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LuvMyMan

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I picked this up on ebay. I couldn't resist the shawl collar. It's a 1950s British car coat. It is actually meant to be worn over a jacket etc, but it's a size too small so I wear it as a heavy winter jacket. It has three buttons and for some silly reason I forgot to button the third one:
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It's made from overcoat weight melton cloth.
Melton has a great reputation...I know this as my Husband's Dress Blues (U.S. Navy) are made of Melton...and for the reason that they say you can wear them doing anything, treat them badly and with a little wash and hang, they can look like new again.

Oh yes, the ascot, super nice pattern and color. Looking sharp.
 
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LuvMyMan

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36-42oz is regarded as the normal range for heavyweight overcoats by vintage standards, I believe, but it's never been too clear to me if those numbers refer to ounce per running yard/meter (that would be 1 1/2 yard/meter or so in full width cloth) or ounce per square yard or ounce per square meter.
A WWII Greatcoat that I own is marked 32oz. The perceived weight of my pre-WWII civilian overcoats varies a lot but is in the same league as the Greatcoat, and some are noticably heavier than the Greatcoat, with a similar back length.

Hello there! Thank you I will have to check and now see the weights given on the etsy website....maybe I can link it to here so everyone can look and let me know if the coats are worth the cost.
 
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Fastuni

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That's one mean looking sheep - but nice coat.

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1930's German Ulster coat made by "RTK Berlin".

Very heavy and thick heathered plum-brown cloth with lovely Tartan doubleface.

Look at the neatly finished edges. The cuffs are buttonable.

The coat can also be buttoned up and has a stormflap for the collar.

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Hal

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That's one mean looking sheep - but nice coat.

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1930's German Ulster coat made by "RTK Berlin".

Very heavy and thick heathered plum-brown cloth with lovely Tartan doubleface.
Look at the neatly finished edges. The cuffs are buttonable.
The coat can also be buttoned up and has a stormflap for the collar.

An absolutely lovely coat, Fastuni - just right for really cold winter weather.
Fashion may be the enemy of practicality - but STYLE is not!
 

Rabbit

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I've owned this overcoat for some time and never got around to posting it because it's really nothing special at all.
However, it bugs me that I can't date it.

I have a hunch it doesn't even qualify as vintage, mainly because the button stance is a bit off for vintage asthetics, and because the liner is really quite shiny, as in post mid-60s rayon. The shoulder and armhole construction, however, is not bad at all and doesn't feel like an 80s coat. It feels just like a 50s construction, which of course it can't be just by looking at the label.
About the button stance, what seems odd here is that the upper row is higher and/or farther inward than what would be expected of a more balanced button stance - pick one or both.
That said, I believe I've seen this Made in Hungary, dry clean only label on coats dating as far back as 1956.

The coat is fully lined in this shiny rayon fabric.

There is none of those detailed fabric contents and care instructions labels, or remnants thereof, that would clearly identify it as a 80s-to-present garment.

Any thoughts?

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Rabbit

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Thanks, HBK. That confirms my hunch, which is always nice. :)
By the way, the buttons look and feel like a man-made horn imitation or a mixture of horn and plastic. I've seen the latter in MTM books; they look very much like real horn, only they have slightly more shine. It's a cheapish type of button, but not bad-looking.
 

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