I love covert coats and ,wish it were cold enough here to wear one.

I read some where that the velvet collar prevented long oily hair from staining an otherwise un-velveted collar.

New & Lingwood have very good covert coats, made in England, for £495 - http://newandlingwood.com/product.php?id=304. Turnbull and Asser have a similar coat, also made in England, for £650.

Crombie charge a staggering £675 - http://www.crombie.co.uk/p/Category_Men_Coats/4623.htm.  Cordings use a heavier material and start at £425. Roderick Charles looks pricy at £445 - http://www.roderickcharles.com/p/Outerwear/060101030003.htm

The cheaper coats on Jermyn Street are worth a look. Tyrwhitt is good value at £175 - http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/ym-gbpdefault/yr-yd-Men%27s-Coats/yp-OC019LBN/Fawn-Covert-Coat/productdetail.aspx?ppp=12&sortBy=Relevance&page=1&back=False&canned=&browse=. Lewin is £150 - http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/product.aspx/Men/MenswearCasualwearCoatsJackets!31043

It's, as usual, a trade-off between brand, price, quality and fit.

Yes, I bought a Charlie Tyrwhitt during the summer sales. As they no longer do the charcoal one I am glad I got it when I did. The Peter Christian has buttons at the cuff and non concealed buttons. Not a true covert coat.

I don't like them.

Associations again. Clerk of the course at Sandown Park worn with brown trilby and binoculars. Ones without velvet collar are not quite as bad.

Crombie owner accused of rape.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alan-lewis-arrest-conservative-vice-chairman-2313388

David Cameron’s close ally Alan Lewis arrested over teenage student rape claim

Officers held the 75-year-old – a Conservative vice-chairman – hours before he was due to travel to Manchester for the party's conference

Preparations for the Tory ­conference were thrown into disarray last night by the news one of the party’s key figures has been arrested on allegations of rape.

Crombie clothing tycoon Alan Lewis was being quizzed over claims he attacked a teenage student in the 60s.

Officers held the 75-year-old party vice chairman for business – one of David Cameron’s closest allies – hours before he was due to travel to Manchester for tomorrow’s ­conference.

His arrest sent shockwaves through Downing Street.

A Tory source said: “We are in a state of shock over this.

"It could not have come at a worse time. Alan’s arrest will become the talking point of next week’s conference.”

Another party insider added: “At the moment only a few senior Tories are aware of Alan Lewis’s arrest. But once word gets out it will be a bombshell.

“Alan is a hugely popular figure with the senior ranks of the party, and his close relationship with David Cameron is well known.

“He plays a crucial role in keeping the obvious links between the Conservatives and their friends in the business world.”

Police asked committed ­Christian Mr Lewis, who is said to be worth £220million, to attend a station in Belgravia, Central London.

He was then arrested on ­suspicion of raping the student in a Manchester hotel while on a business trip. She lived in the city at the time of the alleged attack.

The married woman, from Dorset and now in her 60s, came forward with her shock allegation a few weeks ago.

Greater Manchester Police are ­investigating the claim.

Mr Cameron was informed of the arrest soon after it happened

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Alan Lewis vs David Mason: Battle of the tailors from Savile Row


Tory vice-chairman in court fight over the brand that dressed Jagger and Cher

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/alan-lewis-vs-david-mason-battle-of-the-tailors-from-savile-row-8861199.html


this is especially interesting as when I saw them selling 'Tommy Nutter' suits on their internet site, with all the Sexton stylistic details I went into their store in Mayfair and asked the manager if Tommy Nutter had designed the suits, he confidently said "yes, he designed them". I was sceptical and now it turns out its just a license the aforementioned Alan Lewis bought. He is still selling suits in the shop using the name of 'Tommy Nutter' despite losing the right to use the name, although the case is now apparently under appeal.

I was thinking of buying a new overcoat from somewhere and had considered Crombie on my list .. I have drawn a thick line through using them. An owner who is facing rape charges of a teenager .. a shop manager who tells lies about who designs their clothes .. a owner who shamelessly uses the names of others to brand his clothing and sell more of it. What a horrible place.

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http://www.purdey.com/clothing-accessories/mens-classic-covert-coat-ctdrs016.aspx

I have been widening my search for a well priced, classic covert coat .. I came across this coat from Purdey, who you'd think would know what a 'classic covert coat' looks like. Sadly not. No fly front, no rows of stiching around the ends of the sleeves, no ticket pocket, no velvet collar, basically NO features which would identify it as a covert coat (apart from the material). What idiots actually have these things commissioned? Do you think the guy in charge of this at Purdey got his head stuck up a partridge's backside when creating the specifications for a 'classic covert coat'. fucking nitwits.

well I guess cynically it doesn't make one jot of difference to their bottom line as the customer base is now made up of Russian oligarch types who want to order a nice looking gun, the more expensive the better, to play English gentleman with on a country weekend & perhaps buy a 'classic covert coat' while they are there, not knowing what a fucking 'classic' version entails .. so hell what's the point of spending money on the stiching etc when they would just likely wonder what the fuck it's there for .. bang the retail price up, keep the costs low ... we might just have an English business which can stay in business long enough to survive the rest of the decade. hooray!

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