This military inspired pea coat by Dr. Denim featuring double breasted button closure with bronze nautical inspired buttons. I would appreciate to know more about materials but the coat has a great price on sale!
Sale price: €49.99 (Was €189.00) from Urban Outfitters
This military style pea coat looks great and is quite affordable for “only” £130. It features metal crests button and is made in 100% wool!
£130 from Topman.com
Double breasted style Peacoat by Schott. Coat features two side entry pockets, two internal zip pockets and logo tab to sleeve. 50% wool, 50% polyester.
Sale price: £105.00 (Was £150) from Very.co.uk
If you looking for an affordable peacoat: here is the perfect one by “Topman”. A navy wool mix cropped double breasted cropped peacoat with contrast brown buttons made of 60% Wool, 34% Polyester.
Sale price: £60 (Was £80) from Topman
Get a 10% off by entering discount code “U10K”
Here is the classic navy coat by Schott with its typical anchor buttons. Coat features double breasted, front pockets and inner pockets. It mades of weatherproof wool (75% wool, 20% nylon, 5% other fibres). Navy coat is available in grey or black.
£249 from Freemans
Here is a grey peacoat from new Topman collection: “Topman LTD” which is a premium range of products. But as usual, materials are not so high: “57% Wool,37% Polyester”
£100 from Topman
Classic double-breasted peacoat features traditional anchor buttons and a warm, quilted lining. An embroidered logo on the left shoulder brands the look.
$165 from Nordstrom
The first men’s collection from Mango came out in March. I wasn’t all that interested at the time. Until yesterday, after having lunch with Lola, when I went to have a look in Mango Opéra on her recommendation.
Of course, Mango, for a lot of us, is a girls’ shop which we’ve only been into with our girlfriends or little sisters – until now. And Mango, as you probably also know, is one of Zara’s main competitors: they are both internationally-successful Spanish stores.
Back to my story. So I go into Mango, I ask an assistant the way and she directs me to the back of the store. As is often the case with this type of large unisex store, the men’s section is a lost little island in the middle of a vast ocean of women’s items. And it doesn’t take long to look around it all! If I hadn’t come with the idea of writing an article about it, as I was quite busy, I would probably have left straightaway.
But I decided to take a second, closer, look at what I had barely glanced at the first time. And what seemed, overall, fairly ordinary. To see what the clothes are about, you need to look at the label. This is the way I always work: I look at the price, the material, and only then do I unfold the garment to look at the shape.
And I very quickly made 2 conclusions: it’s all fairly expensive (still comparing it to Zara) but using better fabric! Let’s take the example of the jumpers. You might have seen the H+M jumper that Tony talked about in September, and you’ve probably been and looked at Zara jumpers in store. If you look closely, you’ll see that the jumpers are mainly made of man-made fibres.
Au contraire, a nice surprise from Mango: their jumpers are mostly made from wool. That’s unusual! Some are even 100% wool or 100% cashmere like the jumper above. Another example: their scarves. They are also more expensive than usual for a high-street store but with a much more classy touch: they’re 100% wool!
This men’s collection, called “He by Mango”, also contains jackets and shirts. They seemed good, but nothing special (though I admit I was in a rush and didn’t look at them for very long).
However, I spent longer looking at their black, slightly waxed jeans. They didn’t look too bad for €65! I’ll go back and try a pair on and let you know…And I have since discovered the entire HE collection is available online from www.mangoshop.com. In fact, that’s where I found the pictures to go with this article.
I imagine some of you have also been curious enough to go to Mango, and maybe even try some of their clothes! What did you think?
Looking at the weather we’ve been having lately, I thought I’d choose a coat! I have just had a look at Dress-for-less (which I’ve not visited for a while) and I found this one from Tommy Hilfiger.
It’s quite a simple style (straight cut and black) but effective: double breasted, side and interior pockets and lining. And not a bad price for Tommy Hilfiger (hardly more expensive than a Zara coat): €199 from Dress-for-less
I am generally quite critical of Dolce & Gabbana : it’s too flashy, you see it everywhere, it’s all-too-often copied and worn by guys dressed up like Christmas trees. However, I saw this coat and I must admit that it totally won me over! I love the military-inspired masculine styling! The wide collar, the twin rows of buttons, the angled side pockets and the detail on the back all make this a superb coat. So sometimes even Dolce & Gabbana…
$499.00 from eLuxury
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