What Makes a Great Peacoat

The best men's wool peacoat comes down to the cloth, the cut, the buttons and the lining. Josh Sirlin on every detail of the Black Bear Brand peacoat, 14.7oz wool from Aichi-Ichinomiya, made entirely in Japan.

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The Peacoat, and a Green I Made

A vintage coat worn for a decade, refined until there was nothing left to argue with. Josh Sirlin on the peacoat, on the custom hunter green, and on September 22.

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The Peacoat, in Hunter Green

Josh Sirlin wore one vintage peacoat for more than ten years, then made the one he actually wanted. A first look at the Hunter Green, a custom color worked out with the mill, releasing September 22.