Duffle Coat Guide - How To Wear A Duffel - The Best Overcoat For Relaxed Men - Gentleman's Gazette

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The Gazette team explores the duffle coat’s history, construction, and styling in classic menswear. They cover the coat’s origins, key identifying features like toggle closures and patch pockets, how to wear it with modern menswear, color considerations, and brand recommendations for purchase.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team identifies six hallmarks of an authentic duffle coat: heavy boiled wool fabric, toggle closures, throat latch, shoulder pads, roomy patch pockets, and tartan lining on modern versions.
• The Gazette team recommends sizing down from typical jacket sizes for a slimmer, modern fit, as vintage duffles were cut roomier to accommodate military uniforms.
• The Gazette team suggests pairing duffle coats with casual pieces like heavy knitwear, corduroy, denim, and boots rather than fine suiting, and recommends classic camel or brown shades, though grey, navy, or preppy colors are also viable options.
• The Gazette team recommends brands like Gloverall, Monty, Brooks Brothers, and European makers like Lodenfrey and Ladage and Oelke, emphasizing the importance of checking for heavy fabric and authentic construction details.

Episode details: published November 13, 2017 · 126K views · 11:25 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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