The pastel and monochrome woolens and cashmere pieces that dominated Céline’s FW 2013 runway culminated into a trio of garments that featured a distinct tied-sleeve design on the front, including this trapeze coat in grey cashmere.

As first noted by Jeremy Lewis of Garmento, the tied-sleeve detail likely has its origins in a wool jersey coat by American designer Geoffrey Beene, famously photographed on a dress form with its sleeves knotted.

The unmistakable similarities between the two end there: Céline further elaborates on their interpretation, differentiating it through key changes in the design and fabrication to innovate from the original.

This coat is made entirely from washed double-faced cashmere, plush and soft to the touch. An overlapping front conceals a diagonal row of snap buttons. The sleeves are elongated, enabling one to freely roll the cuffs to adjust the length, or perhaps recreate the signature tied front.

Underneath the sleeves are armscyes which allow one to wear the coat cape-like. Jetted pockets open on the wrong side of the flap, as demonstrated on the runway. The triangular cut on the back informs the coat’s subtle trapeze shape, and served as a recurring motif on various garments in the same collection.