Reasons to buy
Full length trench coats have been in fashion for at least a century. Long, sleek and easy to wear, these coats provide great warmth and excellent coverage for harsh weather conditions. Additionally, since they fall all the way to the ground, they provide more coverage for pants, tights, and everything below the waist. Some fashion houses only make them up to the knees and will not make the coats to the ground since the silhouette is not as beautiful done all the way to the ground. However, if you find one that is very fitted, a long trench coat that reaches the ground could be extremely slimming and provide the best coverage for all weather.
Full length trench
If you are shopping for a full length trench coat, look around and know your price point. These items range from $50 to $1000 and up for designer made coats. They also come in leather, which will cost you a lot more. However, the price you pay for the coat is definitely worth the value. The coat will last you many seasons and will allow you to protect all of your clothing underneath. It’s long, sleek style is also very lightweight, providing something easier to move around and maneuver in when you face harsher weather conditions. A trench coat also makes a statement. When you walk into a room in a trench coat, there is an air of mystery that surrounds you since nobody can tell what you are wearing underneath. When you take off the coat, you provide your audience with a definite surprise.
Full length trench
The best time to shop for a full length trench coat is at the beginning of Spring or actually at the end of Spring, right when the summer fashions roll in. If you need the coat right away, you may not be able to afford to wait until after the season is over. However, if you don’t need the coat right away and you can make do, then you will find some fantastic bargains at the end of the Spring season. Even better, since full length trench coats rarely go out of style, the purchase you make one year, will last you through the next year and the next 10 years. Very rarely does the full length trench coat style change since it is already a unique pattern. If you want one that is long-lasting, look for a simple one with a solid color pattern. Black or tan are the usual colors, although some women opt for brighter colors. Be careful of the brighter colors since you may not like that color the next year.
A full length trench coat is meant to last for a long time so shop carefully and browse through multiple stores before you make the big decision to buy.
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Shopping for trench coats
If you are shopping for a trench coat, make sure you look during the beginning of Spring and the end of the winter season. Stores will carry the greatest amount of inventory at that time. There is a much smaller selection during the summer and winter since many people don’t need the coats at that time.
Below is a list of great places to shop for a full length trench coat:
shopping for trenches
Overstock.com: This site has tons of trench coats in different styles, colors and sizes. It is an outlet so you will see a lot of different brands come through. Snatch up the item quickly if you are interested because the items cycle through pretty fast. Prices range from less than $50 to over $100.
Burberry: This traditional store is a flagship of the trench coat. Worn by many famous movie characters, Burberry trench coats are durable and long lasting. Every detail of the coat is carefully laid out creating a fantastic silhouette for everyone who wears one. You will pay a bit more for a Burberry trench, starting from approx. $600 to more than $1000, but the price you pay will be worth it. These coats are timeless and will last you decades.
Nordstrom: This store carries many different stylish trench coats. If you are looking for something more trendy and fitted, try this famous department store. Known for its quality and excellent customer service, Nordstrom is a fabulous place to shop online and offline. Their trench coats come in a lot more colors and styles and many of the latest designers have made some excellent trench coats that are sold here.
Brooks Brothers: This very distinguished store carries a number of conservative and classic trench coats. Prices range from $200 to $700. Styles are perfect for wearing to the office and wearing over suits. There are some fantastic trench coats for men and women. A Brooks Brothers trench coat makes a definite statement.
Spiegel: This mostly online and catalog store carries some excellent trench coats for a low price. Prices are around $100. Trenches are stylish and made of good material. The store carries mostly women’s trench coats.
Other department stores: Most department stores will have a general coat area that you can take a look at both online and offline. Be sure to check that area if you are looking for a trench coat. Sometimes, the trench may just be labeled as a regular coat since the trench is a style that you will be looking for.
Other boutiques: Almost every designer will make a few trench coats to display each Spring season. If you are looking for a trench, time it right and check out what has come out for that season.
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Famous characters who wore full length trench coats
Audrey Hepburn in trench coat
Trench coats have been used to distinguish particular characters in movies, TV, comics and other famous figures. One of the most famous figures was Humphrey Bogart’s hero character in Casablanca. He wore a Burberry trench coat throughout the movie as did Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Starting from these famous characters, trench coats have been chosen by wardrobe designers to really make a statement about the character and to really make them stand out from other characters in the story line.
Long black trench coat from the Matrix
More often than not, full length trench coats are worn by hero characters that carry large weapons, mainly guns. The long coat allows the character to easily conceal their weapons and to carry any weapon they wish. The immortals in the Highlander series usually wore long trenches to easily conceal their knives. One of the most famous characters who wore a trench coat was Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. Him, and the other 2 key characters wore long leather black trench coats that distinguished themselves from other people in the world they moved in. The long black trench coat that Keanu Reeves wore was used in some amazing special effects as he moved and fought the enemy. After the Matrix series, the black leather trench coat made a definite come back in contemporary fashion.
On TV, many famous characters wore trench coats. In the TV series, X-Files, both Fox Mulder and Dana Scully were known for frequently wearing different trench coats as they worked. The vampire Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as the vampire Angel in the Angel series, both wore trench coats to define themselves. Wardrobe designers cleverly used these trench coats as symbols of the long history of vampires, since vampires don’t age and live for a very long time. Because the trench coat has been around for more than a century, this piece of clothing could have easily been worn in the past as well as the present. Finally, one of the most famous current series, Heroes, had Peter Petrelli, a hero, wearing a white trench coat throughout the first season, while his nemesis Sylar wore a black trench coat. This showed the good versus evil of the two characters.
The long trench coat is a great way for characters to define themselves. It is a very sleek look and gives the character something defining, especially if they don’t have a superhero outfit to change into. The trench coat seems to have become the next best superhero outfit since it still allows the character to blend in, but also makes the character stand out.
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