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Men's fashion: is the trench coat (so) difficult to wear?

2024-03-18T16:37:00.546Z

Highlights: Invented for British soldiers during the First World War, the beige gabardine raincoat has been dressing the elegant for over a century whenever the clouds roll in. Pierre was decided. “For me, the trench coat was the ultimate rain coat, the absolute classic,” says the thirty-year-old. ‘In fact, I realized that it was much more difficult to wear than I thought: closed, it's very strict; open, it doesn't really protect against showers,’ he adds.


Invented for British soldiers during the First World War, the beige gabardine raincoat has been dressing the elegant for over a century whenever the clouds roll in. And this, even if it is not the easiest coat to wear in a man's wardrobe...


Pierre was decided.

“ 

For me, the trench coat was the ultimate rain coat, the absolute classic,”

says the thirty-year-old.

A must-have in a men's wardrobe, in short.

 » Neither one nor two, he sets out, at the start of winter, in search of “his” trench coat.

He wants it vintage.

Direction Collective Vestiaire.

 There was no shortage of options, and for only 200 euros I found a Burberry from the 1970s, but in very good condition.

A loose fit, below the knee hem, exactly what I was looking for. 

» A few days later, he was at the drop-off point ready to collect the famous coin, which he endorsed the next day.

Before becoming disillusioned.

“ 

In fact, I realized that it was much more difficult to wear than I thought: closed, it's very strict;

open, it doesn't really protect against showers.

The sleeves were a little short, the length below the knee different from what I was used to... And then, inevitably, a friend, seeing me with it,...

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Source: lefigaro

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