When it comes to cold weather, the key to dressing for the season is outerwear. After all, when the temperature drops below 30 degrees, instead of showing off your stylish separates, you'll be bundling up in your best puff jacket or peacoat and hoping the cold doesn't penetrate. In some cases, coats become clothing. Take Emily Rutakowski's winter coat collection, especially the plaid fur coat she wore on a recent walk in New York City. Katie Holmes is another seasoned style icon who understands the importance of outerwear with impact. Holmes, in particular, pulls off the cold-weather look with a chic camel coat from Frankie Shoppe. [The Gaia coat boasts a double-breasted, oversized silhouette and is ankle or floor length, depending on the wearer's height. In Holmes' case, the coat fell to the hem of her straight-leg blue jeans, just above her dark brown suede boots. The actress's other outfits included a chunky ribbed sweater in light tan. She accented it with a rainbow-print blanket scarf, a gray baseball cap, and a black leather tote bag.

This is not the only time Holmes has been seen wearing a classic camel coat. A few days earlier, she wore a double-breasted coat from Frankie Shoppe: she paired this gaia with gray sweatpants and black Adidas Sambas. This surprisingly relatable ensemble still felt put together thanks to her tailored outerwear. When it's too cold to thaw out the styling part of your brain and you need to run out of the house to run a few errands, what do you wear?" as Holmes and all of us know, sweats, sneakers, and whatever coat you can get out of your closet first.

Given how often she wears the caramel-colored style from TFS, it's safe to say that the coat is a key element of her effortlessly chic style. This neutral piece is a foundational element of Holmes' recent "bustling downtown mom" trend.

You can shop Holmes' exact style below, as well as a sampling of other camel coats that evoke the ethereal sophistication of this outerwear silhouette.