Frock Coats

[rtm416]

Does anybody wear a frock coat still? When do you wear it, very formal or semi-casual? Do you have any pictures? Let's show 'em off.

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Abbey Road Frock Coat

Yes. Thank for asking - I'd thought we'd never get round to this topic!! (LOL) I first spotted the "frock coat" of my dreams in February, 1970 when the Beatles' Apple Records released the 'Beatles Again / Hey Jude' LP. On that cover George Harrison wore a frock coat designed and tailored by Tommy Nutter in Savile Row. That back cover photo shows harrison wearing his coat with jeans and red neckerchief. [See attached photo]

I knew I would one day have one. I mocked up a blue sport coat I had at the time but it wasn't really the "frock coat" look I was hoping for. Finally some 35yrs later I met Mark Astbury in Las Vegas, NV while he was promoting his company BeatWear U.K. He makes a beautiful replica of the Harrison frock coat calle the 'Abbey Road Frock Coat', as Ringo eventually wore his with matching trousers on the 'Abbey Road' LP. Here is a photo of me getting sized for my coat in Las Vegas and crossing my own 'Abbey Road'!

I traveled to Liverpool, England a few months later to pick up my coat from Marks establishment in Mathew Street. http://www.sixtiesbeatwear.co.uk/product/frock-coat/ and another history of the Harrison/Starr coat http://www.beatlesuits.com/Beatlesuits_CrosswalkSuit.htm

All these years later my life is complete wearing my 'Abbey Road' frock coat - practically any time and anywhere I can.

-dixon cannon

 

[rtm416]

Yeah. I can't imagine why people think of them as out of style. They make any look more complete.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

http://www.oldfrontier.com/

I have one, they're blended wool, but they drape pretty well.

Later