Right now, in the UK, you need them good and traditional!

Invertere appears to be still trading as a company but it's manufacturing business is long gone.

I've always had a yen to acquire an Invertere coat, not only for the quality and uniqueness, but because of associations with one of my first jobs, which was over the road from their factory. Sadly, they seem to be drying up on ebay now,  so people ask for silly money.

The coat sizes come up really large, so something to check carefully if you ever fancy one.

Without shoulder pads maybe but unlined? I've never seen an unlined duffle coat.

Just bid and won for an Invertere coat on Ebay.  Some bugger tried to jump in with seconds to go but I'd already raised my maximum bid to one of those tricky amounts.
Woof, I know, is a fan of their clothing.

I see posters on Styleforum were discussing the name with great affection back in 2009.  'Very Ivy' says one, supplying to O'Connell's, Paul Stuart, Cable Car and others - a good example of Anglophilia.  Nice to know.

This was, when I took an interest in it, at a highly reasonable £16 and looked to be a reasonable piece of clothing for a man pushing sixty-three who would like to appear a bit more 'grown-up' (fare thee well, quite soon now, cuffed 501s).  It finally went at £42.  It was sold on behalf of the BHF, which, like all cancer charities, is close to my heart (if you'll forgive the unintended pun).  It has 'country pursuits' written all over it and one can imagine HRH wearing something like it when in deep conversation with his organic marrows.  I can also swallow the line that Anglophile chaps in Rhode Island and New Hampshire might have dug them around fifty years ago.