Are these really the 20 best coats?

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in today's Guardian. I hope not, I don't think I like any of them. Where have buttons gone this season?

www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2013/sep/06/fashion-coats-autumn-winter-2013#/?picture=416451502&index=0

The only decent ones are the duffle coat and the red Zara one... It seems the more expensive = the more hideous! And what is that ridiculousness: a coat with no sleeves?!

Urch. What horrid shapes. So many boxy awful coats. The shapes make me think of Cos clothes- great if you are a size 8 and 5 foot 10, but no good for anybody else.

I quite like the grey Sandra one and the green top shop one. Some of them are ghastly. The leopard patterned one is fugly.

They r all shapeless unflattering and very 80s

I love e green duffel but the others could be picked up for pence in a local oxfam. What hideous styles.

Sleeveless coat? Are they having a laugh

Boxy is 'in' apparently. I've yet to find someone who can pull off the boxy look. It's so unflattering.

Don't like many of them, green duffle is ok

Apart from the green duffle they look like something the queen would wear.

Yes green suffle is nice - but an M&S coat for £350?? Insanity

Oooh I love that checked one from Hobbs , but way out of my price range

Just what I was looking for, a sleeveless coat to wear with my sleeveless top in mid winter, get my pasty bingo wings out for all and sundry

Can anyone explain the point of a sleeveless coat to me??

I do like the full length m&s for the look, but totally impractical!

The only one I liked was the M&S one until I saw the price Marks need a reality check.

Many of them looked like the same coat in different colors.

I think the sleeveless coat is a nod to Victoria Beckham,who I would not exactly strike me as an outdoor girl.

The 20 most horrible coats...

Ugghhhh
They're all the same shape!
I only like two, the Red Herring one which I wouldn't buy having had my colours done,& the navy hooded one which I love but can't afford.

Number 3 looks like something the Queen would wear

And what's with the very deep V's? They won't be any good on a cold night

That's the third article in a week with such a dedication to pink coats. Do the fashionistas sit around a table and brainstorm the seasons 'trend'?
I have no wish to look like Peppa Pig.

'Where have buttons gone this season?'
This. I can just about make allowances for the high street but the high end stores are just as bad. Dolce and Gabanna are asking £1,400 for a coat that's fastened with poppers and isn't even fully lined.
They are all taking the piss.

I rather like the 2 M&S ones - aside the vile pink, I'm nearly 40, not 4.

The rest? Absolutely perfect for the average middle-aged frump of a Guardian reader.

I have the green duffle in blue. It's a lovely coat but it gets very heavy in the rain. I'm sure my nan would like most of the others (she's in her 80's)

As a short size 16 pear, I need style and shape. Single breasted, nice notched lapels, nip in at the waist and top stitch the seams. Think the subtlest most gently curved, fit and flare dress.

I'd look like a felt covered, cube shaped footstool in those monstrosities!

Goodness, it appears waists are out of fashion! As a busty hourglass I shall ignore all of those!

The pink ASOS one has my nan written all over it.

I think that list killed any notion that I might want a pale pink coat.