Forget Canada Goose — is this London's coolest new winter coat for 2024?

Icelandic outerwear go-to 66°North has enlisted the assistance of rising prima decorator Charlie Constaintou for the 2nd time, producing a capsule postulation for those aft the coolest mode to support from the incoming chill. 

Constaintou, who graduated from Central Saint Martins successful 2022 with a postulation rooted successful his unsocial benignant of quilting, has “really focused connected bringing much of our silhouettes and textiles into the 66°North world,” helium says. The results see the “Signature Quilt Jacket” — a quilt overgarment dyed implicit 4 days with minerals, clay and rocks — a “Hybrid Shearling Shell Jacket” that combines fleece and wool blend deadstock, and the instrumentality of the “Dyed Shell Jacket”, for those looking for toned down, gorpcore-approved windbreakers.  

When the decorator near college, helium explained his signature quilting method to the Standard, saying: “It is constructed from a shrunken quilting which tin agelong backmost retired to acceptable the idiosyncratic wearing it. Essentially, this quilting tin turn to acceptable anyone. It is inspired by utmost upwind conditions, adaptability and function. Being capable to accommodate from blistery to cold, oregon from 1 situation to another. Allowing a garment to service much than a singular purpose.”

It’s nary astonishment then, that 66°North took note. “When we were readying our marketplace introduction for London [in 2023] and preparing for the opening of our European flagship store connected Regent Street, we wanted to pat into the section originative assemblage successful London,” says Helgi Óskarsson, their CEO. “Charlie brought immoderate sketches to our archetypal meeting, and I saw instantly that not lone was helium a precise talented designer, but helium besides wholly understood our marque and heritage.”

“When the institution was founded successful 1926, Hans Kristjansson, our founder, pushed boundaries by making the astir innovative and durable fisherman overgarment helium could deliberation of,” Óskarsson continues. “Today, we proceed to germinate and marque garments that are relevant, and you tin deterioration successful each types of weather, nary substance if it’s the rainfall successful London, the acold January successful New York City oregon hiking a glacier successful Iceland.”

As for what makes a large coat, Constaintou believes determination are 3 aspects to get right: “the cut, functionality and durability. All of the styles we person developed arsenic portion of this collaboration are thoroughly considered for relation and adaptability — arsenic good arsenic comfortableness and durability. It’s beyond conscionable being visually pleasing.”

Certainly, though, you tin expect to crook heads. 

From £175, 66north.com; besides successful store, 100 Regent St, W1B 5SR