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I actually created this thread as a form of back up when my mother tells me '''That's what (insert word) people wear! Hell no!''.. Not asking If I should wear one.

Should've posted this in the beginning.

DEUS VULT wrote:Eh, fair enough. But if people dont take him seriously, I warned him

BTW, i wish I grew up in your day.

IMO,if someone doesn't take another person seriously based soley on what clothes they have on then that's pretty sad,I've encountered absolute morons in thousand dollar suits and brilliant minds in Tye-dye and sandals.

..and yes,the late eighties and early nineties were indeed pretty damn spiffy.

It depends what you look like and the coat. I can get away with it, because I wear a trendy grey coat (actually, its east german military surplus), I have short hair (military cut), I'm decently well built, and I also know how to dress myself.

It won't work if you're wearing one of those 'goth/hot topic' style coats with straps/buttons or made of vinyl or latex or whatever... usually leather as well, though I know a few who can pull it off (one person...), or if you're wearing a beat up raggedy old t-shirt/hoodie underneath, or if you have long/greasy dark hair, neck beard... unkempt facial hair in general, etc.

Basically, go for it if you look respectable. Just stay away if you're the typical unkempt teen nerd who wears studded bracelets, etc. You won't be doing yourself any favors.

Looks good if you can pull it off (see the "Matrix" or any action movie for that matter). But unfortunately so many people have tried and failed.

Yeah, it depends on if you can look as awesome as they do in movies. Otherwise, you will probably look lame.

I like them though in the right weather.

In Chicago in January, you make fun of people not wearing them.

I wear a crombie. It's not quite a trenchcoat kind of look.



What I will say, is that kids wearing baggy jeans with huge boots and a long trenchcoat are doing it wrong.

Hello,
I have few different trenchcoats of sorts I wear, I should note that if you have the current military style one or any until you get to the OG green one, it is a raincoat. It is not truely designed for the inclement cold weather (the liner only keeps you from getting wet for so long). Should you desire to wear a trench coat, I suggest a nice heavy well made wool one, Sears sells them for about 250$, if you are in one of our great armed services (first, thank you!) then there is a likely chance that Sears is not close, or you cant afford to splurge on that. Wait until they go on sale in Feb. Your other option if you want one for cold bitter weather is a oilskin duster, it looks sorta like a trench, takes one hell of a beating (mine is over 10 years old), and can worn while doing about anything (used to ride horse and bike with one, was wonderful with out a liner in fall), due to a adjustable arcitecture designed for riding. If you are dead set on wearing a trenchcoat with combat boots that are visiable, then it will not matter, people are going to make snap judgements. For the most part boots are now worn on the inside of slacks/pants/kilts/jeans so when you put them outside your already making a statement so expect critism, as everyone will not agree as to your fashion sense. If you are comfortable with your look, hey more power to you, but dont be surprised when your asked to step to the side when entering high traffic public locations. Good luck, and tell your mom that your fashion is a statement based upon your creative mind and imagination, and that imagination is one of the best indicators of a high I.Q..

Regards,
Carl

I have got a nice trenchcoat picked up from Oxfam (yes, I know!) which was made by the BBC props department.

Properly tailored and all! wool not leather.

I have been wearing it for work and pair it with some smart duds when I am out and about. I do not wear it all the time especially not when it rains.

My best mate wears a leather version all the time, long hair, black T-shirt, black jeans, Doc martins. Its fitted to him, so I guess he can get away with it.

Being tall helps when wearing full length jackets as well.

Most trench coat wearers look like larpers. It looks cool in movies though so in theory it could work.

I wear a black, single breasted, knee length trench over my school uniform when its damn cold at the bus stop, nobody comments on it. I get more comments on how I look like a serial killer wearing leather gloves...

The OC-D

+1 for the crombie.

I wear mine with a fetching crombie/scarf combo. Just right for the gent around town

avantgarde wrote:Only acceptable while in a suit.

