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A 'trench coat' or 'trenchcoat' is a raincoat made of waterproof heavy-duty cotton drill or poplin, or in some cases leather: it generally has a removable insulated lining; and it is usually knee-length or longer.
The trench coat is a descendant of the heavy serge coats worn by British and French soldiers in World War I. The trench coat was created by Thomas Burberry, the inventor of gabardine fabric, who submitted a design for an army officer's raincoat to the United Kingdom War Office in 1901. Burberry's raincoat subsequently became part of the service uniform of British officers. During World War I, the design was modified to include epaulets, straps, and D-rings. This latter material that looks like leather was dubbed ''"trench coat"'' by the soldiers in the trenches. Many veterans returning to civilian life kept their coats that became fashionable for both men and women. Towards World War II, the trench coat became part of all enlisted men's and officers' kits in many countries' armed forces.
During World War II, the military forces of the United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union continued to use the trench coat on the battlefield in cold weather. Over the course of World War II, the trench coat was widely replaced by shorter smocks (e.g. the Denison smock used by British commandos, paratroopers, and snipers during World War II) and field jackets (e.g. the M1941 field jacket and the M1943 field jacket used by the soldiers of the US Army during World War II). The smock and the field jacket were shorter than the trench coat, and as such they allowed the wearer to be more mobile.
A typical trench coat is a ten-buttoned, double-breasted long coat made with tan, khaki, beige, or black fabric. Trench coats often have cuff straps on the raglan sleeves, epaulets (originally used to hold gloves and folding service caps, such as the Glengarry bonnet), and a belt that may also have two small brass D-rings as a salute to its military heritage. The rings were used to secure grenades, or sidearms (or swords in World War I). Some more recent trench coats, more commonly called "long jackets", have no belts, rings, or epaulets, and only two pockets on either side. This type is more like normal jacket, except that it is usually ankle length.
Trench coats have remained fashionable in the decades since the end of World War II. Their original role as part of an army officers' uniform lent the trench coat a businesslike respectability, whilst fictional heroes as diverse as Dick Tracy, The Phantom, Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine from ''Casablanca'' and Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau kept the coat in the public eye. Black leather trench coats were adopted by the Nazi SS as a means of inspiring fear and respect and the subsequent Hollywood image of the black-clad, trench-coated Gestapo officer has entered popular culture.
Early media reports initially associated the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre with members of the "Trenchcoat Mafia", a group of outcasts who wore conspicuous black Australian oilcloth dusters. In the copycat W. R. Myers High School shooting days later, the shooter also wore a trench coat. In the wake of these incidents, several schools forbade students to wear trench coats, on the grounds that the long coats could be used to conceal weapons.
Trench coats are often associated with Flashers and exhibitionists, who wear the coat in public until they "streak" naked through a public area or commit an act of exhibition.
Trench coats are used in a number of comics, animated series, and graphic novels. The use could be traced back to the the Golden Age of Comics. Most of the heroes in question owned their creation in earlier pulp detective archetypes. This included Doctor Occult, Green Hornet and Crimson Avenger, among others. John Constantine, the main protagonist of the ''Hellblazer'' series, wears a trench coat as an integral part of his image and refers to himself as a member of the Trenchcoat Brigade. Rorschach from Watchmen wears a trench coat. Marvel Comics thief and supersoldier Fantomex wore a white trench coat as part of his costume. During Grant Morrison's run on the X-Men comics, titled New X-Men, the characters Jean Grey and Emma Frost wore leather trench coats. Gambit from the X-men usually wears a brown trench coat over his armor. Hellboy is often seen in his dirty, tattered brown trench coat, with the right sleeved rolled up past his Right Hand Of Doom
Many of the characters in Frank Miller's Sin City wear trench coats. Comic book villain The Joker occasionally wears a gray or purple trench coat, often accompanied by a matching wide-brimmed zoot hat. Osmosis Jones's nemesis, Thrax, wears a trench coat. Tommy Monaghan, the titular star of the comic book Hitman, regularly wears a dark green trench coat. The Phantom (aka Mr Walker) wears a signature trench coat and a fedora when walking in town as ''an ordinary man''. The Punisher AKA Frank Castle also wears a trench coat to conceal his skull t-shirt. He also wears it when he feels he needs to scare crooks into running away.
The Crimson Avenger & The 'Question' in Justice League Unlimited.
In Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury, television news reporters are frequently depicted wearing trench coats.
The military details, like the D-rings and the collar strap, are carefully drawn, indeed exaggerated.
In the manga Trigun, Vash the Stampede wears a custom-made red trench coat. One of the villains of the series, Legato Bluesummers, wears a white trench coat before he is rendered immobile.
Trench coats are also common wear among various Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX characters, including Seto Kaiba, Ryo Bakura, Zane Truesdale and Chazz Princeton. Those that wear them are usually rivals to their series' respective heroes.
Cowboy Bebop's Spike Spiegel wears a brown trench coat in several episodes, twice wearing it during fights with his nemesis, Vicious.
