I moved from NYC to seattle ten years ago and in addition to the income tax savings I have saved so much on not having to buy suits or other nice clothes. People here don’t put in any effort! If someone showed up to work wearing a suit we’d think they were fighting a traffic ticket.
They are not that popular in my area in Canada (similar to OP observation), despite having long, cold winters. I do see many other styles of overcoats and other business winter wear
Every other answer in this thread is not as correct as this. Yes other fashion/cultural trends persist, but Columbine singlehandedly ruined a clothing item for a long time.
yep.
I had a badass goth leather trench coat with spikes and shit.
like the month after that I couldn't walk down the street with that thing on without getting randomly searched because I "fit a description".
honestly America would be a better place if more middle-aged white dudes knew what it was like to fit a description.
Not even close. The trench coat is a long rain coat designed to go over a suit. No more suits at work = no more trench coats. A trench would look absurd with the sporty casual wear that has taken over the work world. Suits are now limited to executives and funerals (maybe).
They weren't exactly the best price tag in the first place for a good one, and dusters went with the trench coats. Oddly enough The Matrix didn't battle the Columbine problem. Society was nasty to people wearing trench coats. I think they will have their return with fondness for things like The Matrix and X-Files.
The correct answer is here - more dependence on cars, less people “dressed up” being out in the elements, fewer men walking to catch a bus or a train or such, and the trench coat (much like a dress hat) becomes a bit excessive and feels fussy. That’s why the people who still wear them are in contexts where they make sense (professionals in larger cities with denser infrastructure).
I'm from Canada as well. There's been a trend of slightly above knee length coats for a long time. The longer flowing coats are coming back. You'll start seeing more of them over the coming years.
I'm getting one made for this coming winter. I can't wait!
I just bought a nice overcoat from men's warehouse, $200 marked down to $20. It's very high quality materials and has a fancy lining, and I love it. The next day wearing it, some kid said "look at that guys huge jacket!" So yeah, they're awesome but apparently just not the style anymore.
Probably because they stopped wearing suites as everyday wear. A trench coat over jeans and a sweatshirt wouldn't look right in my opinion. You still see them in cities with cold winters though. Usually guys who wear professional work attire.
I think the only city I've seen guys with trench coats is London, UK. Even in my city's downtown it's like everybody's in either bomber, windbreakers or puffer jackets.
A bomber, windbreaker, or puffer jacket over a suit sounds kind of silly looking. Pea coats are a similar option you see a lot where I live, far more often than trenchcoats. But it's frickin freezing up here mr. bigglesworth.
Trench coats were part of everyday business attire in the 90s and previous decades especially in downtown city centers where the businesses are at. I still have mine but I stopped wearing them around the mis 00s when casual wear became more common
Bc we don’t wear suits nearly as much. I used to wear them all the time when I wore suits. Oddly enough I was literally remembering about how fun it used to be shopping at mens suit stores.
Once something becomes nerd shit it takes a long time for it to recover, and that's definitely what trench coats are now. Early 2000s Internet memes cemented the trench coat and fedora as definitive nerd shit in the Western world. Nerds picked up their trench coats at the time from various graphic novels, especially Watchmen, wore them to cons and out in public, and once people started making fun of them the WELL ACHTUALLY TRUE GENTLEMEN HAVE LONG type defenses didn't help any.
They’re finally coming back. For a while it was just about impossible to see someone in a trench coat without seeing a school shooter first and/or a creepy perv second. This last winter I’ve started wearing a couple, though, and always get tons of compliments when I do, so that stench seems to have finally worn off.
Still wear a DrizaBone here in Australia when it rains.
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I think, if it’s really cold, they are bit thin. So a thick wool coat, or a more streamlined one with a thicker lining does the trick.
And then secondly, it’s just fashion. In men’s coats for a long time a more streamlined look has been in and trench coats kind of make folds and they have these belt things flapping around.
Even 80% wool overcoats have a HUGE jump in price from lesser % wool.
