Grey fedora with this jacket?

[vespasian]

Your opinion gents. I'm considering getting this coat, a cashmere wool mix, to wear over suits or even with jeans and a shirt. Will it suit a grey fedora?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Yes and no.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Seriousy: yes.

 

[Flitcraft]

Yes!:cool2:

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I wear my gray hat, the one in my avatar, with an overcoat that is the same color as that one. Only mine is double-breasted; not that that effects the color mix. I think it is a good look.

 

[Andykev]

Go for it

Any gray hat will go with this jacket. And may I suggest that you would equally look sharp in a light, aka. DOVE gray hat with black band. Think of Barton MacLane, in Bullets or Ballots, 1936, Warner Bros.

That is the beauty of gray top coats, and gray hats. Seldom to they clash, and you can mix/match the colors.

 

[JeffW]

Any gray would look good in that outfit. I think that if it were mine I would go with a pearl gray, but any shade would look nice.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

There are blue-grays and green-grays and they look horrid together. A true gray (black and white) will go with anything.

karol

 

[vespasian]

My everyday smart hat:

http://www.hatsonline.com/83/?form_16.replyids=3&form_16.userid=3

Suitable to go with the coat?

 

[Raindog]

I'd say yes Vespasian. That combo will look great.
This is just the sort of look I'm aiming for. Any hints where to get that coat?




Jeff.

 

[Biltmore Bob]

Absolutely...

 

[adamgottschalk]

Definitely yes

Gray would look great. You might look into getting a nice, old-school charcoal/dark-gray-colored grosgrain band; I find it helps a gray hat distinguish itself a little more than straight black.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Your opinion gents. I'm considering getting this coat, a cashmere wool mix, to wear over suits or even with jeans and a shirt. Will it suit a grey fedora?

Grey fedora?

Absolutely. But the coat is way too short for an older style. Should be to the knee or even better below, IMO.

Look:

 

[photobyalan]

I second Mr. H., a longer coat is better to go with a fedora. It will also keep you warmer than a short one, which is what a coat is all about.

 

[Wolfmanjack]

When I saw the coat at the beginning of this post, I had the same thought as Mr. H. The coat is a bit too short for a fedora, unless you're into the stingy-brim, tapered-crown fedora look of the late 50's. Wide-brim fedora with a longer coat; narrow-brim fedora with a car-coat length coat like the one you're considering.

 

[vespasian]

I went for the slightly shorter jacket as I dont want to look in costume, rather a modern look bringing the fedora fifty years forward rather than turning the coat fifty years back. I do really like the long coat look but I think in the UK it would just look too costume. The brim of the grey fedora/trilby I have already changed to 2" so its a bit more stingy looking.

Rain Dog, follow this link, the coat is quite reasonable. A friend of mine has one and the quality is very good, compared to one someone else I know bought on the high street for just less than twice the price! The quality to me was poorer.

http://www.choiceforyou.co.uk/
Follow the link then search for cashmere.

 

[matei]

The coat and hat should work together - I wear something similar to work with grey hats.

In my experience here in rainy London, a longer coat not only keeps you warmer - but also drier!

 

[vespasian]

Matei

Do you come across many guys in London who wear trilbys/fedoras?

 

[50 Gold]

My Two Cents Worth

Yes, but I would go dark on the grey color. Good looking coat!

 

[yachtsilverswan]

A couple of years ago, Brooks Brothers sold a longer topcoat. They offered three lengths in each size - regular, long, and extra-long. The extra-long version came to mid calf on me and I'm 6'1". It became my favorite topcoat. I looked through the Brooks Brothers website this morning, but the coat does not appear in this season's line-up (they may already be switching to their spring wardrobe).

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