tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post8344922468223981391..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Two Coats, Two Gentlemen, Two CenturiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-84029081884950339072010-02-22T22:40:47.226-05:002010-02-22T22:40:47.226-05:00A bit late for me, but I do love early to mid 18th...A bit late for me, but I do love early to mid 18th century clothing. My wife recently made me a Frock coat. I love it!<br />Can be seen at:<br />http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/search?q=my+frock+coat<br /><br />Le Loup.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-13014835285615418842010-02-09T21:15:22.933-05:002010-02-09T21:15:22.933-05:00I love both, and it's interesting that the Duk...I love both, and it's interesting that the Duke of Windsor's style consciousness seems so rare in our age, yet would have been quite common in, say Brummell's time.LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-65782488488423772902010-02-09T17:27:00.388-05:002010-02-09T17:27:00.388-05:00These are handsome coats, and both would make the ...These are handsome coats, and both would make the wearers all the more handsome, too. Also, thank you for the link to the story on the Duke's wardrobe. Very informative.Mme.Tresbeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946280107593133692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-90088717822245903272010-02-09T14:51:27.675-05:002010-02-09T14:51:27.675-05:00Vanessa, you're welcome! I had no idea he was ...Vanessa, you're welcome! I had no idea he was so short, either. His tailors did an excellent job--and I wonder if royal photographers were careful not to shoot him in the company of taller men. <br /><br />Albany, I don't know why men don't wear longer coats, either. In more formal cities, you do see well-dressed men in dark wool or camel's hair topcoats, but not many. OTOH, you don't see many women in longer dress coats any more, either. I suspect part of it is the nuisance factor -- warm or not, it's a lot more effort to wrangle a long coat in and out of cars -- plus casual office attire, that nemesis to every kind of fashionable dress. More and more Americans dress only for comfort, not for style. Not much room in that world for bespoke topcoats...Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82012849327041519082010-02-09T12:02:07.017-05:002010-02-09T12:02:07.017-05:00Why don't men wear long overcoats like these a...Why don't men wear long overcoats like these anymore? Even the most dressed-up man today only wears a rumpled trenchcoat, and most men wear shapeless puffers, hoodies, or barn jackets, even over a business suit. These coats would be such an improvement, and probably a lot wamer, too.Albanynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-80812131327946065732010-02-09T08:41:51.902-05:002010-02-09T08:41:51.902-05:00I had no idea the Duke of Windsor was so short! T...I had no idea the Duke of Windsor was so short! Thanks for posting the NYT article about his clothing - interesting to know that he was the real fashion forward stylist, and not the Duchess.Vanessa Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571549124283013391noreply@blogger.com