EXCESSIVE VOLUME has been on-trend in menswear for a while, but the expansion has generally been outward, not down. Now, designers are elongating everything from knits to shirts, but the main event is sidewalk-skimming coats. Extra-long styles dominated the fall shows in January, casting heavy shadows on runways from Saint Laurent to Loewe. With fall here, I wanted to see if this elongated elegance translated to the real world. Would the coats’ hems gather grime on a subway platform or catch in a taxi’s door?

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Persons: Saint Laurent, Loewe Locations: Saint