Size Guide
| Size |
|---|
Body Measurement: Men Jacket
| SIZE | CHEST (IN) |
|---|---|
| XS | 37 - 38 |
| S | 39 - 40 |
| M | 41 - 42 |
| L | 43 - 44 |
| XL | 45 - 46 |
| XXL | 47 - 48 |
| XXXL | 49 - 50 |
Present that stuck
Bought it for my son, who returns about half of everything he is given and says nothing about the rest. This one stayed. He has worn it to work every day since he recieved it and has asked whether it comes in another colour, which from him is enthusiasm.
Cleaned with no fuss
End of season clean with the hood detached and sent in alongside it. Both came back with no shrinkage, the shade unchanged and the zip still running cleanly. Being able to take the hood off actually makes it easier to clean than a fixed one, which is a benefit nobody mentions in the listing.
Cuff tabs are two positions
Good coat and I have no complaint about the make. The adjustable cuff has two button positions and neither of them is right over a chunky watch, so it is either loose at the wrist or it will not fasten at all. I wear the watch on the other arm now and it is a non issue, but it took me a fortnight of fiddling to arrive at that.
Feels properly made
Turned it inside out before wearing it, which I always do. Bound seams, the lining stitched in at the hem rather than tacked on, no loose threads anywhere. That is the first place a cheap coat gives itself away and this one does not.
Same one next winter
Two seasons in and the only thing I would change is somewhere to keep the hood when it is off. It fits, it is warm, it goes over tailoring and over a jumper, and the front stays clean because the zip is hidden. If it wore out tomorrow I would order an identical one without looking at anything else on the site.
Zip is fiddly cold
Good coat and I wear it constantly. The zip sits behind the buttons, so you are feeding a concealed pull with cold fingers before you can do the buttons up. With gloves on it is close to impossible. Once it is done it is excellent, but the first thirty seconds outside are a fumble. It is the one thing I would change about it.
Notch lapel does the work
With the hood off you would never guess it was a hooded coat. The lapel rolls properly against the chest and the front is completely clean because the zip is hidden, so it reads as tailoring rather than outerwear with a hood bolted on. That is the bit most convertible coats get badly wrong.
Second winter, no wear
Bought last autumn and it has just come out again. No thinning at the elbows, no shine at the cuffs, the hood zip still runs cleanly and every button is where it should be. The wool has softened slightly, which I count as an improvement rather than wear, and I would definately expect several more seasons from it before anything needs looking at.
Lapel flattens with the hood
Very good coat and no complaint about how it is made. With the hood attached, the hood collar sits over the lapel and pushes it flat, so you lose the shape at the front that is the best thing about it. Hood off it is superb. It is a genuine trade rather than a fault. I take the hood off for anything that matters and it is faultless.
Five pockets and all used
A zip pocket on the chest, two on the sides under the flaps, and two more inside. Phone, wallet, gloves, keys and a ticket all have somewhere to live and nothing shows through the front of the coat when it is loaded up.
Rain ran off it
Caught out walking back with no umbrella and the water beaded on the surface rather than going straight through. Hood up kept my head dry and the whole thing was dry again by the morning with no marking. I would not call it waterproof but it copes far better than I expected.
Front is completely clean
The zip hides behind the button placket so there is no metal showing anywhere on the outside. It gives the front a much smarter line than a visible zip ever would.
Nowhere to put the hood
Really pleased with the coat. Once the hood is off there is nowhere on the coat to stow it, so it lives in a drawer and I have twice been caught in rain having left it at home. A small pouch or an internal pocket for it would have solved that entirely.
Chest zip pocket earns it
The zipped pocket on the chest is the one I use most. A phone goes in it and stays there whatever you are doing, which is not true of an open pocket eiher. On a coat you wear on a bike or a crowded train that matters more than the other four.
Reads smart or casual
Hood off with a suit and it passes at anything short of black tie. Hood on with a jumper and jeans and nobody would guess it was the same coat. I have worn it to a client meeting in the morning and to a pub in the evening on the same day without going home to change, which is exactly what I bought it for.
Warm without weight
It is dense wool rather than thick wool, so it blocks a wind properly and still sits close to the body. I have been out in it well below freezing over a jumper and been fine, and I have never once felt like I was carrying it around on my shoulders by the end of a long day. That balance is the whole reason to buy wool.
Brown over black
I have owned nothing but black coats for a decade and this is a much better colour against denim and against tan boots. It also does not look like everyone else.
Buttons feel heavy
Proper weighted buttons, shanked so they stand off the cloth rather than pulling at it. None of them have worked loose despite being done and undone twice a day for a whole season.
Hood is a real hood
Not a token flap. It comes forward far enough to cover the sides of your face and it stays up in a wind rather than blowing off every thirty seconds. Given it detaches I had assumed it would be an afterthought, and it is the opposite. It has been useful rather than decoration, which is not what I expected from something that zips off.
Mid length is right
Sits at the top of the thigh, which covers a suit jacket properly and still lets you get into a car without gathering it up. I was suprised how much difference the length makes, because it is long enough to be warm and short enough to be practical.
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