I love raincoats but always feel that it should be raining, or that there should be an outside chance of it, to wear one.

I have a decent collection. I’ve got a long fly front Grenfell, the first item I bought from Russell St about 20 years ago. A navy blue single breasted, fly front Aquascutum, bought from their now defunct Regent St store around 2012, it has taken on a slightly shabby and worn quality far to quickly for my liking, I guess quality wasn’t what it once was. A double breasted classic Burberry trench from Ebay that doesn’t get a lot of wear to be honest, it’s too much of a stand-out item really although it’s a fine garment. An olive green single breasted fly front Dunn and Co mac, a charity shop pick up some years ago, really great coat that I relish every time I wear it, olive green is such an Ivy colour.

If I was forced to restrict my self to one raincoat it would be a stone colour single breasted fly front London Fog mac I bought from Chris Hardy a few years ago. It has the Harry Palmer vibe about it and has a zip out furry liner so it’s very versatile. It’s a polyester mix and as tough as old boots. Being light it gets grubby and marked but you can just bung it in the wash and it comes up like new. That would be the rainwear in my Ivy capsule wardrobe if we spend all our money and move to a one bedroom flat.

Last edited by FlatSixC (2023-04-04 14:15:38)

I have a very good Marks and Spencer trenchcoat bought for a song in their sale. The saleswoman even remarked on what good value it was. Burberry are silly money now and - label and lining apart - not much different to my coat. However proper coats are little seen these days. Short overcoats are ridiculous in my eyes.

I also have a single breasted Aquascutum as seen in various films. However, when worn in a rainy Manchester with my flat cap, it drew Victor Meldrew comments.

Grenfell site was working just now. There is a major server outage affecting a lot of sites this week

Last edited by An Unseen Scene (2023-04-05 07:08:11)

I was lucky to pick up a L’impeameable’ ‘Martin ‘ NWT by chance on eBay a year or so ago, sage green colour, £ 95.00, as I think Alvey mentioned you don’t get to wear them that often ,(unless you’re a commuter I guess ),so great value for an occasional wear item, I also have a grey birds eye’ish nos from Chiltern St a few years ago, fluffy zip out lining, it had a Sears tag on it, tbh not great quality but useful when I need to wear something over a suit , usually funerals.. haha,

I got an email from O'Connell's today offering a British are coming 10%off on British Isles products. No intention of buying anything but they had some nice macs on offer. Still expensive and I checked out one British company Chrysalis . Their web site said nothing available because of large orders recently! Good products, made in England, but pricey

Yes, I noticed the miss use of the 'British are coming' but you could argue that all the products are made in the 'British Isles'. The hats on offer are made in Ireland

It does say UK made in the ad which isn't the case

The JS cream coloured raincoat for £450 looks good posted on Facebook today. Only S and XS sizes?

Agreed - though happy for someone else to make the point. Short coats are the order of the day though.

The opposite point could be made about someone stepping off the train at Bank station in a full length Drizabone coat. They would not get wet, but they really need to be herding stock to justify the garment.

It is sold out at Community Clothing in my size, so no purchase for now

Red Mac being modelled in the doorway at no. 46. Too standout for me but looks good

FlatSixC- HaHa. I need to get my shorts on but not with that red Mac. Luckily My missus, who is petite, thinks that the Mac will be too big for her