New trend alert...... the Summer Coat!

Years ago I worked for Lucky magazine as a regional editor alongside the publication's west coast editor, Marlien Rentmeester. She is a quiet industry influencer--the real deal--and her blog, Le Catch, is a great source for what's up next. Her recent post on the summer coat, for example, is sure to be a story in every editor's everywhere spring fashion pages (and these pages will be pulled together in a mere three months). Designers, if you have a summer coat in SS/2013 collection, don't forget to pitch the Summer Coat story in October to national editors!

Photo by Tommy Ton