Legacy of sailors and other officers of the seas, the caban hoisted the sails to dock in the heart of civilian life. With an implacable elegance, it shows a certain utilitarian ease while conferring a real vigor of style. Here, the flagship models of the season.

The caban, its stylistic origins

A figurehead of the navy chic trend, the caban, well equipped with boiled wool, enlisted in the fashion army in 1962, under the orders of an Yves Saint Laurent in great creative form: amplitude controlled, fabric softened, pockets reinforcement and loading of golden buttons.

From then on, he charmed the catwalks of the greatest couturiers: from Jean-Paul Gaultier , who named him as an overcoat of his iconic sailor, to Gucci, who reformed his soldierly look, through Sonia Rykiel and Chloé.

The caban of the autumn-winter 2017-2018

Recognizable among a thousand, the coat is characterized by a double buttoning, forming a shield against the wind, a generous collar, protecting the lower face and a thick wool, immunizing the body of winter cold. A rudimentary aspect that is constantly diverted, reinvented and modernized in the autumn-winter collections.

While the brands Leon & Harper, & Other Stories and Esprit are restoring an already well-established style (short cut, midnight blue color and metallic buttons), others get more wet by scuttling the stylistic codes: excessively lengthy in Alexa Chung, it is is keeping a check on Benetton and is a bit nasty at Zara .

Discover our selection of 10 cabans to counter the wind in the following slideshow.