Overcoat pockets

[DFR]

Despite having had all my suits bespoke made since I was 16 I have never had an over coat this made. That said I rarely wear one - even in the UK.

Does anyone have any advice on inside pockets in an over coat.

At sixty, the cold is just coming up on me so I reckon that one decent over coat for business will be useful.

[T.K.]

Besides one or two breast pockets I would be thrilled if I could get a big scarf/hare pocket like the one in this picture:

http://www.thelondonlounge.net/forum/vi ... f=36&t=223

If you don't mind me asking, how could you manage without wearing an overcoat often in winter? A personal driver? A big cashmere scarf?

[Frog in Suit]

I had an overcoat made last year by my London tailor (Meyer & Mortimer/Jones Chalk & Dawson) in a 25 oz Dugdale charcoal cloth.
It has two upper inner breast pockets (same size as in a suit) plus two large ones on either side, with tab and button, down at thigh/knee level. These are for storing a scarf, a pair of gloves and/or a folding hat.
I hope this helps.
Frog in Suit

[shredder]

I realise that you asked about inside pockets, and I have nothing to add to what the Good Frog said already, but I would suggest that you consider having the outside hip pockets to be made of velvet (short nap) instead of the usual pocketing cloth. I find it to be a nice little secret to warm one's hands.

[DFR]

Shredder

An interesting thought, thanks although my late mother would have been horrified at keeping one's hands in one's pockets!

TK.

Strangely having never felt cold in the UK I have always found an umbrella sufficient to deal with rain. Sadly I cannot aspire to a driver, do you commend that as an ambition?

[shredder]

Ah, we wouldn't want to cause any anxieties, would we?