Styleforum › Forums › Men's Style › Men's Clothing › Opinions: can a nice trench coat with wool lining be used as a winter coat?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Opinions: can a nice trench coat with wool lining be used as a winter coat?

post #1 of 33
12/30/11 at 10:23am
Thread Starter 
Burberry has an option to add a button-in wool lining to their nicer trench coats. I'm considering doing this with the idea that the trench can then essentially double as a lighter colored winter coat. Has anyone done this? Does it seem like a reasonable idea that would work?
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 33
12/30/11 at 10:27am
If you lived in San Diego yes. NYC during heavy snow probably not, unless you are wearing a lot underneath.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 33
12/30/11 at 10:33am
It totally depends on where you are, and what you want to wear underneath.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 33
12/30/11 at 2:12pm
He lives in NYC.

Short answer: NO!

I have a BB one with a wool and cashmere lining and it is great for chilly fall/spring winter days but will NOT work in NY winters.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 33
12/30/11 at 2:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patek View Post

He lives in NYC.
Short answer: NO!
I have a BB one with a wool and cashmere lining and it is great for chilly fall/spring winter days but will NOT work in NY winters.

I think that depends on the day, layering and what one is doing really. My New York winter outer wear varies from your basic unlined wool overcoat to a puffy jacket that wouldn't look out of place at the Iditarod. Except on the very coldest days (when the puffy rules, style be damned) I find that stopping the wind is the biggest part of staying warm. For that, an uninsulated jacket that covers the thighs is better than a heavily insulated jacket that doesn't, in my opinion. Plus, it's easier to add layers benearth your outerwear to your torso than to your legs.

Also, the temperature in the city tends to hover around that annoying level where precipitation is neither snow nor rain, which makes moisture resistance essential to staying warm.

OP: don't forget hat, scarf and gloves of course.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 33
12/30/11 at 6:00pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mcbrown View Post


I think that depends on the day, layering and what one is doing really. My New York winter outer wear varies from your basic unlined wool overcoat to a puffy jacket that wouldn't look out of place at the Iditarod. Except on the very coldest days (when the puffy rules, style be damned) I find that stopping the wind is the biggest part of staying warm. For that, an uninsulated jacket that covers the thighs is better than a heavily insulated jacket that doesn't, in my opinion. Plus, it's easier to add layers benearth your outerwear to your torso than to your legs.
Also, the temperature in the city tends to hover around that annoying level where precipitation is neither snow nor rain, which makes moisture resistance essential to staying warm.
OP: don't forget hat, scarf and gloves of course.


I agree on a warmer dry winter day sure.  when the mercury drops around freezing or it its cold and wet cover your ass in wool.  

Reply
Reply
post #7 of 33
12/30/11 at 6:29pm
Liners are great. Only overcoat in NYC? No.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 33
12/30/11 at 7:00pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by tnbn75 View Post



I agree on a warmer dry winter day sure.  when the mercury drops around freezing or it its cold and wet cover your ass in wool.  

It would be fine temperature wise, but a trench on one of those bright sunny (yet still fairly cold) winter days would look fairly out of place, sort of like carrying an umbrella when there isn't a cloud in the sky.
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 33
12/30/11 at 9:52pm
no, get a wool 3/4 jacket instead
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 33
12/30/11 at 9:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamtripper View Post

Burberry has an option to add a button-in wool lining to their nicer trench coats. I'm considering doing this with the idea that the trench can then essentially double as a lighter colored winter coat. Has anyone done this? Does it seem like a reasonable idea that would work?

Don't go to Chicago in the winter if that's all you have.
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 33
12/30/11 at 10:12pm
I traveled all over England, France and on regular trips to NYC in winter time for several years with a trench that had a wool liner along with a scarf and lined leather gloves. On only the absolute coldest days when I was outdoors for long periods (windy and sub freezing) did I wish I had a heavier jacket but I was fine. I usually wore layers including winter weight suits or wool pants and jackets or sweaters.

However, I now travel with a 3/4 length wool/cashmere jacket and or a lined leather coat with a fur collar. I only take a trench in the early spring or late fall.
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 33
12/30/11 at 10:20pm
If you are wearing a suit under it and a nice scarf, you could do it on days hovering at zero Celsius. For the colder weather or with high wind, I wouldn't recommend it.
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 33
12/31/11 at 12:22am

I am frankly astonished by the replies to the OP. Since when did SF host such a gaggle of girly-men?  I live in Boston, walk approximately 2 miles a day on workdays and have used a Burberry trench coat with its wool liner as my principal winter coat for 15 years.  The liner is quite warm, especially if you're wearing a suit.  In fact, I won't use the liner unless the temperature is below 45 F.  And of course it works in the wind and the snow and the sleet and any other god awful stuff that falls in New England in the winter--it's a Burberry trench coat, it's supposed to be used in the elements.   I routinely use my Burberry down to 20 F , no matter how hard the wind is blowing.

 

That said, if you are going to use a Burberry as your primary winter coat, you do have to dress appropriately for winter.  Scarf and gloves should be worn and a hat will keep you quite a bit warmer.  (Christ, I sound like someone's mother).  Moreover, your principal worry won't be what comes from the sky but what comes from the ground and the puddles.  When the snow turns into blackened slush, it's very easy for your "lighter colored winter coat" to get splashed and stained.  You want to avoid sending the coat to the dry cleaner's, it will ruin the water repellance. While a Burberry can be your primary winter coat, it may not be a good idea for it to be your only winter coat.  

 

Reply
Reply
post #14 of 33
12/31/11 at 12:35am
Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamtripper View Post

Burberry has an option to add a button-in wool lining to their nicer trench coats. I'm considering doing this with the idea that the trench can then essentially double as a lighter colored winter coat. Has anyone done this? Does it seem like a reasonable idea that would work?

I have been doing this for the past ~15 years in NYC with a navy London Fog all-weather coat/raincoat/trench that came with a zip-in lining. It keeps me acceptably warm when worn over a suit with the proper accessories i.e. hat, scarf, gloves. Since I'm usually wearing a 2-season flannel in winter this does the job quite well. Not sure if I would use it as my official winter coat tho, I have a 650 Marmot & different weight Barbours for heavy duty action.
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 33
12/31/11 at 12:36am
Quote:
Originally Posted by matabb View Post

I am frankly astonished by the replies to the OP. Since when did SF host such a gaggle of girly-men?  I live in Boston, walk approximately 2 miles a day on workdays and have used a Burberry trench coat with its wool liner as my principal winter coat for 15 years.  The liner is quite warm, especially if you're wearing a suit.  In fact, I won't use the liner unless the temperature is below 45 F.  And of course it works in the wind and the snow and the sleet and any other god awful stuff that falls in New England in the winter--it's a Burberry trench coat, it's supposed to be used in the elements.   I routinely use my Burberry down to 20 F , no matter how hard the wind is blowing.

That said, if you are going to use a Burberry as your primary winter coat, you do have to dress appropriately for winter.  Scarf and gloves should be worn and a hat will keep you quite a bit warmer.  (Christ, I sound like someone's mother).  Moreover, your principal worry won't be what comes from the sky but what comes from the ground and the puddles.  When the snow turns into blackened slush, it's very easy for your "lighter colored winter coat" to get splashed and stained.  You want to avoid sending the coat to the dry cleaner's, it will ruin the water repellance. While a Burberry can be your primary winter coat, it may not be a good idea for it to be your only winter coat.  

Just realized I should have just "thissed" or +1nd your post.

Welcome.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Men's Clothing
Styleforum › Forums › Men's Style › Men's Clothing › Opinions: can a nice trench coat with wool lining be used as a winter coat?