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 |
Reads costly at a distance
Something about a long dark coat with a clean front reads as costly and I have been asked twice which brand it is. Neither person came anywhere near the price. It is the cut doing it rather than any detail, because there are no details to speak of. The cut is really the whole product here.
Value is obvious
I compared it against three overcoats at nearly double and could not work out what the extra money would have bought me beyond a label inside. The cloth here has real body to it.
Clean front, no fuss
There is nothing going on with it, no flaps, no wide lapel, no belt. Just a button front and a band neck. That restraint is why it works with everything. Everything I own goes with it, which was not true of the last one.
Close at the throat
Very good coat, no regrets about buying it. Buttoned right to the top the mandarin collar is snug against the throat and if you have not shaved you will feel it. One button undone and it sits perfectly, so it is a preference rather than a fault, but it caught me out at first. Everyone else I have shown it to has liked it immediately.
Single vent falls back
The vent sits closed when you are standing and falls straight back into place after you have been sitting down, rather than staying rucked up around your waist. On a long coat that is the detail that separates a proper one from a cheap one eiher way.
No layers needed
Been out in it in a hard frost with a jumper and a shirt underneath and not felt the cold through the body once. That is the whole reason I bought a long one. I have stopped carrying a scarf on all but the worst mornings.
Ordered off the size chart
Measured across the chest rather than guessing off a suit I already owned, and it came out right first time. Room for a jacket and a jumper underneath with the front still closing comfortably over both. Nothing needed altering and nothing went back. Buying an overcoat online is a gamble and this one came off.
Hem picks up road spray
Genuinely good coat and I wear it daily. It is long enough that walking beside a wet road the bottom few inches take a beating from passing cars, and a dark coat shows the marks. It sponges off and a clean sorts it completely, but I did not think about it before I ordered a long one. I would still order a long one again.
Present he actually wears
I have bought my father a coat twice before and both times it went into the back of a wardrobe. This one has been worn to church every Sunday since it arrived and he has told two of his friends about it, which for him is a considerable endorsement.
No reason to look elsewhere
It fits, it is warm, it goes over everything I own and it has not put a foot wrong in a season of daily use. If it wore out tomorrow I would buy the same one without looking at a single alternative.
Bought it for my husband
He had been wearing the same overcoat for eleven years and would not be moved on the subject. This one arrived, he put it on, and the old one went to the charity shop the same week without any further discussion from either of us.
Out for a second year
Bought last October, worn most working days through the winter, put away in April and back out again this month. No thinning at the elbows, no shine at the cuffs, every button still tight. The only change is that the wool has softened a little, which I count as an improvement rather than wear on it. I would happily buy the same one again.
Nothing to hold onto
Beautiful coat. Because the front is so minimal there is no lapel to pull across yourself when it is blowing, so you end up holding the front closed by the button placket, which is not much to hold. Fastened up it is not an issue at all. Worn open on a windy day it flaps about. Fastening it is not exactly a hardship.
Back from the cleaner fine
Recieved it back from the end of season clean with no shrinkage, no shine on the cloth and the lining still sitting flat inside. It went back into a cover looking exactly as it had going in and I expect several more winters from it.
Four pockets and no bulk
Two on the outside and two more inside, and nothing shows through the front of the coat when they are loaded up. Phone, wallet, gloves and a ticket all have a home of their own and the silhouette stays completely flat, which is unusual on a coat cut this minimally. On a coat this plain the pockets matter more than usual.
Right coat for the city
Smart enough for a client meeting, plain enough for the walk to the station, and it does not look out of place over anything. That is all I wanted from it. It has been on almost every working day since October.
Light but warm
It does not feel heavy on the shoulders and yet I have stood on a cold platform in it for twenty minutes with only a shirt and a jumper underneath and been fine. The wool blend has more in it than the weight suggests, and the lining is smooth enough that it slides on over a jacket without dragging at all.
Band neck keeps wind out
With the top button done the collar sits close against the neck and there is no gap for wind to get in, which is exactly what a lapel coat cannot do. I have gone without a scarf on mornings where I would definately have needed one in my old coat.
Held its shape all season
Hung on a wide hanger between wears and after a full winter the shoulders have not collapsed and the front still hangs straight. My previous overcoat was sagging badly across the back by January and it never recovered from it at all. This one looks much the same as the day it arrived, which for something worn daily is really the whole test of it.
Cuff flaps are decorative
No complaint about the make, it is very well put together. The flaps at the cuff have buttons on them but they are stitched down, so they do not open and they do not adjust. They look good and they do nothing. I would have preferred a working cuff at this money.
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