There is a simple pleasure in snuggling up on a cosy sofa with a soft, warm quilt wrapped around you on a blistering winter’s day, with a hot chocolate in hand. But despite all of the most experimental and out-there fashion trends that have passed through the modern world, there’s yet to be a wave where wearing your blanket outside of the house – no matter how comfortable it may be – is considered cool.
That is, until the quilt coat.
“Quilts are for the home,” says Taiga Bentley, founder of quilting brand House of Taiga. “The bed, the couch, the crib, the shelf – that’s where the quilt lives.” The quilt coat, meanwhile, “grants us the freedom to bring a blanket out of our house and into the world while still wanting to appear sane.” Taiga reckons there is no better way to honour the effort that goes into designing and making quilts than this current-favourite transitional staple. “Quilted fashion is bedding that you can take with you to the office, and what better use for all the incredible hard work that goes into making
