{"id":477,"date":"2026-09-26T00:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.5starweddingdirectory.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:27:56","slug":"max-mara-101801-why-the-coat-has-lasted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5starweddingdirectory.com\/shop\/journal\/max-mara-101801-why-the-coat-has-lasted\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Mara’s 101801: Why This Coat Has Lasted Since the 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Open a Max Mara 101801 and you will find a small note stitched into the lining telling the coat’s history. It is a clue to how the house sees this piece: not as a seasonal design, but as an object with a past. The 101801 has been in the collection since the 1980s, and the shape you can buy today is recognisably the same coat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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Max Mara Madame 101801 Icon Double-breasted Wool and Cashmere-blend Coat<\/figcaption>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe making<\/span>\t\t\t

What makes it different<\/h2>\t\t\t

The fabric is a wool and cashmere blend, and it is felted in a process that runs to 73 steps. Felting draws the fibres together, which is what gives the cloth its density, its warmth and the gentle sheen you notice in daylight. It is made in Italy.<\/p>\n

The cut does the rest. It is double-breasted, closed with a knotted belt, and the sleeves are softly draped rather than sharply set in. That combination is why it works over a suit and over a thick knit, and why it still looks right decades after it was first drawn.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\tMax Mara<\/span>\t\t\tMadame 101801 Icon Double-breasted Wool and Cashmere-blend Coat<\/span>\n\t\t\t£2,715<\/span> at NET-A-PORTER<\/small><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t