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Introducing the scarf coat, a genuinely new style | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion


New kinds of coat only come around every five years or so – this one will keep you cosy while adding a minimal sleekness to your look

About five years before that, the trenchcoat, which had played a supporting role in style for a century, suddenly took on main character energy in our shop windows and wardrobes. The Toteme coat is luxurious, in a heavy wool for warmth, with a smooth line and finished with distinctive blanket stitching and tassels on the scarf. John Lewis is pulling ahead, making the scarf coat a central pillar of its fashion-forward autumn collection, with versions starting at £69(pictured).

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