Terror: the search for the ultimate winter coat

Story of my life: the moment I have blown my entire salary, I suddenly see forty cool things that I must have, and when I am really looking for something – like a good winter coat – the search is miserable and painfully long.

For about four weeks, I've been shouting here at the office that I want a new coat. Not that I don't have coats on the coat rack, but all the pieces I've bought so far are quite Kiki-like. Read: fly with me, to the rainbow, it just doesn't match anywhere. Bright orange? Check. Shouting Pino yellow? In the pocket. Baby fluffy blue? Also. All super cheerful showstoppers, but I notice that I need a nice, basic coat that goes with everything. And so actually in black. And secretly, I don't find that very chill at all. Now you might think: what do you mean?! but I still struggle with black. My life consists of a color orgasm. But that's also the problem, because all my bags are cheerful and hysterical and therefore not always matching with the colorful coats. In short: I need color therapy. I need a black coat. But not just any one.

Days passed, weeks, but the coat remained absent. Everything suddenly seemed too boring, too warm, too stupid, too cheap looking, or just not quite right. Until this week I Bijenkorf walked in and fell in love with a long quality coat from Karen Millen. I didn't even look at the price. Until I genuinely started to like the coat and then suddenly saw that the thing cost 500 bucks. So I think that's quite a lot. The weird thing is that I would spend that money on a special colorful piece. With pain in my heart, I hung the ultimate basic back. Three minutes later, I was outside again and felt like a loser in my colorful, thin coat. But oh yes, I just bought a house and for the same money, I could buy three coats. The misery, people, the misery.

Long story short: I need tips. Addresses. Secret spots, secret boutiques, and (web)shops that I don't know yet. Where, where does this poor Koos Jasloos find a cool black coat that you don't see everywhere and still has that special touch? SMS ‘COAT’ to 3030. Just kidding, email me at kiki@amayzine.com if you have a miracle tip for me. Thanks love, lobi, and kisses from Koos Jasloos. Or should I say: Kiek Kleurenziek?