Your coat generally gets more notice than the outfit underneath. And we found quite the array of creative outerwear, from furs layered over utility jackets to classic trenches, eye-catching stripes to fair isle patterns.
Click through these pics for chic ways to bundle up this winter. And be sure to view these coats full-screen: It's the details that count!
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Bettina Zerza
Age: No comment
From: New York
Occupation: Architect
Who makes your coat? Joseph
All buttoned up: "Don't tell anyone but this is goat fur. It's great because it's really warm but isn't super heavy or bulky."
Which show are you excited to see most? Derek Lam
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Kira Kleaveland
Age: 25
From: New York
Occupation: Production Assistant at CNN
Who makes your coat? Theory
All buttoned up: "I wanted to wear something that really popped."
Which show are you excited to see most? Carolina Herrera
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Cecilia Cassini
Age: 10
From: Los Angeles
Occupation: Fashion Designer
Who makes your coat? Miu Miu
All buttoned up: "I chose this coat because I know that black is good for New York."
Which show are you excited to see most? Tory Burch
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Mahela Papa
Age: 26
From: Italy
Occupation: Shoe designer
Who makes your coat? Vest is vintage and sweater underneath is her own design.
All buttoned up: "It's important for me to keep evolving and I try to push the envelope with layering."
Which show are you excited to see most? "I'm more excited about the week as a whole, to see how it can open my mind and inform my work."
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Tamu McPherson
Age: 33
From: Milan
Occupation: Blogger for http://alltheprettybirds.blogspot.com/
Who makes your coat? Opening Ceremony
All buttoned up: "I brought about six coats over from Milan, all distributed between two jumbo suitcases. After $400 in overweight baggage fees in the past, I've gotten more strategic about my packing."
Which show are you excited to see most? Alexander Wang
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: George Schramm
Age: 54
From: Queens
Occupation: Construction
Who makes your coat? Burlington Coat Factory
All buttoned up: "I don't want to blend in with the rest of the crowd." Mission accomplished!
Which show are you excited to see most? "That woman that does the cartwheels."
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Amorette Brooms (left) and Haley Dickey (right)
Age: 32 and 27
From: Atlanta
Occupation: Buyers
Who makes your coat? Plenty by Tracy Reese and Vince
All buttoned up: "I wore this coat because it makes me feel like a Russian Princess." – Amorette
Which show are you excited to see most? Tracy Reese
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Kyle McManus
Age: 38
From: Boston
Occupation: Self-employed
Who makes your coat? Vintage Freedman's mink
All buttoned up: "I was worried about getting splattered with paint by PETA but it's so cold I thought 'Bring it on.'"
Which show are you excited to see most? Ralph Lauren
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Zuzanna Buchwald
Age: 22
From: Model
Occupation: Poland
Who makes your coat? Vintage vest, sweater by Free People
All buttoned up: "I'm from Poland so I'm used to the cold. Just wearing the sweater is fine for me!"
Which show are you excited to see most? Proenza Schouler
Fall Fashion Week 2010 Street Style Coats Gallery
Name: Will Vendramini
Age: 25
From: Brazil
Occupation: Fashion marketing student
Who makes your coat? Peacoat from ebay layered over leather jacket from Dior
All buttoned up: "It is cold, cold, cold here, so I layered one coat over the other!"
Which show are you excited to see most? Alexander Wang