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              RAF Uniform Greatcoat - Wing Commander
              2019.208.7 · Item · nd [1951-1972]
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
              Royal Air Force uniform calf-length double-breasted greatcoat of blue-grey wool Melton cloth. It features a turn-down convertible collar (worn open or closed) with wide lapels and button-down shoulder epaulettes. The coat is front fastening with five rows of two buttons with a concealed button-tab fastening at knee level. It has an angled slash pocket with rectangular flap to either side of the waist and turn-back sleeve cuffs. The back of the coat has an inverted pleat down the centre back seam and long centre vent. At the waist is a fixed rear half-belt fitted with two buttons. All external buttons are of the silver coloured brass RAF pattern (Queen's Crown) with 'GAUNT LONDON' etched into the back. Internally, the greatcoat is partially lined in blue-grey rayon fabric. Sewn to the base of either shoulder epaulette are three thin rank braids of blue flanked by black, denoting the rank of Wing Commander. Royal Air Force
              RAF Uniform Officer's Raincoat
              2019.208.8 · Item · 1952
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
              Royal Air Force blue grey wool gaberdine raincoat or overcoat. It is calf-length and double-breasted with a large turn-down convertible collar (worn open or closed) and wide notched lapels. The coat has button-down shoulder epaulettes and a button-down storm flap to the front-right shoulder. It is front fastening with five rows of two black plastic buttons and has a detachable waist belt of matching fabric with a single-pronged leather-faced buckle and metal eyelets. The belt can be fitted through two belt loops at the rear waist. There are vertical welted slash pockets, with single button closure, to either side of the waist and the sleeve cuffs have button-tab adjusters. At the back is a tail vent fastened by one button. All buttons are of black plastic and are of the four-hole type. Internally, the greatcoat is fully-lined in pale grey twill cotton with a hanging loop (damaged) in the back of the neck. Royal Air Force
              Burberrys Houndstooth Coat
              2019.148 · Item · nd [1960-1969]
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
              Double breasted coat made of black and white houndstooth wool. It has a wide turn down collar and lapels. It has eight pairs of black buttons down the front and fastens with four. The lapels have button holes and can button under the collar. The coat has two slightly angled inset pockets at the hips with deep flaps. Long centre back vent. It is lined in black rayon and has a black rayon hanging loop in the back of the neck. Burberrys blue label in the back lining.
              Country of Design: England
              Country of Manufacture: England               Burberry
              British Military Household Division Greatcoat
              2015.62 · Item · 1970 - 1979
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive

              British Military Household Division Greatcoat 1970s

              Grey wool full-length coat, single-breasted, fitted on the body, with five silver buttons fastening down the front. It has an attached half-belt at the back, an open double pleated skirt, and a collar which can be pulled up, two hip pockets, and turned back cuffs. Sergeant stripes to the right lower arm.
              Country of Design: United Kingdom

               British Armed Forces
              Scottish & Newcastle Brewery Drayman's Coat
              2016.235 · Item · undated [1970-1979
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
              Burgundy wool double breasted coat with dark navy blue collar. Closes with six buttons to the front. One button at the collar and one internal button. White vinyl patches on the sleeve cuffs. Two external pockets, two internal pockets. Black leather trim on pockets and sleeves. Scottish and Newcastle logo on both lapels. Scottish & Newcastle Brewery
              Civil Defence Corps Greatcoat
              2019.133 · Item · 1950
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
              Double breasted greatcoat in heavy black wool. It has a large turn down collar and fastens down the front with ten matched pairs of buttons (five fasten with buttonholes). The large black shank buttons are moulded with 'C D' under the King's Crown. It has a double metal hook and eye fastening at the neck and a storm collar fixing. There are epaulettes on each shoulder which fasten with two smaller black shank C D buttons with crowns and two flapped pockets at the hips. On each outside upper arm are curved black wool badges -flashes - with 'HEADQUARTERS & SIGNALS' embroidered in yellow thread. The back waist has a half belt attached with two large black shank C D buttons with crowns and a deep centre vent. It is lined in dark blue wool. Interior labels with War Department date stamps with letter A. Army Size 8 - for height five foot, ten inches.
              Country of Design: Great Britain
              Country of Manufacture: Great Britain               CWS Ltd
              Aquascutum Wool Tweed Coat
              2020.60 · Item · undated [1936-1939]
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
              Single breasted long wool tweed coat. The tweed is in a black and white twill pattern with a double line of vertical fine red stripes and a horizontal double line of blue stripes. It has a curved collar and wide long lapel and fastens with three buttons. There are tabs on each cuff which fasten with buttons and a deep centre back vent. It is lined in dark red rayon with a large Aquascutum label at the back of the neck with 'By Appointment to the Prince of Wales 1930-1936'. Aquascutum
              Junya Watanabe Solar Powered Trenchcoat
              2019.107 · Item · Autumn Winter 2016
              Part of Westminster Menswear Archive

              Dark olive double-breasted coat is equipped with six attached solar panels, encased in long rectangular holders with dark brown synthetic leather edging and clear fronts. The removable photovoltaic panels connect to cables threaded through black plastic stoppers on the coat's interior, designed to plug into lithium rechargeable batteries (now missing), which fit into small interior pockets. Loops sewn into the lining keep the cables organised. Included with the coat are a USB torch and USB cable.

              The coat features a wide turn-down whipcord cotton collar, with the main body crafted from a cotton and polyester mix with a polyurethane coating. The lapels turn down with buttonholes at the top, and the coat fastens with four pairs of dark mottled brown plastic buttons, with four functional buttons. There are two inset waist pockets with wide flaps in a darker olive green fabric. The cuffs are finished with wide cotton webbing bands, fastened by two small dark-mottled brown buttons. The back has a long centre vent, and a shoulder yoke lined in checked fabric, and the lower half of the lining is silver-coated, attaching to the outer layer with press studs to conceal cables and batteries. The bottom section is lined with a sewn-down panel of bright orange fabric.

              Country of Design: Japan
              Country of Manufacture: Japan

               Junya Watanabe