The overcoat detail is strange. Why is she wearing it sitting at a desk. How do they notice its length if she is sitting and there is the desk between her and the bystanders.
The coat's meant to be *absurdly* long, less 'wearing a slightly oversized coat' and more like it's pooled across the floor around and behind the desk like a cape. The idea was to both give her a distinct silhouette and something that was subtly strange, even a bit outlandish.
Also, that specific desk model sits on four thin legs with no paneling of any kind, so the lower half is completely exposed. That being said, this is a genuinely obscure and ultra-niche historical detail, and most readers won't know it, which is completely fair. It's there more to hold up the internal logic of the scene than anything else.
The overcoat detail is strange. Why is she wearing it sitting at a desk. How do they notice its length if she is sitting and there is the desk between her and the bystanders.
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The coat's meant to be *absurdly* long, less 'wearing a slightly oversized coat' and more like it's pooled across the floor around and behind the desk like a cape. The idea was to both give her a distinct silhouette and something that was subtly strange, even a bit outlandish.
Also, that specific desk model sits on four thin legs with no paneling of any kind, so the lower half is completely exposed. That being said, this is a genuinely obscure and ultra-niche historical detail, and most readers won't know it, which is completely fair. It's there more to hold up the internal logic of the scene than anything else.