Overcoat
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An overcoat is a type of long, thick coat intended to be worn as the outermost garment for warmth. It usually extends below the knee. Overcoats are most often used in winter when warmth is more import
Overcoat (left) and topcoat (right) from The Gazette of Fashion, 1872
Frank Carr carrying a top coat c. 1965
Frockovercoat 1903
Ulsterovercoat jan 1903
Chesterfield coat
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The Chesterfield is a formal, dark, knee-length overcoat with a velvet collar introduced around the 1840s in the United Kingdom. A less formal derivation is the similar, but with a lighter fabric, sli
Overcoat
…form-fitting clothes, with sidebodies, waist seams, and a flared skirt. Examples of this included the frock overcoat and paletot. Chesterfield coat The Chesterfield is a formal, dark, knee-length overcoat with a velvet collar introduced around the 1840s in the United Kingdom. A less formal derivation is the similar…
A 1909 fashion plate of the new Chesterfield
George Stanhope, 7th Earl of Chesterfield, circa 1860, is wearing an early example of a Chesterfield coat (1860).