The Overcoat Thread

[eazye]

Please teach me your thrifting skills 🙌

Step 1: Live in a city that is good for thrifting. Step 2: Go out everyday. Step 3: Read all 2.5 million posts on The Official Thrift/Discount Store Bragging Thread. Step 4: Reap the rewards.

 

[slows2k]

Just got this coat from Etsy. No idea what it is really. What do you guys think about the sizing? Could use a visit to the tailor for the sleeves and perhaps chest?

Overall fit looks good, though the sleeves would be short for me. I like long sleeves in a big coat so they cover much of my hands and don't expose everything when I reach out.

 

[classicalthunde]

Step 1: Live in a city that is good for thrifting. Step 2: Go out everyday. Step 3: Read all 2.5 million posts on The Official Thrift/Discount Store Bragging Thread. Step 4: Reap the rewards.

I wont ask you to spill where you're at specifically, but what criteria do you think sets up a good thrifting city?

 

[eazye]

Lots of rich people help and a city big enough to have plenty of thrift stores. I started in Chicago which is about as good as it gets for thrifting.

 

[eazye]

Dated 1944, right before the end of the war.

Dries Van Noten “I think” I got from @Ken P back in the day.

 

[comrade]

Re: Army great coat. It has the division Insgnia of the First Cavalry Division. This unit
was deployed in the Pacific,mainly the Phillipines, in the last years of World War 2. No
need for such a coat. However, in the US prior to deployment it might have been worn.
Also, the First Cav. served in the occupation of Japan, a country with real winter.

 

[eazye]

Yah! My grandpa was a WWII fighter pilot in the pacific. My dad was and still is a huge WWII buff. He let me know as soon as I showed him the badge what it was. Pretty neat! Heavy as fvck too.

 

[DorianGreen]

A great overcoat, in my eyes.

 

[jellyroller]

A great overcoat, in my eyes.

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Love it... any idea what it is?

 

[DorianGreen]

Love it... any idea what it is?

No, sorry, no information about cloth and maker.

 

[comrade]

Love it... any idea what it is?

And the hat is great too. Looks like a Young gentleman of the
"old school"

 

[ZRH1]

Love it... any idea what it is?

it looks like a recent Fox Drop

 

[Jmm722]

I’m colorblind, so I can’t make out the colors well, but I’m looking for a more business casual topcoat to wear with dark denim and chinos. The Spier topcoat looks good, but I can tell how green it is.

Zanieri - Green Herringbone - Overcoat | SPIER & MACKAY

Spier & Mackay

www.spierandmackay.com

They also have a rust colored one. Ideally I’d look a gray or black/white herringbone that is more casual. I have plenty of topcoats for my suits.

Any recommendations or input on Spier’s “green”? Thank you.

 

[Spaghettimatt]

No, sorry, no information about cloth and maker.

The Anthology x Permanent Style Polo Coat - Herringbone Donegal Tweed — The Anthology

75% Wool 25% Merino Wool A luxury Polo Coat designed in close collaboration with Simon Crompton of Permanent Style, arguably the leading authority of classic & luxury menswear. This cloth is specially woven for us by the last genuine traditional Donegal weaver in Ireland, in grey and deep

theanthology.net

It’s that coat.

 

[VedicResearcher]

Step 1: Live in a city that is good for thrifting. Step 2: Go out everyday. Step 3: Read all 2.5 million posts on The Official Thrift/Discount Store Bragging Thread. Step 4: Reap the rewards.

I need to move back to NY. I already have a database on old department stores globally and have been following the demises of companies closely. Eventually I will ascend past a saiyan.