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The Fedora Lounge Guide to Blanket Mackinaws

Sloan1874

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That's how you rock a Mackinaw and not look like Elmer Fudd. Love those boots too, though I wouldn't want to try to get them on in a hurry!
 

FaceOfBoh

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Canada West
Here's one I found recently. Not too sure of the age but appears to be an older label. It exhibits some wear in the usual places yet it's pretty intact, missing only a single button on each cuff.

It reminds me of this one on the right in Dinerman's catalogue picture (sans the lower side pockets).


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Dinerman

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I've never seen one in either that color or that pattern. With the deep nap on the blanket wool, definitely an older one. '30s?
Very interesting.
 

FaceOfBoh

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Hmmmmm, very interesting Dinerman. I had been leaning towards 40s because of cut and construction. But now that you mention it - and thinking about the Made in England tag - you may be on to something. I don't think anything like this would be coming out of England in the 40s, either during wartime or in the immediate post-war period.
 

Dinerman

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I can't remember the exact date, but they switched production of the blankets from England to Canada post-war. They were then tailored into coats in Canada. That type of unlined/mostly unlined construction was more typical on the earlier ones as well.
 

Ernest P Shackleton

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I like it. I've been toying around with buying some nice wool, or a couple of nice mackinaw coats, and having an anorak/smock/cagoule custom made. I have it designed from A-Z in my mind. Not sure how comfortable I would be re-purposing perfectly good garments to do so, though.
 

Flat Foot Floey

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Germany
I can't wait for the green maine guide to arrive. But I love the cut of the red pull-over too. Oh my. Maybe blanket coat addiction is contagious?

Thanks for making them avaivable for us.
 

Dinerman

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It's cleared customs- should be there any day now. I hope you like it.
I think you may be right. I'm certainly a junkie.
 

Trotsky

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Just picked up an interesting example that's clearly related to the blanket coats. It's black, shawl collared, double breasted, and the pockets and cuffs are trimmed in leather. $8.75 but it needs some serious TLC.
 

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