such as Burberry. Besides being a snappy visual, pea coats are amazingly warm. It’s no wonder that sailors have been wearing this design for hundreds of years!

This is a very versatile wardrobe option that anyone can pull off. Pea Coats such as these can be either beautifully androgynous (think with an Englishman’s hat and your best cigarette pants, with leather boots or patent shoes) or quite feminine (perhaps with a mid-thigh length skirt with embellishments and colored stockings); all depending on the cut of the pea coat and what pieces you pair it with. And it’s the best way to look fabulous without sacrificing comfort! I would rather show up to the club with an ultra chic wool pea coat over my outfit than stand in line looking rather sad, shivering to death. So ladies, it’s time for you to find that perfect pea coat!

This most important thing to consider when shopping for your winter trench coat is fit. You want a pea coat that is not too small to move around in, but you do want a pea coat that emphasizes the waist line. Full-length sleeves should reach the bottom of your wrists. Height wise, longer pea coats tend to look better on taller women; however, there are some mid-length pea coats that can give that same feel to a shorter woman.

Once you get past the fit, there’s room for endless fun. Countless styles of pea coats are offered in every color and shade imaginable on the market today, and it would be near impossible not to find something you adore. I am particularly partial to an up-and-comer brand: Sweden-based Tulle.

Tulle is a word no longer limited to that gauzy stuff that goes under prom dresses. This is a line of clothing that hits the perfect mid-range between falling apart after twelve months and ridiculously, rent priced expensive.

Though they offer a full line of clothing, it's Tulle's pea coats that really have me checking my closet to see if there's any room left. I know it is the middle of July and no one wants to think about the chilly months of fall and winter, but I am anticipating the first shipment of beautiful Tulle Pea Coats, due this August. UrbanMinx.com carried these beauties last fall and winter and you simply couldn’t order them fast enough to get one. This coming fall season’s collection promises to be just as, if not more, unbelievably gorgeous.

Bright colors and classic shapes that include lots of 1950s peter pan collars, a-line cuts, and bracelet sleeves in rich autumn hues (think eggplant, tomato, crème, black, and evergreen) make for a truly wonderful look. Even better, the prices are in the $80-$150.00 range that other brands no longer seem to think are their target market.