For me, a navy overcoat is fine with any dark color of leather (dark browns, black, dark oxblood/cordovan).I'm a man and trying to decide on the colour of a peacoat. I want the best colour that is, classic, versatile and goes with almost anything. For example, would a navy peacoat go with blue jeans and black shoes?
Peacoat pics. A classic peacoat worn by a U.S. naval officer.WTF is a peacoat? I guess that tells you all you need to know about my opinion on the question
Though at first glance the name “pea coat” evokes hints of folksy Americana, the origins of the coat are actually Dutch. In the late eighteenth century, when the Netherlands was still a naval powerhouse, Dutch sailors wore pijjakkers, coats made from coarse wool “pije” fabric. Though the Dutch kicked off the use of the coat, it was the British Navy, and their ubiquitous colonial presence around the globe that made the coat truly popular. The “pije” coat became the “pea” coat, as the British adopted a version of the coat as a uniform for petty officers. To this day, pea coats are sometimes referred to as “reefer coats’”—reffering to the shorter pea coats, a.k.a. “reefers,” worn by petty officers of the British Empire. Higher ranking officers would wear a longer “bridge” coat. Eventually, the United States Navy also made the coat part of some of their standard issue clothing for cold weather jobs, and the coat crossed the Atlantic.
Agreed. Charcoal is the most versatile IMO.Charcoal/gray is the usual default for me.
@offdee -- check out the top center pic in the "How to wear" section. A tan peacoat over the Rocky Balboa jogging outfit ... that's a thing in 2021? Any age, or you gotta be young-and-hip to rock sweatclothes?Black or Charcoal for sure. Navy is old school. Camel color if want to really be :style:
https://lookastic.com/men/tan-pea-coat/shop/brand-wool-peacoat-in-camel-354535
Full sweatsuit, gotta be young and hip. Jeans with a hoodie (and hood hanging out) with the pea coat can be pulled off by anyone@offdee -- check out the top center pic in the "How to wear" section. A tan peacoat over the Rocky Balboa jogging outfit ... that's a thing in 2021? Any age, or you gotta be young-and-hip to rock sweatclothes?
Gotcha.Full sweatsuit, gotta be young and hip. Jeans with a hoodie (and hood hanging out) with the pea coat can be pulled off by anyone
I remember peacoats being worn a lot circa 1990, when LL Bean and such got on the local radar (in college at LSU at the time). For some reason, I recall them being cut longer ... like down to the knees.Wait these are back "in"?
Mine wasn't that long maybe a little longer than the current onesI remember peacoats being worn a lot circa 1990, when LL Bean and such got on the local radar (in college at LSU at the time). For some reason, I recall them being cut longer ... like down to the knees.
Even for men, peacoats do come in different lengths ... but what I really think I'm remembering is women wearing long wool coats that were still called "peacoats". Same peacoat-style of buttons and all.Mine wasn't that longI remember peacoats being worn a lot circa 1990, when LL Bean and such got on the local radar (in college at LSU at the time). For some reason, I recall them being cut longer ... like down to the knees.
Everything in the 90s was gigantic. Just look at the clothes they wear on friends.I remember peacoats being worn a lot circa 1990, when LL Bean and such got on the local radar (in college at LSU at the time). For some reason, I recall them being cut longer ... like down to the knees.
Another vote for dark charcoal
This. Only color that you can wear with just about anything.Charcoal/gray is the usual default for me.