A belted coat creates a defined waist in a way that an unstructured coat cannot and the resulting silhouette is one of the most flattering and considered outerwear options available across the range of body types that benefit from a defined mid-section. The belt needs to be substantial enough to hold its position rather than sliding up or down across a day of wearing. The coat fabric needs enough body to hold the belted shape rather than pulling or distorting at the belt attachment. These are the belted coats that earn the silhouette they create and that look as considered at the end of a long wearing day as they did when belted in the morning.