Coat Check: Why Packing a Chic Wardrobe for Fashion Week Isn't as Easy as It Looks

Dressing for fashion month in winter is counterintuitive. In your everyday life, you assemble a look and then put a coat over it, knowing that once inside, your outerwear will come off. But at shows, the thinking is reversed. This coat-focused dressing gives way to what we’re calling the “withoutfit”—an outfit that, without your coat, is really nothing at all.