Quote: (11-22-2013 06:34 AM)Petrosius Wrote:
Quote: (11-20-2013 12:10 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:
Go with a Pea coat.
They are actually warm and look masculine at the same time.
This is the style I'm referring to.
Pea Coats
this is the ideal style im looking for!
now the point is to find one of them who is well full of cover inside...have u found anything with that characteristics?
@Petrosius... I spent the other night trying on pea coats, probably 12-15 different brands. The ones that are heavily lined enough to keep you warm in a Lithuanian winter will make you look like the characters from South Park if you're a fairly big man like me (100 kg), and if you're thin, they'll make you look boxy. Either way, they sacrifice style for warmth. The pea coats that I really liked were fairly thin and had an athletic cut that didn't make me look boxy in the midsection. These would be fine for spring and fall in Lithuania, but wouldn't give you what you need in winter. For colder weather, I like a good charcoal grey cashmere topcoat. There are also some good examples of winter coats at the link in Ali's post #20.
Here is a picture of the coat I like the best out of maybe 20 I tried on:
Here is the link if the picture doesn't show up.
It seemed a little bit understated and plain when I first saw it, but when I tried it on, it conformed well to my body and looked really sharp. Throw a nice royal blue, navy, dark red, or purple cashmere scarf over the top of it, and you'll be good to go. Like with everything, getting a good fit and accessorizing well will go a long way toward looking your best.
The salesman I talked to also pointed something out to me, that for being of northern European descent, the charcoal grey looked better on me than the black, even though the difference was pretty subtle when I first looked at it. YMMV.
Michael Kors also had one that I liked pretty well in the same price range ~$300