The Hush Michelle Coat...

I blogged about this coat during the summer and it's been on my wish list since then. I've had a camel coat hole in my wardrobe for ages and while I've bought a couple of less expensive ones in the past 2 years, they were never right...I still hankered after a cashmere/wool mix....a proper luxurious camel coat.

Then I was fortunate enough to be offered my choice of item from the Hush AW15 collection to review. I enquired about the Michelle coat, crossed my fingers and was blown away when the Hush people said I could have it!

But here the thing, when it arrived, I was a little underwhelmed. It was more lightweight than I'd expected and quite creased. I'll be entirely honest with you and say that if I'd paid for it, I'd have had doubts about keeping it.

But the Hush people said I could think about it for a while so I hung it up for a few week and then the other weekend, I popped it back on for a cool crisp Sunday morning walk - which is when I fell in love (incidentally the creases fell out in the interim)

I realised that because it's wool & cashmere, it doesn't need to be heavy. It's actually incredibly warm to wear....and an absolute pleasure to wear too because you don't have the weight you'd expect from a coat that keeps you so warm.

I also love the style of it. I've realised over the years that high collared or no-collared coats suit me best - the traditional crombie style isn't the most flattering on me. The shape of this coat is perfect. Not too formal but still with a bit of structure.

I used the original image from the Hush catalogue as my inspiration and wore the coat with black jeans, a denim shirt and some slip on trainers.

Michelle Coat - c/o Hush
Black Jeans - Gap
Denim Shirt - White Company
White Top - M&S
Black Cross Body - Boden (past season)
Slip on Trainers - Zara (past season)

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Disclaimer - this coat was provided to me by Hush for the purposes of this review. I was not paid to write the review and the words are all my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support this blog.