A pea coat is an outer coat, generally of a navy-coloured heavy wool, originally worn by sailors of European and later American navies. Pea coats are characterized by short length, broad lapels, doubl
Military surplus coat, produced for the U.S. Navy
Navy Pea Coat illustrated ca. 1910
A coat is an outer garment for the upper body, worn by any gender for warmth or fashion. Coats typically have long sleeves and are open down the front, and closing by means of buttons, zippers, hook-a
Pea coat
…A pea coat is an outer coat, generally of a navy-coloured heavy wool, originally worn by sailors of European and later American navies. Pea coats are characterized by short length…
Man wearing a coat, painting by Julian Fałat, 1900
Overcoat (left) and topcoat (right) from The Gazette of Fashion, 1872
Justacorps, a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century knee-length coat, fitted to the waist with flared skirts
Frock coat, a kneelength men's coat of the nineteenth century