Brontë Coatdress
Is it is a coat, is it a dress? The answer is yes. With all the fit detail of the best tailored garments and the flattering lines from gowns of years past – this style is flexible and useful in the best sense – layered with a blouse and waistcoat, over your favorite cocktail dress or worn alone, buttoned up. We’ve included lots of delightful details – generous front pockets (set flatteringly on the diagonal) as well as a dainty watch pocket, handy for loose change or perfect for accessorizing with a pocket watch. The Bronte’s full sleeves have the added function of making you waist look that much smaller as do the flared skirts. The fully lined interior includes a large stoables pocket as well as our signature ‘smugglers’ pocket just the right size for cell phone or business cards. Finished with topstitching on collar and turned back cuffs for crispness and a nice kick-slit in the back for ease of walking. If your one true love’s heart doesn’t skip a beat when they see you in this….well, it will.
Women’s sizes S – XXL, consider how you might want to layer this piece when you choosing a size.
Proudly made in Chi-Town, USA.
– Women’s sizes for our tailored HC line –
XS: chest 34”, waist 26 =1/2”, hips 36 1/2”
S: chest 36”, waist 28 1/2, hips 38 1/2”
M: chest 38 1/2”, waist 31”, hips 41”
L: chest 41 1/2”, waist 34”, hips 44”
XL: chest 45 1/2”, waist 38”, hips 48”
XXL: chest 49 1/2”, waist 43”, hips 52”
’twere mad foolishness to have come here, he scolded himself.
It could never be. His governess? A woman whose family had squandered all station, whose girls had lost all prospects? That was not why he had had them fetch her to Thornfield Hall! Well, if she came, he would tell her, “I am sorry, my dear Jane, but a madness overcame me.” Yes, that was for the best…
But those words were never to reach his lips for the thought died the moment he spied her. A shy, but proud woman, she walked with nervous determination, the long skirts of her coat swaying from side to sided as she picked her way doggedly across the green. He could see her stop to scan the countryside — seeking, seeking him.
Even from there, their eyes met and he was lost. His feet had a mind of his own as he tore across the heather, “oh my darling, darling girl….”
Charlotte. Emily. Anne. The Brontë sisters were not romance writers; they wrote the novels that defined for generations what high romance was all about! Elegance and passion, but always with proper manners and just the right touch of reserve; that’s what defined these amazing women and their writing, and we’ve tried to give them a namesake that matches. Bright, determined women overcoming incredible odds to find happiness with their one, true love – a coat just like this. The Brontë coatdress is one of most contemporary, yet evocative garments that, just like one Charlotte’s heroines, can face all manner of challenges.
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