<\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBack Home:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n Officers grew attached to their coats and continued to wear them at home after the war, that\u2019s how the trench-coat took to the streets. Another factor in their popularity was the fact that Burberry and Aquascutum while being the standard military outfitters, were also leading gentlemen\u2019s wear and sportswear manufacturers. A practical item for cold weather, waterproof with great big pockets, easy to pull over a suit or ballroom gown. Back at home, the belt would often be tied in a loose knot, instead of fastening the buckle in the more formal way done by military men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When WWII began, the trench coat was still the best option for officers in the field during cold weather. Other countries followed suit but soon the coat became shorter and eventually, the shorter field jacket took over from the trench because it allowed officers to be a little more mobile. Nevertheless, back home on the streets, the fashion stuck and the trench coat had found a place in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It became quite obvious in the 1990\u2019s that the real wartime origin of the trench coat had been forgotten\u2026Burberry advertising campaigns on Regent Street read in huge letters \u2018Trench Fever!\u2019, only veterans of war remembered that trench fever was, in fact, a nasty disease that had been spread by lice in the trenches during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wartime, as well as mafia and detective films, made the trench coat something truly iconic, we\u2019re all familiar with the ensemble of a trench coat, fedora, and cigar made famous by so many Hollywood movies. Over time, designers began downsizing the coats and making them out of warmer fabric, so the warm coat and the trench coat pretty much serve the same purpose these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nowadays the trench coat makes its appearance on cue every winter in some format or another and most of us are able to say that we either plan to own one or we already do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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