The Wrap Coat
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the fall season at WIPOT. We’re officially calling ourselves a substack mini style publication. Our logo is almost finished (this one is a placeholder)! I blame myself for the revisions.
I was going to write a September column but saved everything for this Fall Wish List that I worked on for Vogue (thank you for having me, team Vogue!) and had nothing else worthwhile to share.
As I approach the two year anniversary of this column (built on the substack platform), I’m excited to be expanding it beyond my own mirror selfies (!) to include more of WIPOT’s perspective. We all have a lens. This winter you’re going to see ours in greater expanse (mine, too).
When I first launched Dorsey I remember feeling very weird (and like an absolute fraud) when I started to call myself a CEO. Over time, I settled into the role, and the title. It took a number of years.
The same will be true of WIPOT. What started as a Sunday substack column (this newsletter) is ready to take a step into the next phase. Perhaps we’re early on the title. Nevetheless, we’re moving forward with it.
In the coming months I’m looking forward to sharing with you how WIPOT views style and fashion (as it fits into life).
But lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about sameness. Wearing the same coat, or being interested in the same things as other people, doesn’t make you any less interesting. We’re all looking for common interest points. Or a shared lens. That’s how communities are built on substack. How you style something, or even the size you wear of it, makes it your own.
Every fashion week I look as much at what models are wearing on runways as I do at what people are wearing in the audiences. It’s rarely the same. Fashion and function inspire one another. But don’t always intersect.
This substack is rooted in (and will explore) what we put on today.
IRL.
I’ll remain at the helm of this column and I’m looking forward to building out a team of contributing writers here, too. I’ve got my hands full and many ideas to share.
This role continues to be a weekend position that I’ve created for myself. This column started in my bedroom on Sunday mornings, sitting on my floor, by the side of my bed. Additional support here will allow me to stay focused as I lead Dorsey.
If there is anything I’ve learned in life it’s that eventually you have to push your ideas out into the world in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable. You have to allow them to expand. And get bigger.
To thrive, creativity needs an audience to speak to and engage with at all points.
As always, I’m going to remind you that you probably don’t need a single item in this newsletter. But if you’re looking for something similar perhaps it will help you find it (or send you in a new direction all together).
I hope you’ll feel inspired by the style ideas we’re going to try to bring to life here as we expand (very slowly) over time. And I hope you will keep talking to one another about how you think about style in your own lives.
I really do.
Hope to meet you in the comments section below.
All my very best,
Meg
WIPOT (What I Put On Today)
P.S. There will be typos and grammatical errors (apologies in advance!).
The first time I went to Paris was in the month of October many years ago. It was mid October, around the 15th, and it was very officially the start of autumn. Beautiful, chilly, and perfect for walking out the door with my wrap coat flung open. Hands in pockets. Clutch stuffed under my arm. Nothing buttoned or secured. My keys inside the door I just locked. My signature move when I’m traveling. I’ve scaled plenty of fire escapes to get back into apartments I don’t own through lightly cracked windows.
The wrap coat is really the coat I throw on at every stage of winter. Open with a tee (or no tee if I’m late to drop-off), over a sweater in November, or bundled up with a ludicrously capacious scarf in the dead of winter (this year I might just wrap a large sweater around my neck, per The Row, since they’re currently styling thick sweaters as neckwear).
The one I’m wearing above is Max Mara but today I wanted to introduce you to THE CURATED a new brand I discovered last week while scrolling IG (if you like any of the below pieces but have questions on sizing reach out to them directly on instagram DM).
Right now, most of these pieces are on pre-order but that never bothers me.
I especially like the short versions as an alternative to blazers (which just don’t work once real winter sets in).
I always size up in wrap coats for extra room. They rarely look too big (in almost any size and on anyone). I like a little room for my layers to move.
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That burgundy situation!! 👀 🤎🩷
I love your edits🤍 especially the max mara coat with the trench belt, so cool! I’ve had my wrap from The Curated for many years and think it’s a great price-value for how well the quality has lasted. I recently purchased one of their trenches too and love it…it’s a really simple design but lined in silk which is such a nice detail. Thank you for sharing and can’t wait to see what’s to come on WIPOT 🫶