Seeing Spots
Here's the thing about leopard-print coats: With the right fit and pattern, they can be the best of everything?completely glamorous, sexy, and even ladylike (I imagine wearing one buttoned up over a '50s-ish party dress with matte red lipstick, like Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven). But if you go wrong with a leopard print coat, you risk looking like Pebbles Flintstone, or worse still, a member of the oldest profession. Of the 353 options currently on eBay, the following three caught my eye: this plush Sonia Rykiel style, which is subdued enough to wear every day, this pretty double-breasted version, which has a built-in belt and cool vintage buttons, and this neat-but-swingy belted look. They're all quiet enough to feel classy, not trampy, and each has the kind of cut that you can wear for years.
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