Glen plaid
(short for Glen Urquhart plaid) or Glenurquhart check is a woollen fabric with
a woven twill design of small and large checks. It is usually made of
black/grey and white, or with more muted colours, particularly with two dark
and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes which
creates a crossing pattern of irregular checks. Glen plaid as a woven pattern
may be extended to cotton shirting and other non-woollen fabrics.
The name is
taken from the valley of Glenurquhart in Inverness-shire, Scotland, where the
checked wool was first used in the 19th century by the New Zealand-born
Countess of Seafield to outfit her gamekeepers, though the name Glen plaid does
not appear before 1926. Glen plaid is also known as the Prince of Wales check,
as it was popularized by the Duke of Windsor, when Prince of Wales.
In other
words, despite its internationally known name (French prince de Galles, Spanish
príncipe de Gales, Italian principe di Galles, etc.), the "Prince of
Wales" fabric pattern is not a Welsh pattern but a Scottish one.
SEE ALSO : http://tweedlandthegentlemansclub.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-glen-urquhart-plaid.html
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)
The rows of
contrast stitching are a hallmark of the Covert coat and lend it a more casual
flair. If you want an overcoat that will be your companion for the next two
decades, you should consider this one.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/mans-guide-overcoats/
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