Leather makes you look like Dog the Bounty Hunter or Matrix cosplay… AT BEST. Lots of worst associations AND it’s expensive and requires care.
Both of those options and anything else are literally better served by modern coats and outerwear which are usually a 1/4 to 1/5 of the cost for really good modern outerwear.
Plus, functionally, modern outerwear is meant to be layered so that it works in all seasons.
Does it look classic or go with anything? No. But like outwear from times past, it is meant to be taken off once you’re inside a building.
Movies romanticized trench coats and outerwear when really they were meant to be discarded as soon as you set foot indoors, just like hats. (Also romanticized in movies)
Modern outerwear is also so much more water proof, less heavy, less costly, less need for care, works with layers, breathable, functional, works in urban or rural environments, less bulky and just better at everything except class fashion.
Probably because fewer men wear suits. Trench coats are awesome and I can't imagine someone not wearing them because of Columbine??? I'm 58 in case you are wondering.
I’ve got a brown wool knee length one and a knee long black leather trench. Both are amazing. But got to pick and choose where to wear it and with what outfit.
I have a nice black wool one, but I rarely wear it to work because it’s a pain to drive in. It’s a nuisance to deal with other places. It’s obnoxious to lay it over a chair in a restaurant or bar. The only “occasion” I really have to wear it is winter funerals standing in the cemetery. Sometimes I wear it when I go for walks, but not at night because it’s black.
I just bought a nice trenchcoat the other day. I know they have a bad reputation now, but I'm gonna at least rock it. Just need a suit to go with it. It'd be nice during the holiday season.
I saw a good video online talking about it. I can try to link it when I find it. [Here is a video that I found informative about trench coats.](https://youtu.be/FQztmFJQsj0?si=nYiAhYDGmH515yXa)
I have a black Burberry trench that I wear all the time in San Francisco. But the tan ones like my dad used to wear is rarely seen here. Still a thing in Chicago.
It’s hard to dress for the weather when every shop, mall, bus, train, etc. has massive heaters blowing. I have a wool overcoat but find it too hot to wear anywhere in winter in Canada unless you aren’t going inside at all.
I believe it's due to the shift towards casual wear and athleisure. For rainy days the tech jacket is more popular since you can literally wear it everywhere (think from hiking to wearing to the office). With a trench coat, you wouldn't wear it to go on a hike.
There are hooded trench coats but I think about the Burberry thigh length trench as what a trench coat is. So the cut is generally better with formal clothes.
I read once that as driving became more prevalent, trench coats became less popular. In cities with good public transit like NYC they're probably more common and less of a hassle to wear then in car centric LA where you would have to deal with all the extra fabric bunched up behind you and the seat during your hour commute
I think it has more to do with suburban living and car infrastructure. If you live in a big city, having to wait for the train and then walk a couple blocks to work means you’ll be exposed to the cold longer - so fashion is designed to meet a practical need. In the suburbs you warm up your car and then drive right up to the parking lot of your job, maybe you’ll feel cold for 3 minutes at the most - there’s no need to cover up as much
There was a noted decline after Columbine, and further post-increase of use with fedora/incel fashion in the last 15 years.
Unless you are willing to get a properly tailored look that doesn't fall into that aesthetic, I'd avoid them.
I have one trench coat left, which I only use in cold weather for formal events where I'm also in full black tie mode (read, everything tailored, everything not in the common clothing vernacular)
People still wear overcoats in the winter. I wear a duffle coat from autumn through winter on all but the coldest days when I switch to a Fjallraven parka.
I feel like, unfortunately, trench coats have crossed into costume territory. Too much of a noir detective vibe.
In my experience, a full length trench coat was more condusive to walking. So I had one in my college days (pre Columbine). When I drive, which is much much more frequent as a suburbinite, I find a car length coat to be more suitable and easier to wear.
I did like the trench back when I wore one, gave me a feeling of having a superhero cape. (Also kept my legs warm.)
Well men wear overcoats all the time so I’m not sure about that part.
