Model Coco Rocha picks her fall fashion essentials

Jet-setting high-fashion model Coco Rocha wears next season’s trends ahead of time for high-profile designers. See what new pieces she plans to wear this fall.

By Rachel LeWinter Tue Sep 4 2012

We asked our favorite fashion insiders to reveal their fall fashion essentials, and found similar affordable options you can buy now. High-fashion model Coco Rocha reveals her picks for the season, including capes and leather jackets, the latter also being a fall fave of TONY cover girl Zoe Saldana.

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Photograph by James Conran

“Fall is when models are crisscrossing the globe for New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. It’s essential we have a good-quality bag to travel with. My current favorite is from Longchamp (longchamp.com), and I have it in hot-pink leather,” says Rocha.
“I’d like a cape, because the 18th-century girl in me loves a dramatic silhouette,” explains Rocha. “You don’t want to end up looking [like you’re wearing a] period costume, though, so I’d pair it up with some tight, colored jeans and funky boots to give it a modern edge.”

Vans Franny cape, $60, at vans.com
Rocha says it’s important to “not look too Batmanesque.” This belted Ann Taylor wool cape ($148, available Sept 17 at Ann Taylor, locations throughout the city; visit anntaylor.com) helps give the silhouette a more defined shape.
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Uniqlo fleece poncho, $40, at Uniqlo, locations throughout the city; visit uniqlo.com
“Diesel has the ultimate classic black-leather rock & roll jacket out this season ($758, at diesel.com). Personally, I like mine a little oversized—the ‘boyfriend fit’,” says Rocha of another fall favorite.
Photograph: Jonathan Aprea

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Motel Rocks Suzie Q faux-leather jacket, $125, at motelrocks.com
Photograph: Jonathan Aprea

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Nasty Gal Moto Zip jacket, $88, at nastygal.com
Photograph: Jonathan Aprea

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Blank NYC vegan-leather jacket, $102, at lulus.com

Photograph by James Conran

“Fall is when models are crisscrossing the globe for New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. It’s essential we have a good-quality bag to travel with. My current favorite is from Longchamp (longchamp.com), and I have it in hot-pink leather,” says Rocha.

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