Très Trench
I remember my Mum’s trench coat vividally from when I was a little girl. Whether she wore it over her gardening clothes to go and buy the Sunday paper or over her best frock to go out for dinner, it always delivered and made her look “Très Chic”!
So of course I automatically assumed back then that she was the first person ever to wear a trench coat and was responsible for making it THE best fashion staple of all times (ahh, the tiny sweet innocent world of a child!). Little did I know that it was actually Thomas Burberry who first designed the garment for the army back in 1901 and it was the French and British soldiers who carried on wearing the trench after they returned home from war.
Not surprising so that after Humphrey Bogart stared in Casablanca wearing the trench coat himself, all women and men around the world adopted it and designers have made it part of their collection must haves.
So, if you haven’t got one already, and are looking for the perfect “Chic fix”, then check out these gorgeous trench coats. Luckily there is something for everyone out there from the very reliable Burberry classic trench to more affordable high street versions:
Twenty8twelve £265
Asos £60
Miu Miu £745
Mango £85
Topshop £75
Burberry £1781
Fenn Wright Penn £225
Jaeger £140
M&S £69