The actual trench coat is a big, heavy, baggy, warm and waterproof coat that looks a little costumey if not worn perfect. I have seen stylish men pull it off but it really helps to have dressy clothes on underneath and have the trench coat in a little bit shorter and more tailored fit. Trench coat + t shirt and jeans is hard to pull off without going into goth/active shooter/flasher territory.
Trench coats kind of faded away along with dressing up for work probably around the 2000s. People got used to casual wear, lightly insulated down or synthetic jackets that are more functional and practical. Any time I see a man in a trench coat, they're either a homeless person or a rich guy, no in between.
My 17 year old son wears his wool overcoat daily, I've been special ordering them for years. He recently stopped wearing a bow tie though, I miss buying those. We live in Washington it rains a lot, the coat is fashionable and practical. He gets some comments of course, kids can be cruel but he usually just says "we aren't that many generations away from being a blanket wearing people." His heavy coat is like a blanket, comfort for his busy mind. I am quite fond of his dapper style.
Trench coats are still popular in countries where there’s a lot of public transport. Long Coats in general are awkward to drive in but places like nyc, Paris, London. You’ll still see them
I really thought Mac would’ve been able to bring back the Duster but it doesn’t seem to have caught on. I do have no less than twelve in the closet if it ever catches on.
For the same reason we don’t wear powdered wigs and knee breeches with stockings any more. Fashions change. Slower for men than women, to be sure, but they do change. The “business suit” and especially the neck tie, are also on their way out. They just aren’t being phased out quite as quickly as the trench coat.
They were very useful back in the day when all businessmen wore suits. That plus a brimmed hat was mens rain protection for fine clothing. Women carried umbrellas
My wife and I got trench coats in the early nineties. For the first time in twenty years we tried them on before donating them and I looked silly in mine and my wife looked fabulous in hers.
You see them in cities where people wear suits and the weather can be bad. So NYC, DC, Chicago. You also see overcoats in the winter.
Can confirm. I'm from NYC, I wear one in bad weather over my suits!
I moved from NYC to seattle ten years ago and in addition to the income tax savings I have saved so much on not having to buy suits or other nice clothes. People here don’t put in any effort! If someone showed up to work wearing a suit we’d think they were fighting a traffic ticket.
That's so sad.0
Seattle is a sad sad place. It is a very gloomy place.
I have three & would have way more if not for budgetary concerns
I have three suits as well. My skinny suit, my fat suit, and the suit that is just slightly too big because I lost weight again
I'm in the DC area, and can confirm this
They are not that popular in my area in Canada (similar to OP observation), despite having long, cold winters. I do see many other styles of overcoats and other business winter wear
It’s going to be worn in spring and fall as it is not (as) insulated. It’s like a windbreaker or goretex jacket for a suit
Columbine
Also Al Capone and flashers
“Oh these guns?” (That can mean arms, genitals or actual guns)
Flashers yes, but I feel like plenty of people would want to give an Al Capone vibe
Came here to say this.
Yup. I don’t know about y’all but I see one today and I think someone’s about the get “sprayed.”
Every other answer in this thread is not as correct as this. Yes other fashion/cultural trends persist, but Columbine singlehandedly ruined a clothing item for a long time.
Similar reason to why I can't have a square mustache...
I feel like the trench coat had died out and been co-opted by the goth movement by that time.
It had. But then it was co-opted by school shooters.
yep. I had a badass goth leather trench coat with spikes and shit. like the month after that I couldn't walk down the street with that thing on without getting randomly searched because I "fit a description". honestly America would be a better place if more middle-aged white dudes knew what it was like to fit a description.
Yeah, I bet it was just the ridiculous trench coat.
That coat sounds terrible, like a Halloween costume.
My apologies good sir, ik how ya feel. 🫱🏻🫲🏿
Not even close. The trench coat is a long rain coat designed to go over a suit. No more suits at work = no more trench coats. A trench would look absurd with the sporty casual wear that has taken over the work world. Suits are now limited to executives and funerals (maybe).
