Katie Holmes has been on a roll with her Fall fashion formulas. Last week, she dressed as everyone’s favorite “band aid” Penny Lane in a ’70s-style leather and shearling-lined coat. Her outfits have landed at the intersection of luxury and gorpcore, served up some color-blocking and smart layering, and always accessorised the most effortless and chicly. Spotted frequently going to and from the New York theater where she’s starring in the Broadway production of Our Town, casual and put together is the name of the game.
Braving the New York chill yesterday (December 14), Holmes was photographed in what’s become quite a typical silhouette. She wore a grey peacoat with an oversized beige and color-flecked knit turtleneck, light wash denim jeans, and her go-to black leather flats. On her arm, she toted an ecru-toned bag from one of her favorite brands, Manu Atelier. From looks of Fall days gone by, we know Holmes loves the peacoat and high necked combo, a simple and chic styling trick to layer key wardrobe pieces smartly without throwing off proportions or resorting to the all-enveloping overcoat.
Holmes also wore a pair of dark-lensed rectangular sunglasses, and a beanie not too dissimilar to the hat that topped Timothée Chalamet’s bleached blond hair, which he debuted on the red carpet of the New York premiere for his Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. Chalamet had a cheeky play at method dressing, mirroring what Bob Dylan looked like when making an appearance at Sundance Film Festival in 2003. The beanie was very mid-aughts. As is Holmes’, but the rest of the outfit remains a totally timeless cold weather combination.
Holmes stays loyal to her accessories. We’ve seen her more than once with the off-white Le Cambon purse from Manu Atelier, with its signature telltale skinny belt detail (Vogue staffers are big fans too). Will the beanie become part of her regular wardrobe rotation? TBC.