The Robot Won: My Sezane Cape Jacket Review

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A couple of weeks ago, I was googling different Sezane jacket styles and accidentally stumbled across Google’s AI try-on function, which promptly sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole. Those of you who tuned into my Instagram Stories that evening will remember the live experiment (and my accompanying existential crisis).

Sezane jacket (sz FR 36 / AU 8 / US 4), Nobody Denim jeans (a few seasons old, here’s a similar pair), Bared combat style boots*, Saben handbag*, Oliver Peoples sunglasses

I went in fairly half-heartedly – the robot demanded a front-facing full body shot and I took a grainy screenshot from a video, and somehow the robot faithfully reproduced the graininess in the virtual try-on. When I started “trying on” other jackets, it really got into the spirit of things, styling the rest of the outfit for me too – bottoms and accessories. Equal parts impressive and bleak.

The original image I fed to the robot

L: The Sezane jacket as featured on the website; R: Robot-facilitated try-on (isn’t this crazy?!)

I’m not sure whether it’s cool to admit this, but AI ultimately swayed me and I ended up buying a cape jacket from Sézane. The robot won.

For funsies, I also AI-tried some other Sezane coats (including a coat I already own) so you can see a side by side comparison of a human actually wearing the coat vs robot-facilitated try-on. When I shared this side-by-side on my stories, a lot of you messaged to say that the AI try-on pales in comparison. While it’s not perfect, I don’t think it should be discounted – it still does an okay job.

L: Sezane coat (sz AU 8. FR 36) actually worn by yours truly; R: The robot working its magic (and taking liberties with styling the rest of my outfit too)

Sezane has always done outerwearexceptionally well. If your algorithm is anything like mine, you’re likely getting dished up a lot of content featuring the Clyde (their classic mac) and the Bobby (the cropped version). Both are great and hugely popular (I have both of these btw), but tucked away on their website are a handful of other jacket styles that don’t seem to get nearly as much airtime. In fact, not every jacket appears when you click the “Jackets” category (which is a bit odd). That’s how I stumbled across this one.

The jacket itself is excellent. It’s made from a mid-to-heavyweight canvas with light padding, so it’s warm without being bulky. The cape is detachable and it also comes with a detachable embroidered collar (mine, unfortunately, arrived without it, so I’ve been in touch with Sezane’s customer service).

I wore it today over a Uniqlo Heattech layer and it was all I needed for today’s 18 degree weather, which, quite frankly, feels ridiculous. It’s the middle of winter and I’m comfortably wearing two layers. I’m not complaining.

Sezane jacket (sz FR 36 / AU 8 / US 4), Nobody Denim jeans (a few seasons old, here’s a similar pair), Bared combat style boots*, Saben handbag*, Oliver Peoples sunglasses

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