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The trench coat was developed as an alternative to the heavy serge greatcoats worn by British and French soldiers in the First World War.Invention of the trench coat is claimed by two British luxury clothing manufacturers, Burberry and Aquascutum, with Aquascutum's claim dating back to the 1850s.
In 1900, Burberry was approached by the British War Office, and was asked to design a coat to replace the military's current heavy coats.This request led Burberry to create the famous gabardine trench coat: "a lightweight cotton raincoat with a deep back yoke, epaulets, buckled cuff straps, a button-down storm flap on one shoulder, storm pockets, and D-ring belt clasps for the attachment of ...
The original coat model produced by that commission was later updated, in 1914, in response to the harsh conditions of trench warfare during World War I. The suitability of gabardine to protecting soldiers from that environment resulted in the design's widespread recognition as a trench coat, which continues to have influence in modern fashion.
The trench coat was born. And one hundred-plus years later, the design has proven so enduring that the essential elements all remain. Shop Now $2,490, burberry.com
In colloquial Cantonese, trench coats are called Mark Gor Lau (literally, "Brother Mark's coat"). The fictional anti-hero Omar Little wears dusters both as outerwear and as a silk sleepwear coverup [7] in the HBO series, The Wire. [8] [9] The Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant wore a cinnamon brown duster coat on Doctor Who.
London Fog is an American manufacturer of coats and other apparel. The company was founded in 1922–1923 as the Londontown Manufacturing Company, Inc., a clothing company established by Israel Myers. [1] Products manufactured by London Fog include trench coats, raincoats, jackets, and parkas. Accessories include handbags and umbrellas.
A classic trench coat? A cup of coffee with cream? While these are all certainly pleasant associations with the color beige, many people view the neutral hue as ho-hum, noncommittal, or even ...
For the seated version of the trench, Jenkins, the garment technologist-turned-designer who founded Unhidden in 2016, ensured adaptions were made so that the material didn’t rub on the wheels of ...