Keep warm, stay so cool

Jan 10 2008 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post

There’s no need to sacrifice style for comfort. Laura Davis shows how you can pick yourself the perfect winter warmer

Left: Wrap Coat in camel, £130, by Phase 8. Right: Belinda mac in natural, £129, by Hobbs

WHETHER you’re planning a winter stroll along the beach, or just need to hide from the rain on the way into work, a warm coat is the essential item for the bitter January days.

Wrapping yourself up in a cosy parka or military jacket is the per- fect antidote to the gloomy weather.

Colours this year range from muted stones and khaki to bright block hues. Add a woolly scarf or tasteful pashmina and a snug pair of gloves for the ultimate in cosiness.

Left: Red Tab girl’s jacket in black. Right: Wrap Coat in camel, £130, by Phase 8.

WINDSWEPT Crosby beach is the setting for this week’s fashion shoot.

This wide expanse of sand was a favourite with the upper classes during the Victorian era, who liked to stroll along and take the air.

It is also the location of internationally-renowned artist Antony Gormley’s sculpture, Another Place – 100 iron figures facing out to sea – that were cast from his own body.

Left: Olive 2 scarlet coat, £169, by LK Bennett. Right: White Oletta coat, £269, by LK Bennett

Notes

Location: Crosby Beach

Model: Lisa, of Absolute  Model Management,  www.absolutemodelmanagement.co.uk, tel:  0151 707 0505

Photographer: Tracey  O’Neill

Stylist: Emma Pinch

Hair: Bryan Foy at Zoo,  Hackins Hey, Liverpool

Make-up: Lottie Davies,  from MAC, Metquarter

Stockists: Coast, Hobbs,  LK Bennett, Levi’s, Phase  8, all at Metquarter,  Whitechapel, Liverpool

lauradavis@dailypost.co.uk