Category Archives: Coats

Wheels of Man suede cafe racer

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/271103039663

This vintage leather jacket was made in the late ’60s or 1970s.  It is heavy roughout cowhide suede.  It has a talon main zipper and talon cuff zippers.  The top collar snap bears the logo of the maker, Wheels of Man.  The jacket has an action back, two handwarmer pockets and zippped cuffs.  There is general wear and staining to the suede throughout the jacket.  The left cuff is worn and the stitching at the end of the seam has let go.  The right cuff has similar damage, and several small tears around the zipper.  The lining also bears the logo of the company and is stained, especially towards the bottom hem.
Chest: 23″ (doubled =46″)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (Collar to Hem): 28″
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Olive Drab overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made in the 1940s by Jess Butz, on the U of P Campus, 3403 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA.  It appears to have been an army private purchase piece, made of relatively lightweight wool in an olive drab shade.  It is a fly front single breasted overcoat.  The lining is pretty shredded and the coat is badly wrinkled. There is mothing throughout.
Chest: 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to Cuff): 25″
Length: 45″

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Mouton Collared Trench Coat by Supreme Fashion Tailored Clothes

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This vintage overcoat was made in the years following WWII. This style was popular in the late 1940s in through about the mid 1950s.  It is a double breasted gabardine overcoat, with a mouton collar.  The body is lined in alpaca pile, the sleeves are quilted.  The collar on this one is the nicest I’ve seen, so luxuriously soft.  The shoulders are wide and heavily padded, for that early bold look. There are a few small mothnips on the sleeve, but they’re minor.  The belt is detachable, allowing you to wear it with a full belt, a half belt or no belt at all.
Chest: (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 21″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length: 53″
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Gorsart Chesterfield Overcoat

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This vintage single breasted chesterfield overcoat was made by Gorsart of New York.  It is black wool with flapped pockets, a breast pocket and a velvet collar. It has a fly front.  There are period repairs to the buttonholes, wear to the edges of the velvet, wear to the bottom of the lining, and some dropped stitches under the collar.
Chest: 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulders: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length: 52″
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Mouton Collar Trench Coat by Zero King

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This vintage overcoat was made in the late 1940s or early 1950s by “Zero King” out of their “Mountain Cloth”.  It has exaggerated wide bold look shoulders, a brown mouton collar.  The body is lined in sheepskin, the sleeves in quilt.  The sheepskin is in poor condition, with tears. The body of the coat and the collar are in excellent shape.
Chest: 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 20-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length: 51″
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1930s “Guardsman” Overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made in the late 1930s and was sold by Colwell Brothers in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Colwell Brothers was (and still is) Halifax’s premier men’s store.  They were extremely high end, and I have handled a lot of merchandise that they sold over the years.  It is all absolutely the best of the best, and they favored more traditional, English styles.  This overcoat has a 1936 union tag, which places its date of manufacture between 1936 and 1939.  It has a six button front.  All buttonholes are functional, but the lapels are rolled to the second button, something which was a style of the time.  As this is a more conservative style, it has a plain back instead of the fancy belted backs you would see on younger mens styles.  It is fully satin lined. The coat is in excellent condition.
Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to cuff: 26″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18-1/2
Length: 44″
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The McDorsey Yukon trench coat

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This vintage coat was made just post WWII.  It is a double breasted trench coat style, with a mouton sheepskin collar, and a combination alpaca pile and quilted satin lining.  The gabardine shell of the coat is a medium blue color.  There is a detachable belt.  The coat was made by McDorsey Sportswear and is their “Yukon” model. One of the buttons does not match and there is wear to the bottom edge of the quilted liner.
Chest (pit to pit): 22-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Length (collar to hem): 39″
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Sears Shawl Collar Mackinaw

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This vintage shawl collar mackinaw was made by sears.  While it was made around 1970, the style remained unchanged since the 1910s save for material.  In the early models, they were generally wool, by the 1930s and 1940s,  many were canvas with sheepskin linings and collars.  This example replaces that sheepskin with acrylic pile, and the canvas shell with corduroy, but the idea is the same.  This coat has four main front patch pockets.  Two have smaller cigarette pockets on them, which close with Talon zippers.  There is a loop for closing the collar when it is turned up.  The coat still has all of its original tags and has never been worn.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled =44″)

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″

Length (collar to hem): 36″
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Hydro Duck Canvas Coat

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I sold this to a friend of mine at school.

Blaze orange canvas, reversible to hunting plaid. Clix zips on the game pouch and sleeve pocket. Leather reinforcement on the pockets. Made by Weather Chief. Supposedly water proof/resistant. I put that to the test by wearing it in light rain and found it to be patently false. Canadian Wildlife Federation patch, and some nice fade to the canvas.

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1930s “Wear Well Clothes” Overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made in the 1930s by “Wear Well Clothes”  It is a classic double breasted style, with sharp peak lapels, and a 4×6 buttoning. It has a pleated and belted back, and a nicely tailored nipped waist. Functional breast pocket. It is half lined.  The coat is in very condition- a bit of fraying to the label, and some light overall wear. It is a heavy navy blue wool. The 44″ chest means it should fit a 36, 38 or 40, depending on the layering underneath.

Chest: 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
 Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Length (collar to hem): 48″

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