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Is this outfit peak Cos?

23 replies

SamanthaBrique · 06/10/2019 12:42

I'm not sure I could convince any of the men in my life to wear this...

Is this outfit peak Cos?
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PurpleWithRed · 06/10/2019 12:47

OMG. Cos. I find it astonishing they sell anything off their website: some kind of weird reverse marketing maybe? Some of my very nicest clothes have come from Cos although they do make it as hard as possible to find them.

SamanthaBrique · 06/10/2019 12:49

Funnily enough I was in a Cos store the other day and saw this kilt from one side and I thought "nice grey skirt, could work for winter" and then realised it was on a male mannequin AND missing the other side!

banivani · 06/10/2019 14:18

It’s described as “a distinct piece” 😂

helpmum2003 · 06/10/2019 14:21

Looks like something from Star Wars...

ZaraW · 06/10/2019 14:42

I kind of like it but you would have to have a very distinct look. Your average jeans polo shirt wearing man would be horrified.

botemp · 06/10/2019 14:58

I am no man but I kind of like it too. I can see it having potential (for women) layered over another pleated skirt with a different width pleat or worn over a leather skirt that's about half the length of that and black opaques to really play with the negative space aspect of it.

Men who like a bit of Rick Owens, Haider Ackermann, and Gareth Pugh would probably not be phased by it and embrace it, wear it with chunky boots and grotty leggings and a holey jumper. Granted they're a small group but they do tend shop at my local Cos a lot.

banivani · 06/10/2019 16:44

It's a lot of money to wear with grotty leggings now... Also, if it doesn't stay put but works it's way around your body you'd be wearing an apron half the time. I admit I am a little boring and am a little too fond of functionality, but this just seems like an annoying item of clothing to me. There's just a little bit too little skirt there for me to get it?

CadburysTastesVileNow · 06/10/2019 18:57

out of stock now Shock

Zinnia · 06/10/2019 19:20

Grin currently trying to convince DH to buy a jumpsuit from Cos but I might draw the line at this one!

EvilPostbox · 06/10/2019 19:23

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banivani · 06/10/2019 20:25

Zinnia I think I prefer the half kilt to the jumpsuits actually! I am nothing if not fickle and hypocritical Grin

FlorenceLyons · 06/10/2019 20:27

I love Cos, but that's a fantastic description, Evilpostbox Grin

JaneR0chester · 06/10/2019 20:33

I like the look of that Blush

But no way would my DH ever wear anything like it. He's just not "cool" enough Grin And now it's sold out, I look forward to seeing it in real life, although probably not in my provincial home counties town!

ilovetofu · 06/10/2019 20:35

Lol @ "peak Cos" 🤣

HUZZAH212 · 06/10/2019 20:40

I'm enraged it includes a hidden pocket. If it was a womens full skirt it wouldn't.

PastTheGin · 06/10/2019 20:50

Half a kilt? A jumpsuit that looks like it has simultaneously expanded and shrunk in the wash? Sometimes I wonder who on Earth wears that stuff. Even my Swedish friends are not Swedish enough to walk around like that!

smemorata · 06/10/2019 20:53

Ha! I'm a sucker for weird Cos clothes but I don't think I could persuade dh to wear this.

BackOnceAgainWithABurnerEmail · 06/10/2019 20:53

Only if he was going to murder someone in a b movie.

BackOnceAgainWithABurnerEmail · 06/10/2019 20:56

You don’t even get the trousers with it! What a rip off!

banivani · 06/10/2019 21:05

I missed the pocket. I take it all back then, it's a functional garment and then it's pretty cool.

Bezalelle · 06/10/2019 21:49

if a dystopian dictatorship ever rises to power, they will buy their uniforms from COS.

TheJoxter · 06/10/2019 21:51

It’s like half a school skirt
For men
Extraordinary

FeckOffGraham · 06/10/2019 22:00

I showed DH and he, legit, thought it was a Star Wars fancy dress costume.

I reckon it could look cool though, on someone a bit quirky.

But, yes, I think we have reached peak Cos here.

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