Over coats are worn by both men and women. It is not a fashion but it is a custom in almost all the western countries to wear an overcoat when you go out and as you enter in a hall or a room you remove the overcoat and hang it on the stand near the main door of the house.

Generally the overcoats are long coats usually below the knee. There is a huge variety of ladies overcoats in the market. If you are going to the market to buy ladies overcoat then the best thing to do is to first do window shopping.

Search for a merchant who can sell a ladies overcoat that suits your pocket and of course your style. You are not going to buy the overcoat quite often so make sure that you are seeing all the varieties of overcoats.

Select an overcoat of your choice that will suit your wardrobe. Here are few tips to selecting a good ladies overcoat:

1. Look for stylish patterns with vertical lines or design; it gives a slimmer and slender look.

2. If you want to look heavier to what you look normally then go for pleated ladies overcoat. You can even select horizontal patterned overcoat.

3. If you are lean, select pastel or muted colors such as creams off whites, ivory, light green, blue or yellow, for your ladies overcoat it adds to the size.

If you are bulky go for dark colors such as black, crimson, burgundy or navy blue. These colors will give you a slender look.

4. If you do not stay in a cold climate place then the healthy ladies should always go for light weight overcoats in pastel color.

But for a lady who is slim can buy a thick overcoat but if the climate is hot where you stay you too can buy a light weight ladies overcoat in pastel colors.

5. If you do not find any place to hang the overcoat and you are even feeling hot, try not to remove the overcoat because if you carry the overcoat in your hands you will look more bulky.