Favorite type of Coat

[ArrowCollarMan]

What is your favorite type of coat? One you would wear every day if you had half a chance? My favorite is the tail coat.

I've always had an emphatuation with this coat, I even had one when I was little I wore quite often.

 

[Dixon Cannon]

My Favorite Rag....

Here is my favorite coat. George Harrison once wore one of these.

-dixon cannon

 

[jake_fink]

I love the "Houdini coat"

(Hope the pic worked.)

 

[Mr. Rover]

I like the classic double-breasted, belted trenchcoat, a look favored by aviators, private eyes, and gin joint/saloon-owners all over the world. It's stylishly romantic, but still practical and utilitarian when the rain rolls in.

 

[ArrowCollarMan]

Would you happen to have a picture of you in one?

 

[Johnnysan]

Although I don't own one (yet), I've always been fond of Chesterfield Coats.
Perhaps a bit dressy for every day, but classic over a suit!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Give a good tailor any overcoat and some fine cotton velvet, and he/she can make your coat's collar into a chesterfield.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Hacking jackets have always piqued my fancy ... grace and functionality. Timeless form. Angled pockets. Double vents at back. Good for killing small defenceless animals.

re-release the hounds! They got lost first time.

bk

 

[Johnnysan]

Give a good tailor any overcoat and some fine cotton velvet, and he/she can make your coat's collar into a chesterfield.

Marc,

This is a terrific tip...I have a beautiful wool overcoat from my grandfather that might just get a facelift! Many thanks!!

 

[jml90]

Marc,

This is a terrific tip...I have a beautiful wool overcoat from my grandfather that might just get a facelift! Many thanks!!

I've done that already!

Well it depends on the climate
Winter:
Chesterfield
Double Breasted Camel

Fall/Spring
Trench Coat

Casual:
Something Leather

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Fall/Spring
Trench Coat

Casual:
Something Leather

Yes. Also:

Fall/Spring
Wool topcoat.

Casual:
Something in waxed cotton, duck, canvas, moleskin.

 

[zeus36]

For an all around coat, I'll go with a wool Navy bridge coat. I just picked up my second:

You can wear them with anything, to any function (outside of the tropics) and they have zip out liners. Plus you can slip them over your leather jacket if it's cold.

 

[MK]

My current favorite

I saw a top coat in a vintage store. It fit very well and was in great condition...but the collar seemed odd. I didn't recall ever seeing one like it. It wasn't a notch, peak or shaw lapel. I left the store without it. I came back a week later and bought it. It fit too well to pass up.

Here it is in New York:

A couple of days later, I was watching the Big Sleep and when the scene on the dock where they pull the car out of the water....Bogart is wearing a top coat with that collar. Now I was REALLY happy about the coat.

 

[The real Henry]

A DB thick wool suit was always the style I liked most. I just missed this one:rage: :

 

[silhouette53]

Gumshoe trench

I don't own one of these, but ......if I ever see a suitably 'timeworn' example in my size then I might be tempted ! Whether I'd look as cool as Bogie whilst wearing it is another matter entirely !lol

 

[Lieutenant]

MK, that looks to be a grand coat but your Fedora is GREAT!:eusa_clap Tops it all off.

 

[Zach R.]

I'm not a big fan of single-breasted coats, unless they are jacket-length. I've always been partial to the look of trench coats, timeless style.

BTW, can you suggest a good manufacturer of Bridge Coats, Zeus?

 

[Wolfmanjack]

This is my favorite.

My favorite coat is the camel hair 'polo' coat. It can be worn with white tie and tails (Remember William Holden in Sunset Boulevard); or you can wear it with a cashmere sweater and jeans. I just posted this pic in another thread. It's handy, so I'll post it again here. Please excuse the geeky pose.

 

[ArrowCollarMan]

Ain't those hella expensive?

 

[Zach R.]

A bit off topic, but I've found that, regardless of manufacturer, the one article of clothing that you really have to lay down the dough for if you want quality, is the coat.

I mean, we have plenty of alternatives for fine custom-made fedoras and suits, many far superior to the "big names," but coats are always expensive. Of course, I realise that it may have something to do with the sheer amount of material, but still...