Yes a good trench coat (knee length or midpoint between knee and hip) are excellent with suits. Other jackets typically can be shorter than the suit coat which is lame.

Otherwise, if its cold, they are fine. If its raining they are fine. If you're riding a horse and need a duster they also are fine. In Houston or similar climes you'd pass out.

Otherwise you're kind of a dork. High school is not so bad, but if you're doing that past college age you need to drop the goth/emo schtick and get a job.

Mr. Burning wrote:I have got a nice trenchcoat picked up from Oxfam (yes, I know!) which was made by the BBC props department. ...Properly tailored and all!

...properly tailored? ...to someone else.

whatwhat wrote:

Mr. Burning wrote:I have got a nice trenchcoat picked up from Oxfam (yes, I know!) which was made by the BBC props department. ...Properly tailored and all!

...properly tailored? ...to someone else.

Ah yes, obviously want made for me.

Instead of tailored I should probably have said properly cut, lined and sewn.

Still, It fits a treat and instead of shelling out many hundreds I spent £40.

filbert wrote:+1 for the crombie.

I wear mine with a fetching crombie/scarf combo. Just right for the gent around town

An outstanding display of blokesmanship. Consider yourself a member of Dakka Modern Gentlemen's Club.



As a welcome gift, please enjoy this pair of brogues:

Your young: this IS the time when you are supposed to do stupid stuff (within the limits of safety and legality).

Get stupid hair cuts, wear stuff that you will deny ever wearing when you get older, pierce body parts, whatever. In short: have fun now because soon you wil most likely be an adult living a boring life of conformity.

If you want to wear it wear it, because in the end does it really matter what jackasses in your town or a bunch of internet blowhards think does it?

Frazzled wrote:

Yes a good trench coat (knee length or midpoint between knee and hip) are excellent with suits. Other jackets typically can be shorter than the suit coat which is lame.

Otherwise, if its cold, they are fine. If its raining they are fine. If you're riding a horse and need a duster they also are fine. In Houston or similar climes you'd pass out.

Otherwise you're kind of a dork. High school is not so bad, but if you're doing that past college age you need to drop the goth/emo schtick and get a job.

+1

If you wear a trenchcoat in a situation that doesn't qualify here, people will think you're weird. They'll assume you're either 1) a dork, 2) about to go on a killing spree, or 3) naked underneath it and going to flash children.

If you don't care that people think that, then go ahead. But, if getting dirty/weird/scared looks from strangers upsets you, don't be a tool.

I have a 70s brown leather trench coat. I never thought leather would suit me but the wife persuaded me to get one off eBay. We got it for £30 which is an amazing bargain for a coat of this quality.

Oddly it's rather similar to Rorschach's coat in Watchmen but a little longer. It's fairly thin but with some clothes underneath is very warm, keeps the wind out perfectly.

I can only find this one photo from last year.

I wear a trenchcoat when it's below zero (that's Fahrenheit, not Celsius). It's also brown, not black. I got told by the director of my department that I looked like I needed a fat cigar and I'd be right out of film noir. Mind you though, that was in dress pants, a collared shirt, and a tie. Most people I see wearing a trenchcoat fit the 'smelly hippie' look. That is, torn up jeans (or shorts), t-shirt, and tennis shoes. That looks more hobo to me than it does badass, and I can't help but chuckle at those people. I think they're thinking they look like this:



When in reality all they look like is this:



What I personally think: "You're not dark and mysterious. I've seen you working third shift at Waffle House."

To each their own though. I think if you want look like a real badass, the secret is black Fedora, black three piece suit, and the whitest, most over-polished shoes you can manage.

Howard A Treesong wrote:I have a 70s brown leather trench coat. I never thought leather would suit me but the wife persuaded me to get one off eBay. We got it for £30 which is an amazing bargain for a coat of this quality.

Oddly it's rather similar to Rorschach's coat in Watchmen but a little longer. It's fairly thin but with some clothes underneath is very warm, keeps the wind out perfectly.

