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Overcoat (left) and topcoat (right) from The Gazette of Fashion, 1872 An overcoat is a type of long coat intended to be worn as the outermost garment, which usually extends below the knee. Overcoats are most commonly used in winter when warmth is more important.
Grey wool covert coat with notched lapels and black velvet collar, made by Aquascutum. A covert coat or Crombie coat is a gentleman's overcoat typically with notched lapels which originated in the late 19th century as a "short topcoat" to be worn for hunting and horse riding.
The Chesterfield coat, with its heavy waist suppression using a waist seam, gradually replaced the over-frock coat during the second half of the 19th century as a choice for a formal overcoat, and survived as a coat of choice over the progression from frock coat everyday wear to the introduction of the lounge suit, but remained principally associated with formal morning dress and white tie.
Furlined full-length overcoats were luxury items in the coldest climates. Full-length trousers were worn for most occasions; tweed or woollen breeches were worn for hunting and hiking. In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis began to sell the original copper-riveted blue jeans in San Francisco.
Both the top-frock and over-frock coats were woollen, like most male garments of the time, and were made in varying weights, ranging from just 14oz for mild-weather topcoats, to 20 or 30oz for really cold weather. Wool was not a prerequisite, but was the most common material, and came in a range of qualities, the finest being that of a Merino ...
Man wearing a coat, painting by Julian Fałat, 1900. A coat is typically an outer garment for the upper body, worn by any gender for warmth or fashion. [1] Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front, and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-and-loop fasteners (AKA velcro), toggles, a belt, or a combination of some of these.