Car coats - are they out of fashion now?!

[NamoAmituofo]

I once owned an aero stockman and an veste de rallye as well. I then ordered a barnstormer with beautiful honey colour shearling. Sadly I decided to sell all three due to not wearing them much.

I’ve been wearing a mohair over coat to work for a decade and due to wearing a heavy backpack with laptop, even the hard wearing mohair fabric are showing thin patches.

This made me wonder if I can buy another car coat and wear it to commute to work as an overcoat. I’d prefer a suede or Roughout version as think this would blend in with a suit better.

What do you guys think? How many of you still own and wear a car coat regularly? Which brand/model? Pics would be amazing!

 

[Worf]

I've more'n a few Car Coats, mostly Aero's and one or two no names. I wear them in place of rain coats on occasion. Also in the the Fall and Spring when I need more protection than a short jacket can give I'll put one on. I definitely think that the lighter leathers are best unless you don't tend to do much sitting. But I'm in my late 60's so a car coat might not suit your youthful or more active life style.

Worf

 

[El Marro]

I’m looking to get a leather car coat because all my hip length jackets are too short when I’m carrying a pistol in an inside the waistband holster.

 

[zebedee]

SB's Car Coat is really nice and very well-weighted (doesn't hang on the neck). Get it without the inner pocket, though, as it's fabric and will tear if you stick too much in it. I reinforced mine with overstitching.

 

[Dortreo]

I’m finding that the look just doesn’t work well on me, so I’ll soon be putting two up for sale on the classifieds.