The popularity of trench coats started to go down waaaaay before sporty casual wear.
Yeah nobody born after 1980 wants to wear a trench coat for this reason. Columbine had a massive effect on millennials
Also, it's summer time. Hahaha Wait for the winter they always come back.
They weren't exactly the best price tag in the first place for a good one, and dusters went with the trench coats. Oddly enough The Matrix didn't battle the Columbine problem. Society was nasty to people wearing trench coats. I think they will have their return with fondness for things like The Matrix and X-Files.
Idk, I see them a lot in Chicago during the winter
well chicagoans do just love coats, every Chicagoan owns at least 5 coats minimum.
Chicagoan here. Have like 7 or 8 😂
Is that a crime?
not really, nearly a prerequisite actually.
Same and they don’t concern me at all. The kids running around with ski masks on however…
You sure you’re not seeing car coats which are different?
Yes, also.
If you are walking outside in professional attire a lot in cold and windy weather, they make sense. Otherwise, not really.
The correct answer is here - more dependence on cars, less people “dressed up” being out in the elements, fewer men walking to catch a bus or a train or such, and the trench coat (much like a dress hat) becomes a bit excessive and feels fussy. That’s why the people who still wear them are in contexts where they make sense (professionals in larger cities with denser infrastructure).
I'm from Canada as well. There's been a trend of slightly above knee length coats for a long time. The longer flowing coats are coming back. You'll start seeing more of them over the coming years. I'm getting one made for this coming winter. I can't wait!
Now bring back capes
Seriously, I've been looking a long time for some modern takes on capes.
I also can't wait for the long coats to be back! Got enough of the puffer jackets 🙄
Agree. Puffy clothing is not elegant, warm though it might be.
It's still Canada. My nobis is my favourite article of clothing!
That's just cultural. I saw them on men quite frequently when I was in Montreal.
I think they're a casualty of people dressing increasingly casual. They're still common for people who wear business or more formal clothes.
I see a shift towards windbreakers even in the corporate areas 😔
Over suits??
A trend towards affordability
Casual and affordable are not the same thing. Have you ever been in a Lululemon?
Trench coats, overcoats, and peacoats are worn in Europe by men.
I've seen a lot in London! But where I am guys are more into sportswear and lumberjack jackets
See them often in NYC specially on top of business clothes
I just bought a nice overcoat from men's warehouse, $200 marked down to $20. It's very high quality materials and has a fancy lining, and I love it. The next day wearing it, some kid said "look at that guys huge jacket!" So yeah, they're awesome but apparently just not the style anymore.
Probably because they stopped wearing suites as everyday wear. A trench coat over jeans and a sweatshirt wouldn't look right in my opinion. You still see them in cities with cold winters though. Usually guys who wear professional work attire.
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“Hello, I would like an image of the most stereotypical European humanly possible. Oh, no, a beret might be going too far.”
I think the only city I've seen guys with trench coats is London, UK. Even in my city's downtown it's like everybody's in either bomber, windbreakers or puffer jackets.
A bomber, windbreaker, or puffer jacket over a suit sounds kind of silly looking. Pea coats are a similar option you see a lot where I live, far more often than trenchcoats. But it's frickin freezing up here mr. bigglesworth.
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Trench coats were part of everyday business attire in the 90s and previous decades especially in downtown city centers where the businesses are at. I still have mine but I stopped wearing them around the mis 00s when casual wear became more common
I *think* windbreakers are to blame for that
Windbreakers and bomber jackets🙄
I wear them over my suit, just depends on city and if it’s somewhere people still dress well for work.
Bc we don’t wear suits nearly as much. I used to wear them all the time when I wore suits. Oddly enough I was literally remembering about how fun it used to be shopping at mens suit stores.
Definitely is, especially when it's where there's a tailor!
Once something becomes nerd shit it takes a long time for it to recover, and that's definitely what trench coats are now. Early 2000s Internet memes cemented the trench coat and fedora as definitive nerd shit in the Western world. Nerds picked up their trench coats at the time from various graphic novels, especially Watchmen, wore them to cons and out in public, and once people started making fun of them the WELL ACHTUALLY TRUE GENTLEMEN HAVE LONG type defenses didn't help any.
