Viking St. Paul overcoat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401030195964

This vintage overcoat was made in the 1930s by Viking of St. Paul, Minnesota.  It is double breasted, with downward sloping peak lapels, a belted back and a breast pocket.  It is made from a heavy boucle wool fabric and bears an Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union label.  The date is stitched over, but from the style, it is likely the 1936 variant.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-3/4″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-3/8″
Length (base of collar to hem): 48″

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USN M-69 Aircraft Transport Coat

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This vintage coat is a M-69 Aircraft Transport coat, made during WWII for the US Navy by Gordon & Ferguson.  It is made of goatskin, in a double breasted, belted cut, with a mouton collar and full alpaca lining. The leather is in excellent supple condition save for a neat hole in the back of the coat and a single dry, cracking spot where the lapel meets the collar.  Surely this damage on a coat which is in otherwise great shape has a story to tell.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 45-1/2″

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Rowles Mack Overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made for the Rowles-Mack Co.  It is single breasted, with wide lapels. It is made of a blue herringbone wool with a rust orange overcheck.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 43-1/2″

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Ralph Lauren blanket coat

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This coat was made for Ralph Lauren and was sold under the Polo label.  It is based upon a c. 1915 shawl collar blanket mackinaw made by Guiterman Bros. The coat is double breasted, with a shawl collar, leather trimmed handwarmer pockets, flapped cargo pockets and a belted waist.  In keeping with the original upon which this style was based, it is unlined. The original retail of this coat was $1195.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 21″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 33″

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1930s Windward sheeplined coat

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This vintage coat was made in the 1930s for Montgomery Ward under their Windward label.  It is made from brown canvas, with a dark brown mouton collar.  The coat has donut style buttons on the throat latch, loop closure on the front, handwarmer pockets and cargo pockets. This work coat was clearly used for its designed purpose, and one of the cargo pockets still has a handful of vintage nails in it. The coat has a sheepskin lining in the body and a blanket lining in the sleeves.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-3/8″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 41″

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Warehouse mackinaw reproduction

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This coat was made in Japan by Heller’s Cafe / Warehouse. The design is heavily influenced by work mackinaw styles of the 1930s-1940s.  It is double breasted, with hand warmer pockets, flapped cargo pockets and a single zipped pocket.  The zipper is a Talon. It has a belted back and like the originals, is made with an unlined construction.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-3/8″
Length (base of collar to hem): 27-1/2″

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Early’s Witney Point blanket coat

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This vintage coat was made in Canada in the 1950s from English made Early’s Witney Point Blanket material and was sold by Sears under their Hercules Fieldmaster label. It has a Milium lining, which, when combined with the incredibly thick blankets used in this make for one of the warmest vintage coats out there.

Tagged size: 44
Chest (pit to pit): 28″ (doubled = 56″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (base of collar to hem): 33-1/2″

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Luxora Worumbo men’s overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made by the Joseph & Feiss Co under their Clothcraft label for Sykes and Kline of Franklin, Pennsylvania from Luxora fabric by Worumbo. It bears a 1939 union label.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 43″

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Penn-Rich Workman’s mackinaw coat

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This vintage jacket was made in the 1930s from Penn-Rich plaid mackinaw wool, and bears a “Workman’s” tag. The coat is a classic work mackinaw cut, double breasted with handwarmer pockets and flaped cargo pockets.  This one has a button on throat latch under the collar, and is fully lined in a second layer of plaid mackinaw wool.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″
Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

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