Yves Salomon Coats and Outerwear

Yves Salomon Coats and Outerwear

Yves Salomon traces back to 1920, when Gregory Salomon brought his family to Paris and became one of the city's leading fur and skin merchants. His son Boris made spotted skins and pop colored furs fashionable, and grandson Yves set up a workshop for houses like Thierry Mugler, Azzedine Alaia and Jean Paul Gaultier before launching his own label, now run alongside his son Thomas. This edit follows that fourth generation know-how through shearling coats, ski jackets, hats, earmuffs and knits built for real cold.

Collage of runway looks, campaign shots and street style outfits that capture the Yves Salomon mood

Shearling coats and jackets

Yves Salomon is still based on Cite Paradis in Paris, in a neighborhood that used to be full of leather and fur workshops and now has only this house left. That history is in every shearling jacket here. Yves has said the trick was always to treat skins like fabric, shaving, knitting and lightening them until a coat feels closer to a sweater than armor. The cropped curly jackets, long shearling coats and gilets are the pieces I would build a winter around.

Ski and apres ski

The house got famous for the vintage parka lined with fur, and the ski pieces carry that same idea into the mountains. Belted shell jackets with shearling trim, a one piece ski suit and flared ski pants on suspenders look like they belong on a 1970s slope, and the shearling lined boots finish the look for the walk to lunch. These are made for people who care about the outfit at the top of the lift as much as on the way down.

Hats, earmuffs and snoods

This is the most fun part of the collection and the easiest way to try the label. Shearling earmuffs, chapka hats, ribbed cashmere beanies and hooded snoods all show off the same softness as the coats in a much smaller piece. A pair of earmuffs with a plain wool coat is all you need for a city winter.

Scarves, gloves and mittens

Shearling scarves, cashmere fingerless mittens and leather trimmed gloves round out the group. Boris Salomon made a name by putting unexpected color on skins, and you can see a little of that playfulness in the olive, burgundy and camel tones here.

Where I would start

If you buy one thing, make it a shearling jacket and wear it with straight jeans on weekdays. Everything else in this edit, from ski pants to earmuffs, is about keeping that same warmth and ease from the street to the slope. If you want to keep browsing, I also put together YSL Jeans.

 

If you want to keep going, Maximilian Coats and Outerwear and Helsa Dresses & Outerwear pair well with this edit.