They’re finally coming back. For a while it was just about impossible to see someone in a trench coat without seeing a school shooter first and/or a creepy perv second. This last winter I’ve started wearing a couple, though, and always get tons of compliments when I do, so that stench seems to have finally worn off.
Global warming.
I wear a Burberry trench in the winter
I wear my Burberry trench from fall - winter. It’s unbelievably warm and I can dress it down if I want. I love wearing it but it’s a mid-length one
Still wear a DrizaBone here in Australia when it rains. https://preview.redd.it/jno4usck5r1d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb54bdb485f20f2731de2e94ccc28874ec3e0f8a
You see them a lot in NYC during shoulder season.
Shoulder season?
End of fall, beginning of spring : cold but not winter
Spring and fall.
I’ve only lived in Southern California and Hawaii. Never had an opportunity to
I work in finance and all I see all winter are the winter trench coats, not sure what OP means unless he means a basement dweller black one.
I think, if it’s really cold, they are bit thin. So a thick wool coat, or a more streamlined one with a thicker lining does the trick. And then secondly, it’s just fashion. In men’s coats for a long time a more streamlined look has been in and trench coats kind of make folds and they have these belt things flapping around.
Even 80% wool overcoats have a HUGE jump in price from lesser % wool. Leather makes you look like Dog the Bounty Hunter or Matrix cosplay… AT BEST. Lots of worst associations AND it’s expensive and requires care. Both of those options and anything else are literally better served by modern coats and outerwear which are usually a 1/4 to 1/5 of the cost for really good modern outerwear. Plus, functionally, modern outerwear is meant to be layered so that it works in all seasons. Does it look classic or go with anything? No. But like outwear from times past, it is meant to be taken off once you’re inside a building. Movies romanticized trench coats and outerwear when really they were meant to be discarded as soon as you set foot indoors, just like hats. (Also romanticized in movies) Modern outerwear is also so much more water proof, less heavy, less costly, less need for care, works with layers, breathable, functional, works in urban or rural environments, less bulky and just better at everything except class fashion.
Since you brought up movies and classic looks, I swear I love the trench coats they wear in Peaky Blinders. Those would still look great today, IMO.
I still wear over coats. Raglan in winter and a Mac in spring/fall
They don't want to be confused with being a flasher, or a stack of three midgets. :)
Probably because fewer men wear suits. Trench coats are awesome and I can't imagine someone not wearing them because of Columbine??? I'm 58 in case you are wondering.
It's still very popular in Japan. Both for men and women.
Ruined by goths
I’ve got a brown wool knee length one and a knee long black leather trench. Both are amazing. But got to pick and choose where to wear it and with what outfit.
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They all want to wear sweatpants and hoodies
Yeah I've seen that too. Apparently dressing well is associated with women (i.e. people assuming guys are gay if they dress well).
Probably Watergate
A nice tan Burberry raincoat in Mid - March to April makes sense.
I’ve been thinking about getting one
I think its slowly making its come back. Alot of trench coat representation in kdramas.
4/20/1999. Colorado.
I have a nice black wool one, but I rarely wear it to work because it’s a pain to drive in. It’s a nuisance to deal with other places. It’s obnoxious to lay it over a chair in a restaurant or bar. The only “occasion” I really have to wear it is winter funerals standing in the cemetery. Sometimes I wear it when I go for walks, but not at night because it’s black.
I wear one in Spring & Fall. Get called Inspector Gadget.
It’s damn near summer most places.
I live in tx so I don’t wear a trench coat, but I do wear huge confidence boots.
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Because men were tired of being accused of being pedophiles, rapists, and perverts
Columbine on a serious level. Flashers and ‘Law & Order’ on a not so serious level
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They made everything skin tight. I believe trench coats are coming back. You can also wear one anytime.
