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You know the classic trench, now meet the Frankentrench

Sliced and spliced, this season the classic coat has been reimagined way beyond its battlefield origins.

Shot by the Dutch content creator Benthe Liem, the short clip features half a dozen women wearing roughly the same style of beige trenchcoat, presumably gifted to them by the brand hosting trip. Nowadays, a trench is very Montecito-core coded, a type of dressing – all biscuit- and cream-coloured pieces and delicate jingly-jangly gold jewellery that has become synonymous with Markle, Paltrow and certain people at farmers’ markets in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Arket appears to have chopped a trenchcoat in half, selling a midi skirt with all the classic hallmarks of the coat – slanted pockets, double buttons and belt – but only from the waist down.

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