Pea Coats?

**Walker** · 11-25-2010, 09:25 PM

I just bought one. What is everyones thoughts on these? Are they more for dress or casual? Everytime i see one being used it usually involves blue jeans. Can you use these as a dress coat as well?

**luvmysuper** · 11-25-2010, 09:38 PM

Depends on the coat itself.
There are a wide variety of styles that fit into the pea coat category.
The Navy Style Pea Coat was designed to be worn with the dress uniform, not the working uniform (which was jeans and chambray).
There really isn't much difference between one of those and a nice Ralph Lauren wool overcoat.
I have seen "pea coats" that due to cut and fabric, just wouldn't look right with anything other than casual.

**Loric** · 11-25-2010, 09:43 PM

My pea coat is capsule, the cut is a bit more modern than I would use for something dressy. I did pick it out for that reason though, I wanted casual but not dressed down.

**Walker** · 11-25-2010, 10:01 PM

Thats what i'm thinking guys. It's a waist length coat, kinda looks like the old Navy Pea coats Phil. It's made by Chaps which is actually Ralph Lauren and i can't see this coat being worn with dress clothes. I just wanted to make sure because my fashion sense isn't all that great.

**Ethan.Bassist.** · 11-25-2010, 10:41 PM

I have a Kenneth Cole pea coat. I don't think I've ever tried to wear it with anything nice (like slacks/dress shirt). I usually just wear it with my skinny jeans :) Underneath the coat I wear a ribbed zip-up sweater and a scarf. And leather gloves. Makes me feel like one of the Boondock Saints :D

**weenerdog3443** · 11-25-2010, 10:51 PM

I have a couple I wear. I have my dress one from when I was going to the merchant marine acadamy and I have a couple casual ones.

**razumny** · 05-25-2012, 10:47 AM

My old navy one has been worn with anything from my dress blues to blue jeans, and works well with just about anything. In fact, when it got to be so worn that I needed a new one, I went to the surplus store and got another one...

**rummwa** · 11-26-2010, 11:27 AM

I remember when I was a wee one they were all the rage and I wore them all the time. It has been years since then (47 to be exact), but I have always liked the style.

**David in Boston** · 02-15-2011, 01:21 PM

This pea coat is one I bought at an Army-Navy store last year. Does a good job keeping me warm and looks great. Only problem was the buttons were falling off. Had a tailor redo them with stronger threads.

**Jim** · 02-15-2011, 03:23 PM

Dave, don't be alarmed, you have a rodent on your shoulder!

**bjh618** · 02-15-2011, 08:40 PM

The rat is definitly the star there!

**Walker** · 02-15-2011, 08:44 PM

Nice rat lol. My pea coat has become my go-to coat since starting this thread. I think i'll be wearing one for the rest of my life now.

**johnniegold** · 02-16-2011, 04:50 AM

I wonder if that is the rat that took Jim's coat from that cafe.

**Don Barbiere** · 02-16-2011, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by Jim

Dave, don't be alarmed, you have a rodent on your shoulder!

**valaru** · 02-16-2011, 09:55 AM

I love my peacoat, it's not quite warm enough to wear right now, and they are good with jeans, or something a little more dressed up.

**dpm802** · 02-16-2011, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Jim

Dave, don't be alarmed, you have a rodent on your shoulder!

A man with a rodent on his shoulder walks into a doctor's office.

The doctor says, "Can I help you?"

And the rodent says, "Can you remove this guy from my butt?"

**OLDMAN** · 03-06-2011, 03:09 PM

My son just bought a Navy issue p-coat at a local military surplus store. I think he said it cost him $150.

**Bristolian** · 03-08-2011, 04:19 PM

Fascinating thread - pea coats are quite rare here in the UK: a very similar style, slightly longer, is usually referred to here as a 'reefer'. Again not so common these days.

I have a Schott leather pea coat which I picked up 2nd hand from a sales thread in a watch collecting forum (no, I didn't rate it as a good place to sell one either...). The coat gets positive comments, which is nice, but the real benefit is comfort in almost any temperature short of about 20 deg Celsius (72F?).

Leather coats are a bit problematic once you get north of 40, (so my daughter tells me) anything too 'biker' / 'aviator' can look a bit daft unless you're astride a large bike or actually flying a plane. She sort of approves of the pea coat which is as good as you'll get out of a teenager.

David

**touchdowntodd** · 03-08-2011, 04:49 PM

id love to have a real one, afraid they dont make my size LOL

i wear a chaps blue one i bought for like $20 on clearance years ago... wearin it today actually!