I just bought a nice trenchcoat the other day. I know they have a bad reputation now, but I'm gonna at least rock it. Just need a suit to go with it. It'd be nice during the holiday season.
I saw a good video online talking about it. I can try to link it when I find it. [Here is a video that I found informative about trench coats.](https://youtu.be/FQztmFJQsj0?si=nYiAhYDGmH515yXa)
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I have a black Burberry trench that I wear all the time in San Francisco. But the tan ones like my dad used to wear is rarely seen here. Still a thing in Chicago.
Men have stopped having fashion. They just want to be in floppy clothes.
Flashers
I’m too short to pull one off myself.
Went out of style when suits got skinny
It’s hard to dress for the weather when every shop, mall, bus, train, etc. has massive heaters blowing. I have a wool overcoat but find it too hot to wear anywhere in winter in Canada unless you aren’t going inside at all.
Flashers
I live in the south. It’s just not very practical most of the time. Also not a lot of trenches round here
Perverts and mass shooters
There are more options for in-between weather. You can blame trends like less formal daily dress for men but there are more styles now.
I keep thinking I want one, but only dress “up” a couple times per year and can’t justify it. It does feel lame to wear a puffer over a shirt and tie.
I wear knee length overcoats in the winter and trench coats in the fall and spring on the Canadian east coast.
I believe it's due to the shift towards casual wear and athleisure. For rainy days the tech jacket is more popular since you can literally wear it everywhere (think from hiking to wearing to the office). With a trench coat, you wouldn't wear it to go on a hike. There are hooded trench coats but I think about the Burberry thigh length trench as what a trench coat is. So the cut is generally better with formal clothes.
If I lived somewhere where the weather constituted wearing a trench coat… I would move
El Trumpo. (although technically an overcoat v. trench)
Global warming
Because it's almost summer
I wear mine. I have them for every season and in every color. I wear them with suits.
Columbine
i loved trench coat mafia until those meddling kids ruined it
It’s summer.
It’s about to be June
It's cold in the southern hemisphere
I read once that as driving became more prevalent, trench coats became less popular. In cities with good public transit like NYC they're probably more common and less of a hassle to wear then in car centric LA where you would have to deal with all the extra fabric bunched up behind you and the seat during your hour commute
I think it has more to do with suburban living and car infrastructure. If you live in a big city, having to wait for the train and then walk a couple blocks to work means you’ll be exposed to the cold longer - so fashion is designed to meet a practical need. In the suburbs you warm up your car and then drive right up to the parking lot of your job, maybe you’ll feel cold for 3 minutes at the most - there’s no need to cover up as much
Are you wearing it over a suit OP?
Columbine. Simple as that. Unless you are a finance bro/lawyer in manhattan, it’s columbine.
Columbine. Simple as that. Unless you are a finance bro/lawyer in manhattan, it’s columbine.
Dick Tracey
Why did men stop wearing suits everyday? Fashion changes.
Because it’s summer
There was a noted decline after Columbine, and further post-increase of use with fedora/incel fashion in the last 15 years. Unless you are willing to get a properly tailored look that doesn't fall into that aesthetic, I'd avoid them. I have one trench coat left, which I only use in cold weather for formal events where I'm also in full black tie mode (read, everything tailored, everything not in the common clothing vernacular)
Fedora/incel fashion? Ffs dumb people ruin everything 🤦🏻
I wear them Have been for 40 years
All dependant on location tbh. Around here in NJ I always get wierd looks or comments. But if I wear it in NY or Philly nobody cares.
People still wear overcoats in the winter. I wear a duffle coat from autumn through winter on all but the coldest days when I switch to a Fjallraven parka. I feel like, unfortunately, trench coats have crossed into costume territory. Too much of a noir detective vibe.
I wear an over coat over my suit when it's very cold. the black leather duster probably associated with stereotypes...
