Bought a mislisted Grenfell mac the other day. It was listed as a men's coat and I didn't pay attention to the button placement. Gave it to the missus and it's perfect on her. Really dense fabric.

I've already started throwing one into the back of the car for these showery days.  I like having a mac folded over the left arm when out and about.  Still after a '21'.

Now my daughter has bought herself a £150 coat for winter.  Almost apologetic about the check.  More online outlets these days than Ebay/Etsy.

A full length wool overcoat, if good quality, stylish and well-fitting, is one hell of a thing to own. So masculine and stylish. In the words of Muddy: I'm a man! No b-o-y.

It only really works if the rest of of the outfit isn't crap. Some cords or smarter trousers, decent knitwear or a jacket or a suit, gunboats or loafers, a scarf and gloves if necessary and in this day and age it's a look that sticks out a mile.

If I'm in jeans and/or Red Wings though, or just going to work, I'd sooner dig out my pea coat and a watch cap. More practical I suppose.

If the temperatures are a little higher then of course the SB raincoat is perfection. Although if I need something more practical (which is usually the case) then a 60/40 doesn't require a scarf and carries less risk of damage.

Last edited by Yuca (2021-10-25 09:09:26)

Grey tweed overcoat, on the, ahem, large side.

I found the Lubiam. It looks good but in all honesty for me that length is too short for that type of overcoat. I think it's the same length as a pea coat or car coat. Fine for casual but it would look wrong over a suit or a sack jacket. A common problem with the few brands that attempt to sell wool overcoats in this day and age. Even some of the JS macs and overcoats look too short to my eye.

Re. the Lubiam: I'm just going by the photo and haven't checked the measurement so I could be way off.

Compare the length to that of your pea coat. If the Lubiam isn't a lot longer then I wouldn't bother personally.

Last edited by Yuca (2021-10-25 09:49:07)

I can only find one. Very nice cloth but extra details which ruin the classic look, plus again too short. What is it with contemporary overcoat makers being scared to make them the right length? I suppose shorter is less formal, and formality is considered obsolete.

But that length on a traditional style overcoat just looks wrong.

Links to me are Scottish sausages, nothing more and certainly nothing less.  Anyway, it does you good to keep you guessing. 
Been hanging my nose over Donegal tweed overcoats again.  But I'm not going to tell you anything.  Schtum.

Bump, for The Weejun's comments about an unrelaxed fabric.  So nicely put.  Freedom of movement is key, is it not?

Towards the end of Eddie Condon's celebrated 'biography', he discusses he and his fellow bandsmen obeying Joe Glaser's instructions and turning up in a jazz-starved England.  This would be just about the time Johnny Simons was embarking upon his illustrious career.  The first place some of them headed was Burberrys', where they were much taken with the tweed on offer.  At least one band member commented on how 'gassed' some of the 'cats' back home would be by these Anglo threads.