Los Angeles, California is famously not chilly. However that isn’t stopping Rihanna from fulfilling her goals of being a Coat Lady™—a noble, lonely trigger out in sunny SoCal. The few, the proud, and so on. 

RiRi is aware of that rocking a press release coat is the quick observe to trying put-together. Don’t need to change out of pajamas? Throw on a wonderful piece of outerwear to curate an deliberately messy-chic vibe. Is your outfit nearly there? Counteract any potential boredom with an over-the-top jacket. 

Rihanna of all individuals isn’t one to bow to the circumstances—on this case, the adversity of a temperate local weather—and, thus, has develop into a devoted coat-wearer. (As a fellow Angeleno with a penchant for a trench or duster, I tip my hat to her.) And the look virtually pays for itself: nonetheless scorching she could really feel, a press release coat is all however assured to raise the general outfit.

A technique Rihanna has gone about making the coat work for her is pairing them with light-weight items beneath. Take her most latest outing, the place she wore a scorching pink lace corset prime, dishevelled ripped denims, and open-toes heels. Did she want to put on a coat? Probably not, nevertheless it actually appears glamorous. She additionally makes use of them to add distinction: when she paired a putting pearl choker from Jean Paul Gaultier’s 2007 couture assortment with one other lingerie prime, outsized denims, and Pumas, she upped the ante with a double-breasted coat. 

So, even should you, too, endure by nice winters, you don’t must go sans assertion coat. As a substitute, take a web page from Rihanna’s guide. Right here, some inspiration from her latest LA appears beneath.