A reader question:
Dear Muffy,
I wonder if I may ask the readers a question please.
Now that we're in the firm grip of autumn with winter looming, what are the readers preferences regarding long overcoats?
Personally I have a tweed balmacaan, a Yorkshire tweed covert/paddock overcoat (sans velvet collar) and a black cashmere double breasted long coat which I wear over a suit or blazer and grey slacks on more formal occasions. I recently took my British warm down to the charity shop as I felt that the style was getting a bit dated. (I have excluded my tweed field coats and the like).
Many thanks
Kind regards
Burberry trench 52!
ReplyDeleteCamel polo
ReplyDeleteCordings - Original Covert, Navy
ReplyDeleteCording's - original covert, fawn
DeleteI have the fawn one too but have just ordered a navy
DeleteCovert too.
DeleteSTEINBOCK
ReplyDeleteZirl-Wollfutter
Color:
Anthrazit. They ship to the US
Loden Hubertus coat from the Andover shop
ReplyDeleteTrench coat with liner, camel (and navy) polo coats, tweed overcoat, or a very heavy duffel coat for more casual days/times. With one of several colorful "schoolboy" mufflers once the cold weather really arrives.
ReplyDeleteKind Regards,
Heinz-Ulrich
Me too, plus BB Lora Piana dk blue topcoat, Humbertus loden, Henry Poole gore Tex raincoat, old camel Pendleton carcoat.
DeleteCordings - Bark Follifoot - can't do any bettter than this.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cordings.co.uk/us/bark-herringbone-donegal-follifoot-coat.html
Tan camel hair polo, brown cashmere/wool overcoat from Louis Boston, olive wool Burberry, olive Brooks Brothers trench.
ReplyDeleteI've gotten a lot of use out of the camel hair polo coat -- it has the advantage of going with everything. I recently picked up an old teddy bear coat from the 1930s on a whim, I've been wearing that on my morning walks now that the cool temps have finally come to Maine; it's not for the faint of heart or heat sensitive. We'll see how it competes with the polo coat come winter.
ReplyDeleteNavy cashmere single-breasted, old Brooks Bros. gray herringbone tweed, and if it is rainy a Burberry Trench (with removable lining) for in-town events...but, far more often these leisurely country days, no long coat at all in favor of down and fleece jackets, although occasionally a navy English duffle coat.
ReplyDeletePerhaps as a reward for surviving another Texas summer, I only wore my camel hair overcoat once last winter. Now a La Niña is in effect and we likely will dip below 32 only a few times this winter. I won't be surprised if it's 80 on Christmas Day. Y'all have fun up there!
ReplyDeleteHmm… I answered this yesterday but somehow it didn’t take. I wanted to say that I still wear an almost 30-year-old tweed balmacaan that I am loath to replace as it’s probably my most comfortable coat. Then I have an old Barbour Carter shooting field jacket, a very inexpensive but utterly comfortable hooded Uniqlo puffer jacket, a Loro Piana cashmere car coat, and a Barbour waxed riding jacket. I am waiting for a new Lavenham long coat to replace a Barbour trench that I don’t wear anymore.
ReplyDeleteIn the early 2000's I was working for a company that had a reputation for requiring people to relocate immediately for a promotion. Sure enough, I was called into my superior's office on a September Monday morning and told that I needed to be in Chicago a week from that date to start a new assignment. I was living and working in Texas at the time and, needless to say, I did not have a wardrobe suitable for an approaching Chicago winter. The next few days were hectic to say the least. Literally on the way to the airport on Sunday, we stopped at a discount clothing store and I grabbed a double breasted overcoat off the rack. It was one of the best clothing purchases I have ever made. The coat was made by Bert Pulitzer, a company I am not sure even still exist. It provided stylish comfort and warmth through the rugged Chicago weather and has served may roles from a pillow on an overnight flight, to a blanket when I was sleeping on a bench in DFW airport after a flight cancellation. As Whiskey Dent mentioned, it appears that we will have a mild winter in the former Republic of Texas. But for those few days of artic temperatures, I will still be wearing that coat.
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