I could go on.
And no, its not Margaret Qualley, who plays that younger version.
Its the bright yellow trench coat Moore spends half the movie wearing.
Netflix/ Mubi/ A24
See one shot of this coat and youll understand why.
Maybe its the extra-wide lapels or the handy straps around the sleeves, but this coat means business.
This coat would help you bury a body.
Mubi
It knows whenReputation (Taylors Version)is dropping.
Slip it on, and those powers transfer to you.
In this coat, youre an enigma.
A24
Mubi
Thats the feeling I tried to replicate in my perilous search for a new winter coat.
Does my voice mirror the inexplicably sexy man who runs the Substance hotline?
Is my reflection…Demi Moore?
Searchlight Pictures
Or maybeNicole Kidman,whose career in recent years has been hallmarked by the Sexy, Mysterious Trench Coat.
(Kidman earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.)
Good coats do more than just keep you warm.
Netflix
They keep you protected in every sense.
Searchlight Pictures
A proper Sexy Mysterious Trench Coat can be your confidence secret weapon.
The buttons should clasp in a way that evokes Olivia Pope saying, Its handled!
after solving another White House crisis.
(Remember her coats onScandal?
The fabric needs to feel likeSamantha Jonesin a brown wig trying to catch Richard Wright with another woman.
Netflix
In case youre wondering, I eventually found mine.
It was kismet the second I tried it on.
When I got home, an Oscar forThe Hourswas sitting on my coffee table.
Yes, my new trench coat did all of that.
Yours should too.Thisis the new standard for winter coats in 2025.
