It's still winter. The woman's coat looked warm enough - that is, as long as she

remained standing.  The pencil cut, like most coats, don't have enough (plastic) fabric to allow the wearer - male or female - to sit on a parkbench, and his or her legs still remain sheltered from the wind.  People do wait for busses or taxis - or just want to sit for a minute and check their email.  Comes down to this:  the reprobates who market what-barely-passes-for clothing don't think (of course they don't) the people who buy the wares are worth an extra two or three yards of (real) fabric.  This is exactly why such a coat - that actually keeps ya warm - were not available at even better department stores or through better catalogs back in November.

Same goes with sweaters - what a cruel joke! (Reprobates be reprobates.)  They're all short.  And if you see a longer one, it's a wwaaayyy overpriced pencil.  Had my eye on one that actually extended to the hips, and it was made of real cashmere.  Thinking, wow - better grab this one up.  Then i saw the light...coming straight  through the tissuey thin cashmere.  Don't recall whether or not the sweater had pockets - alot of em dont... ya know, we're not worth the extra fabric.