Dufflecoat

A duffle coat (actually engl duffel coat. ) Or duffel coat is three quarters of a long single breasted coat made ​​of heavy cotton with a hood and toggle closures made ​​of horn or wood. He is the only classic coat model that still features a hood today.

Duffel is the name of the substance from which the duffel coat is made. The name of the substance is derived from the town of Duffel (south of Antwerp) in Belgium. The origin of the characteristic sports section is not released. The cut is the one attributed to the popular in the first half of the 19th century Poland skirt, on the other hand on the robes of the monks. Especially popular is the duffel coat in France and the UK. As part of the formal business wardrobe he could not prevail.

One of his most famous bearer was in World War II, the British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, hence comes the common name in English, " Monty coat" or simply " Monty".