Posted on Sat, 10 Sep 2011
A/W 2011 Sneak Peeks: Hogan Light & Quilted
Keep out the chill this Winter at Hogan with a range of ultra-light down coats and windbreakers, zip-through jackets and sleeveless bodywarmers, bomber and jackets. If you are the ‘matchy’, ‘matchy’ type of gal, then you will love the complementary shopping bag, sneakers and footwear to provide the perfect finishing touches.
If you have to wear something bulky it might as well be stylish, I say. And so it is at Hogan where the padding of the bomber jackets and the short and long versions of the down coats is embellished with snappy and asymmetrical geometric quilting.
The irregular diagonals are often enhanced by silver zips. Gently-fitted or pulled in at the waist by a drawstring, they are cocoons of nylon injected with ink that produces an unexpected embossed effect, hiding a multitude of pockets, plus a maxi zip-through detachable collar and XL mittens.
The short coat, on the other hand, falls in a straight line to the hips, referencing street art: silver brushstrokes against a background of black leather with the same graffiti effect featuring on the sleeves. The slightly A-line, quilted bodywarmer is worn on top of the short coat, combining volume and graphic pattern.
The accessories are the absolute must-haves in the new Hogan by Karl Lagerfeld collection, flying the standard of the famous codes of the two maisons. The sneaker can either be ankle or calf height and focuses on the essential combination of black and white – intimately linked to the style of Karl Lagerfeld. High-heeled Oxfords with rubber soles have a modern allure that is also the mark of the shopping bag in leather with painted stripes in silver, available in M and XL versions, with a flap closure signed by Hogan by Karl Lagerfeld and contrast leather bellows and bottom.
