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The Covert
coat is very similar to the Chesterfield, but it was designed for hunting and
the outdoors. Therefore, it had to be tailored from particularly sturdy
material – the so-called Covert cloth, named after the covert bushes. It was
designed to protect its wearer from mud, bush encounters, and of course the
weather. For that reason, it had to be very heavy (29 or 30 ounces a yard),
sturdy, and durable. Today, the fabric is not quite as heavy anymore, but it is
still a tweed material made to last. It always comes in a brownish-green color
because it does not show the dirt very much.
A Covert
coat usually has the following:
Single-breasted with a fly front
Notched lapels
Made of brown-green Covert cloth
Short topcoat that is just a little longer
than the jacket beneath
Signature four (sometimes five) lines of
stitching at the cuffs and hem, and optionally on the flap of the chest pocket
Center vent
Two flap pockets with optional ticket pocket
The collar is constructed either of Covert
cloth or velvet
Poacher’s pocket (huge inside pocket that
can accommodate a newspaper or an iPad)
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