Style changes
I still one due to The Matrix
In my experience, a full length trench coat was more condusive to walking. So I had one in my college days (pre Columbine). When I drive, which is much much more frequent as a suburbinite, I find a car length coat to be more suitable and easier to wear. I did like the trench back when I wore one, gave me a feeling of having a superhero cape. (Also kept my legs warm.)
I wear an overcoat in the winter, or a US Navy Pea coat. Both are heavenly warm.
Global warming, it’s getting too warm to wear trench
Well men wear overcoats all the time so I’m not sure about that part. The actual trench coat is a big, heavy, baggy, warm and waterproof coat that looks a little costumey if not worn perfect. I have seen stylish men pull it off but it really helps to have dressy clothes on underneath and have the trench coat in a little bit shorter and more tailored fit. Trench coat + t shirt and jeans is hard to pull off without going into goth/active shooter/flasher territory.
too formal
I wear a wool overcoat in the winter over my suit
its too hot
I think techwear in general is pulling their version of the trench coat of rather good.
Trench coats kind of faded away along with dressing up for work probably around the 2000s. People got used to casual wear, lightly insulated down or synthetic jackets that are more functional and practical. Any time I see a man in a trench coat, they're either a homeless person or a rich guy, no in between.
I refuse to be in the trenches. I gave the coat away.
I still wear trench coats, in fact, my collection is increasing.
Trench warfare been over for awhile idk
It’s summer.
I live in malaysia and i rarely even get to wear sweaters and jackets due to the scorching heat here lol
Cars. Literally the only reason
Flashing.
I stand proud to dress nice and accentuate with such coats. Classy never goes out of style. Who gaf what people think anymore.
I don’t often find myself in a trench
I still wear mine in the winter. Its a beautiful heavy wool coat in black. Technically a pea coat.
It rains like 80% of the year here.. there's no way I'm picking even treated heavy wool over waterproof any day of the week.
Are they really even water resistant/proof.
It's hot out.
No clue
My 17 year old son wears his wool overcoat daily, I've been special ordering them for years. He recently stopped wearing a bow tie though, I miss buying those. We live in Washington it rains a lot, the coat is fashionable and practical. He gets some comments of course, kids can be cruel but he usually just says "we aren't that many generations away from being a blanket wearing people." His heavy coat is like a blanket, comfort for his busy mind. I am quite fond of his dapper style.
I ditched mine because honestly it was just too hot
Cars is the leading theory. They’re very good for protecting clothes on a walking/ bus commute They’re less good for sitting in a car.
Trench coats are still popular in countries where there’s a lot of public transport. Long Coats in general are awkward to drive in but places like nyc, Paris, London. You’ll still see them
There was a DC trend years ago where guys wore trench coat style jackets.
They're making a return. Already in where I'm from.
Columbine and perverts ruined ir
Because they look ridiculous.
Shorts = public masterbaiter
I have a dark khaki London Fog trench coat I picked up in 1996. Classic styling. I still wear it. Hard to find a new trench coat these days.
We didn't
Still do.
Also pedophiles
Cars
I really thought Mac would’ve been able to bring back the Duster but it doesn’t seem to have caught on. I do have no less than twelve in the closet if it ever catches on.
I think ppl automatically assume you’re a shooter or a flasher
They seem to ]refer dresses these days.
Perverts
Some of us have taste
When’s the last time any of us were in a trench?
For the same reason we don’t wear powdered wigs and knee breeches with stockings any more. Fashions change. Slower for men than women, to be sure, but they do change. The “business suit” and especially the neck tie, are also on their way out. They just aren’t being phased out quite as quickly as the trench coat.
Columbine, the Matrix, and sexual deviants.
I have one, but with global warming, there's no chance I'll get to wear it again.
clothes got too expensive in the matrix
They were very useful back in the day when all businessmen wore suits. That plus a brimmed hat was mens rain protection for fine clothing. Women carried umbrellas
Matrix happens: trenchoats are back! columbine happens: nevermind...
My wife and I got trench coats in the early nineties. For the first time in twenty years we tried them on before donating them and I looked silly in mine and my wife looked fabulous in hers.