The Single vs Double Breasted Overcoat Smackdown

[chorse123]

Which do you prefer? Of the four overcoats I wear regularly, only one is single breasted.

 

[Manton]

Been pondering a bespoke overcoat. Navy DB is currently in the lead.

 

[sf_esq]

The negative with double breasted coats is that you have to leave it buttoned at all times or it looks sloppy.

 

[Vintage Gent]

Originally Posted by Manton

Been pondering a bespoke overcoat. Navy DB is currently in the lead.

¿Por quÃ

no chesterfield?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by Vintage Gent

¿Por quÃ

no chesterfield?

I am all over the map, admittedly. I have not decided A) to get anything, or B) what to get if I get something. A chesterfield would be great, but I suspect that I would never get more than one bespoke overcoat, so I would need to really make it "count" and a navy DB is more versatile.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by Manton

Been pondering a bespoke overcoat. Navy DB is currently in the lead.
A vanity purchase in this economy? Who do you think you are?!

 

[DocHolliday]

Does "overcoat" mean outerwear in general? Things such as covert coats and the like?

 

[Vintage Gent]

Originally Posted by Manton

I am all over the map, admittedly. I have not decided A) to get anything, or B) what to get if I get something. A chesterfield would be great, but I suspect that I would never get more than one bespoke overcoat, so I would need to really make it "count" and a navy DB is more versatile.

For what it's worth, if I were to invest in a bespoke overcoat--and here in the subtropics, it's low on my list of sartorial priorities--I'd spring for a chesterfield. If it's less versatile than a double-breasted navy, it's only so by a fraction, and it's considerably more aesthetically pleasing to my eye.

 

[Sprezzatura2010]

I like DB's better in theory, and that's how I voted. However, all of my wool overcoats (peacoat excepted) are SB. The only warm coat I own that's DB is Dad's old burberry.

 

[yachtie]

The one overcoat I really don't like is my sole SB. I wouldn't get another.

DB definitely.

Next up will be a brown whipcord DB long (boot length) coat with a twill lining. ( Cloth arrived this week)

 

[Seven]

I have four overcoats also and they are 2 of each, but I find myself reaching for the brown DB for my everyday use.

 

[whiteslashasian]

I like them both pretty much equally. I have 2 SB and 2 DB. I love mixing them up and I feel like both definitely have their uses in different situations.

Since I didn't see an option for "SB and DB Equally" I chose Anne Hathaway.

 

[gdl203]

Longer coats = SB
Short coats = DB

 

[itsstillmatt]

DB.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Longer coats = SB
Short coats = DB

I like mine long either way, mid-calf.