http://shop.oconnellsclothing.com/topcoats_and_overcoats.php

Looking for one myself. The coat at N&L seems a bit steep considering the lapels don't even have lapel buttonholes.

I enquired about the O'Connell British Warm. It seems that it is not fully canvassed, just a chest piece. It therefore sounds a bit pricey for a glued overcoat. Apparently I was told that the melton wool was too thick to stitch the canvas properly (which leaves me speechless as to why they were still able to half-canvas it with the same fabric...)


I therefore resolved to buy it over ebay and went for what seems to be a very good condition Dunn and co, for around 70£, postage to France included...
Dunn and Co is said to be a premium brand for todays' standards... Would this mean that their British Warm is Fully canvassed? I noticed on my own jackets that, 20 years ago, a fair lot of high quality garments were canvassed (eg a tweed jacket I had bought at Hilditch and Key), so fingers crossed, Dunn and Co might have manufactured a lot of canvassed garments in the 60s-70s-80s.

(either way, for £ 70, it can't be anything else than a steal!!!)

Last edited by zebear (2013-11-24 14:41:41)