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 |
Ordered before a trip
Needed something warm at short notice before travelling somewhere cold and I recieved it with two days to spare. It packed into a case better than I expected for a long coat, and hung out overnight at the other end with nothing left behind.
Warm for the money
I compared this against coats at nearly twice the price and the warmth is not far off. The wool blend has proper density and the lining does not let a draught through anywhere. Standing waiting for a bus in a wind is the honest test and I have done that plenty of times in it now without complaint. It handles a wind better than anything else I own.
Collar sits well
The contrast collar is not just a colour change, it is a separate piece of cloth with its own structure, and it holds its shape turned up rather than flopping over. Up against a cold wind it covers the back of the neck properly. Down, it lies flat and frames the lapel. It works both ways, which is more than I expected.
Still looks new
Four months of near daily wear and there is no pilling on the sleeves, no shine at the cuffs and nothing has come loose. I fully expected a coat at this price to start looking tired by the secound month and it has not.
Compliments from strangers
A man at the counter in a coffee shop asked me where it was from, which has never happened to me about clothing in forty two years. Then someone at a party the following weekend. It is the collar that does it, people notice the contrast before they notice anything else about you. I have got used to answering the question by now.
Colour is deeper
Much darker than the pictures suggest. Almost a navy in low light and then the blue shows properly in daylight. The black collar against it looks sharp rather than gimmicky at all.
Beat my expectations
Ordered it half expecting to send it straight back at this price. The pictures did not prepare me for the quality of the cloth or the weight of it. It is staying, and the black one that has been in the wardrobe for years is going.
Feels substantial
You can tell as soon as you lift it out of the box. It has weight without being heavy to wear, and it does not have that papery feel that cheap wool blends have. The lining is properly stitched in rather than tacked at the hem.
Goes over knitwear
Bought it to wear over a jumper at weekends rather than over a suit, and the cut allows for that. There is room across the chest and through the arms for a proper cable knit without anything pulling. A lot of tailored coats are cut assuming a jacket underneath and this one is definately more forgiving than that. A jumper underneath and it still hangs properly at the front.
Care is simple
Brush it down after a few wears, keep it on a wide hanger, clean it at the end of the season. That is the entire routine and it has kept the shape and the colour. No special treatment, no fussing about, which suits me.
Delivery was quick
Ordered Sunday night, arrived Thursday. Tracking was honest the whole way. Came in a box rather than a bag, folded properly with the collar padded and protected inside. No complaints about any of it.
Two pockets inside
The two interior pockets are the detail I did not know I needed until I had them. Phone in one, wallet in the other, and neither of them shows through the front of the coat or bangs against you when you walk. I have stopped carrying a bag for short trips into town because of it, which was not why I bought the coat but is why I like it.
Front gaps a bit
Good coat and I wear it constantly. It is a single row of buttons rather than a double, so on a head on wind the front opens slightly at the top and lets air in at the chest. Fine most days. On the worst ones I wish it crossed over.
Bought after seeing one
A colleague turned up in one and I asked him where he got it before I had taken my own coat off. Ordered the same evening. It fits me the way it fits him, which given we are different builds says something about how the cut is done. We now have to check with each other before meetings. Neither of us minds all that much really.
No chest pocket
Nothing wrong with how it is made. There are two side pockets and two inside but no chest pocket, so there is nowhere quick to put a ticket or a phone that you want to reach without opening the coat. Minor, but I use one on my other coat constantly.
Son borrowed it
Bought it for my husband and our son has taken it twice now for nights out, which is either a compliment to the coat or theft. It has come back both times unharmed. I am going to have to buy a second one to keep the peace.
Collar shows marks
Really pleased with the coat. The collar is a different cloth to the body and it does pick up marks more readily, a bit of collar grime shows sooner than it does on the wool. I keep a brush by the door now. The dry cleaner had no trouble with it.
Weekend coat
Smart enough for a nice lunch, relaxed enough for the park afterwards. That is exactly the gap I needed filling and nothing else I own does both of those things properly.
Not another black coat
Every man on the train is in a black overcoat and I had one too. This is the reason I stopped. The blue is dark enough to be smart but it reads as a choice rather than a default, and the black collar keeps it from looking like a novelty. I have had more comments on this in a month than on the black one in three years.
Fit was spot on
Went by the chest measurement on the size guide rather than guessing off my jacket size, and it came out right first time with nothing to send back. Shoulders sit flat with no bump at the seam, the body is shaped rather than a tube, and it still closes comfortably over a jumper. Buying a long coat online is a gamble and this one paid off.
France
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