Coat Check: Catherine Malandrino Long Puffer Jacket

This is the extremly up market Catherine Malandrino Long Puffer Jacket availible exclusively at shopbop.com. A comfy-cozy coat with a fitted silhouette, this puffer coat features an oversized collar and zip hip pockets. Hidden 7-snap and zip closures. Ribbed waist and cuffs. Long sleeves. Lined. Catherine Malandrino is a distinguished dress maker with a reputation for bluring the line between dreams and waking life, enhancing a woman's femininity while cultivating an edge. This soft elegance is at the core of every finessed ruffle, sequin, and cutout the French designer imagines. "I want to design irresistible clothes that make a woman desirable," says Malandrino. And from black lace insets to candy-bright rosettes each intricate detail bespeaks a beautiful cooperation between the energy of Manhattan and the romance of Paris. This coat is a beautiful up market aspirational peice. It's priced at $995 and will certainly make a statment the first time you wear it. There are some coupon codes and free shipping options that bring that price down some, but if you're clipping coupons for a Catherine Maladrino piece then you probably can't afford it. At least it's nice to look at and use it at inspiration to fuel you towards the day that you can.

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