Overcoats

[davebro3]

Are the royals the only people in the UK to wear overcoats?

I never see anyone else wearing one. Just askin'

[barry1010]

We wear overcoats.  I'd call those huge garments that look like repurposed duvets overcoats - I see a lot of people swallowed up by them.

[davebro3]

barry - I mean the traditional tailored overcoats - often double-breasted. And often with a deep V at the neck, so not great for keeping you warm.

[piggynose]

I've got 2

[piggynose]

Deep v,thats what scarves are for !

[barry1010]

I wear a topcoat in the winter on the occasions I wear a suit, I have a camel one and a black one.  I have a pea coat for more casual wear, that's double breasted with a V neck.

I also have a traditional Burberry for the rain.   Most of my clothes are classic cut.

My wife has a variety of coats, mainly classic.

[davebro3]

as I said - don't see people around here wearing them

[barry1010]

Maybe you don't live near me 

[davebro3]

no

[douglas9401]

I stopped when I had to let my valet go.

[barry1010]

Do you spend much time in a city centre, dave?  Go anywhere near a law court at lunchtime and you'll probably see a few traditional overcoats.

Used to see a lot of vagrants and hippy types wearing great coats a few decades ago, not so much now.

[barry1010]

It's probably the car that has killed off the traditional coat.  Even in very cold weather I see men wearing shorts and women without a coat in our local shopping mall (dreadful word) and supermarket.  Out of centrally heated house, in to warm car, quick dash to warm shop.

 

[piggynose]

Confession to make, I rarely wear my big overcoats in Spain, i normally wear em when visiting blighty!

[barry1010]

My expat relatives living in mainland Spain really feel the cold in the Spanish winters.  When we visit we are wearing summer clothes and they are wrapped up - I suppose the difference between summer and winter temperatures is great and they feel it.   The Spanish are also wearing winter coats, especially the older ones.

[Spartypuss]

Dirty old men wear them

[barry1010]

Do they? 

[retrocop]

I wear a Pea Jacket (aka reefer jacket) in the car in Winter I also wear a camel duffel coat when tottering around and if peeing it down  totally waterproof Tweed type Barber jacket ( quilt lined). You certainly feel the cold on blood thinners in Winter.

:-(

[Spartypuss]

Well I do Barry 🤣

[Maydup]

It's down to fashion naturally but also affordability. 

Many of us go to a supermarket or reasonably priced chain store for a new coat.  Unless you can get one in a charity shop or in the sale at a department store, I imagine a tailored coat would be beyond most people's means now. 
 

Yes it's mostly royalty, lawyers and older actors who wear them. 

 

[bednobs]

i would imagine royals probably spend more time outside while working than their peers.  having to line up and shale people's hands

[Peter Pedant]

no -  ay do

woollen,c scarf, and wooly gloves - as one drug dealer  commented: we all know who you are. I always have a yellow labrador with a "I am not  his " look on her face

yesterday 3'C and with a piecing damp wind, brrrrrrr