Autumn coats and jackets: inside the Rino & Pelle AW26 delivery
Most deliveries arrive as a set of separate decisions. This one did not. The Rino & Pelle boxes came in and everything inside them was in the same warm range, which meant we could put almost any two pieces on the rail together and they worked.
Mocha latte, coffee roast, sahara desert, birch and stone beige. Dark navy and a soft leopard are the only things that break it.
The short version:
- The whole autumn delivery sits in one warm brown and beige palette.
- Two coats lead it, one padded and practical, one faux fur.
- The jackets and waistcoat underneath are cut to layer rather than to stand alone.
- The scarves and the padded bib are what finish an outfit for very little money.
- Rino & Pelle is Dutch, and outerwear is what it is for.
What Rino & Pelle is for
Rino & Pelle is Dutch, founded in 1987, and still Dutch-owned and Dutch-designed. Plenty of labels put out a coat every autumn. This is one of the few where outerwear is the point rather than an addition to the range, and it shows in the parts of a coat people notice only once they own it.
Collars that detach. Linings chosen rather than defaulted to. Texture where a plain shell would have been cheaper. Nearly forty years of doing one thing tends to show up in the fit.
The two coats
The Hudson is the practical one, in mocha latte brown. Padded, properly warm, with a collar that comes off when you want a cleaner line at the neck. It is the coat you stop thinking about after a week, which is the highest compliment a winter coat gets.
The Mans makes the opposite argument. Faux fur in birch beige, with a hood that detaches, and no interest at all in going unnoticed. It has had more comment across the counter than anything else in the delivery.
Between them they cover most of what a winter asks for. One disappears into daily life, one changes the outfit on its own.
What goes underneath
Because the palette holds across the whole delivery, the layering does itself. The Florieke jacket in sahara desert brown is the one we keep picking up. Brushed wool-blend, a fringed hem that moves, and a length that finishes just below the waist, so it sits over a high-waisted trouser without riding up.
The Bubbly boxy jacket is there for anyone who wants the print rather than the neutral. It is a muted leopard in tan and cream rather than a high-contrast one, dense enough to read as knitwear from across a room, and it also finishes just below the waist.
Then the Dava waistcoat, which goes over a shirt and under a coat and solves the problem of a day that is cold at both ends and mild in the middle.
The accessories are worth more than they look. A stone beige scarf and a small leopard padded bib will change how the same coat reads three times in a week, and neither of them costs what a new coat does.
Choosing an autumn coat
Two things settle it, and neither shows in a photograph.
The first is what you wear underneath. Try a coat on over the thickest jumper you actually own, not over a t-shirt in a warm shop. A coat that fits beautifully over nothing is a coat you will stop wearing in November.
The second is where it sits on you. Length changes an outfit more than colour does, and it is the thing customers most often get wrong when buying online. A coat that ends at the widest part of your leg will fight everything you put under it.
After that it comes down to how often you will reach for it. A padded coat in a warm neutral gets worn four times a week. A faux fur gets worn when you want to be seen, which is a different job and worth owning separately rather than trying to find one coat that does both.
Our coats, jackets and the full Rino & Pelle collection are in the shop in Wetherby and online. Ring us on 01937 585429 if you would like something set aside before you travel.
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I buy Rino & Pelle in the UK?
We stock Rino & Pelle at Olivia Grace in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, and the collection is on our website as well. We hand-pick from each season rather than taking the whole range, so what is on the rail is a selection we would put on a customer ourselves. Ring us on 01937 585429 if you are looking for a particular style or size and we will tell you honestly whether we have it.
What is Rino & Pelle known for?
Outerwear. It is a Dutch label founded in 1987, still Dutch-owned and Dutch-designed, and coats and jackets are where it does its best work. The detail is what separates it from a plain shell: collars and hoods that detach, considered linings, and real texture in the faux fur and quilted styles. Trousers and knitwear round the range out, but the coats are the reason to know the name.
How should an autumn coat fit?
Over what you will actually wear underneath it, which is the test most people skip. Try it on over your thickest jumper rather than over a thin top in a warm shop, and check you can move your arms forward without the shoulders pulling. Length matters as much as width. A coat that ends at the widest part of your leg will work against everything you put under it, so pay attention to where the hem lands on you rather than where it lands on the model.
What colours are in the Rino & Pelle autumn collection?
It is a warm palette this season, running through mocha latte, coffee roast, sahara desert, birch and stone beige. Dark navy and a soft muted leopard are the only breaks in it. That consistency is genuinely useful rather than a coincidence, because it means a coat, a waistcoat and a scarf bought together will go, and so will pieces bought weeks apart.
Can I see the collection in the shop?
Yes, it is all on the rail in Wetherby. Coats are one of the pieces most worth trying rather than ordering, because weight, drape and where the hem sits are the three things that decide whether you wear it, and none of the three photographs well. Come in, bring the jumper you live in through winter, and we will get a few on you. There is no obligation to buy anything.
Written by Jackie
Jackie is the owner of Olivia Grace in Wetherby, where she hand-picks every piece from European collections. She has spent years helping customers find clothes that actually get worn.