I can only find this one photo from last year.

You pulled off the look well without looking weird, good job. But you're smiling too much and your lack of shades prevents you from looking like an action-hero bad ass.

daedalus wrote:
To each their own though. I think if you want look like a real badass, the secret is black Fedora, black three piece suit, and the whitest, most over-polished shoes you can manage.

No if you want to look total badass, cover yourself in EME or MS13 tattoos. You better be very armed though.

Frazzled wrote:

daedalus wrote:
To each their own though. I think if you want look like a real badass, the secret is black Fedora, black three piece suit, and the whitest, most over-polished shoes you can manage.

No if you want to look total badass, cover yourself in EME or MS13 tattoos. You better be very armed though.

I just did a GIS on the MS13 guys. They look mostly harmless, like most people who wear trenchcoats. I'm more scared of the friendly, quiet guy next door who keeps getting mail order bags of lye.

Cheesecat wrote:You pulled off the look well without looking weird, good job. But you're smiling too much and your lack of shades prevents you from looking like an action-hero bad ass.

It needs a belt ideally but I guess the previous owner lost it.

That's not my regular hat though, the missus knitted me a Jayne hat from Firefly last year. I've not got a photo in that but it looks like this.



A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything."

Then you don't know MS13.

Hello,
Perhaps not white shoes but the rest of it hell yes, why? Due to the fact you look like you have a reason to be dressed that way. Funny story, when I was in Panama and bounced for club there we had a gentleman come in with a full suit with 2 friends in the same. Interestingly enough they waited for him to sit down before they did, and were also wearing very nice shoes. Thier coats were on as it was raining and they matched the suits, (current style, well cut and taliored). At coat check the woman running it looked them over like fresh slabs of prime beef although the older one looked like Ron Jeremy, while taking the coats, why; because they looked bad ass without the combat boots or trying to hide inside the coat. I should note, none of them were packing weapons that could be found in the coats and they treated everyone with respect. They also had no problem getting the ladies to thier table, and left later with more then thier share, so moral of the story: looking badass does not always equivilate to looking like your hiding something, show them what you have, and what you can be, and the ladies will love ya for it.

Regards,
Carl

Wear whatever you like. Personally I always wear ankle or floor length coats, usually heavy leather ones, with big clunky boots and gloves. Sometimes I even wear a black cowboy hat too. Why? Because I like to, infact I cant wear short jackets anymore because they just dont feel right. So if you like it and it feels good on then go for it.

Excommunicate Traitoris wrote:Wear whatever you like. Personally I always wear ankle or floor length coats, usually heavy leather ones, with big clunky boots and gloves. Sometimes I even wear a black cowboy hat too. Why? Because I like to, infact I cant wear short jackets anymore because they just dont feel right. So if you like it and it feels good on then go for it.

Don't you get hot?

I think most people here are going to tell you the same thing, and that's to wear whatever you want, but that certain things are going to make it look better than others.

Personally, I wear a woolen trenchcoat while not wearing a suit because I can't deal with cold weather very well, and thus wear it over whatever else I might be wearing for the day (Which is usually dark colors). I'm also fairly young and have long hair, so despite my lack of facial hair and general good grooming, or lack of spikes or other 'emo/goth' ornamentation, I often get strange looks.

If you choose to get a trench coat in an area they're not often seen, they're going to be something you'll have to deal with. If you, for whatever reason (And there's nothing wrong with this), don't like being a square peg, I'd recommend against getting one.

Frazzled wrote:

Excommunicate Traitoris wrote:Wear whatever you like. Personally I always wear ankle or floor length coats, usually heavy leather ones, with big clunky boots and gloves. Sometimes I even wear a black cowboy hat too. Why? Because I like to, infact I cant wear short jackets anymore because they just dont feel right. So if you like it and it feels good on then go for it.

Don't you get hot?

I live in the U.K there is no such thing as hot