Most of the characters of ''The Matrix'' trilogy belonging to the human faction, such as Neo and Morpheus, wore trench coats during their incursions in The Matrix. The Replicant Roy Batty in ''Blade Runner'' wore a black leather trench coat, while Deckard wore an original Burberry trench coat. A leather trench coat was used as one of the trademarks of vampire Spike in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel''. Likewise, the vampire Angel, also a Buffyverse character, often wore trench coats, especially during the second season of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', when he reverted to his evil self, Angelus. Kyle Reese wears a trench coat in Terminator 1.
In the 2002 sci-fi series ''Firefly'', the rebellious Independent Faction of the Unification War became known as Browncoats for wearing brown trench coats in combat (as opposed to the sophisticated battle suits of the Alliance).
In the TV series ''The X-Files'', both Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are known for wearing trench coats frequently.
On the Sci-Fi series Heroes, Peter Petrelli wore a trench coat throughout most of the first season.
The trench coat was a standard feature of the hardboiled detective in countless film noirs.
Throughout the ''Blade'' Trilogy, the main character Blade is often shown wearing a unique ankle-length trench coat, black with a red liner. Eric Draven, portrayed by Brandon Lee, wore a trench coat as part of his wardrobe in the film "The Crow". Kevin Smith's character creation Silent Bob always wears a green trench coat. Lemony Snicket, fictitious author of the book series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', is often shown in photographs wearing a brown trench coat. Carmen Sandiego wears a red trench coat and a red fedora as her main costume. On the movie Jeepers Creepers, Creeper would wear a trench coat that disguised himself. The characters Mark and Ken Gor of the A Better Tomorrow films are also famous for their long, dark trench coats known as "dusters". In the animated/live-action film ''Osmosis Jones'', the evil Thrax (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) wears a black ankle-length trench coat.
★ The accident prone and idiotic Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em wears a traditional belted Trench coat over his patterned Tank Top.
★ Javert, the antagonist of ''Les Miserables'' is usually seen wearing a French police navy-blue trench coat, both in film versions and in the musical.
★ In the popular sitcom Seinfeld Jerry's father; Morty, invented the 'beltless trenchcoat' (aka 'The Executive') and was working under in the business under 'Harry Fleming' for 38 years.
★ The demonic twin brothers, Dante and Vergil and the character Nero of the ''Devil May Cry'' video game all wear trench coats. Two characters from the video game ''Deus Ex'', protagonist (JC Denton) and his brother (Paul Denton), wear trench coats.
★ The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wore tan trench coats as disguises when they must traverse the streets of New York City.
★ WWE professional wrestler The Undertaker wears a black leather trench coat in the ring.
★ Kino in the anime ''Kino's Journey'' also wears two trench coats. She wears a much shorter olive green trench coat that is more like a regular coat but still holds many of the properties of a trench coat such as a distinctive military style. Her second trench coat is more of a traditional style and beige coloring that she wears as an outer layer. It used to belong to the older Kino from episode 4.
★ Organization XIII from ''Kingdom Hearts II'' wore black trench coats with hoods.
★ Sephiroth, one of the most famous villains from the Final Fantasy series of video games, has a rather unique trench coat as part of his outfit.
★ In the Nickelodeon show ''Invader Zim'', the antagonist, Dib, wears a signature black trench coat.
★ In ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'', a trench coat with a FOX Unit insignia on the shoulders is worn by the game's antagonist, Gene. In a similar fashion, other notable villains of that series (the future Liquid Snake and his FOXHOUND Unit, who appear later on in the continuity of the MGS storyline) wear trench coats of that particular design as well.
★ Nrvnqsr Chaos (or Nero Chaos), a vampire and villian in the visual novel Tsukihime, wears a long blue trenchcoat to hide the 666 beasts hidden in his body.
★ Alucard in the anime and manga series Hellsing wears a ankle length trench coat.
★ In Return to Castle Wolfenstein multiplayer, Axis soldiers wear a gray trenchcoat in their uniform.
★ In Sluggy Freelance, character Riff wears a trench coat.
★ Coat
★ Anatomy of a Classic: The Trench ''on Vogue''
World War I example
A 'trench coat' or 'trenchcoat' is a raincoat made of waterproof heavy-duty cotton drill or poplin, or in some cases leather: it generally has a removable insulated lining; and it is usually knee-length or longer.
| Contents |
| History |
| Post-World War II |
| In fiction |
| Comics and graphic novels |
| Science Fiction |
| Film |
| Miscellaneous |
| See also |
| References |
History
The trench coat is a descendant of the heavy serge coats worn by British and French soldiers in World War I. The trench coat was created by Thomas Burberry, the inventor of gabardine fabric, who submitted a design for an army officer's raincoat to the United Kingdom War Office in 1901. Burberry's raincoat subsequently became part of the service uniform of British officers. During World War I, the design was modified to include epaulets, straps, and D-rings. This latter material that looks like leather was dubbed ''"trench coat"'' by the soldiers in the trenches. Many veterans returning to civilian life kept their coats that became fashionable for both men and women. Towards World War II, the trench coat became part of all enlisted men's and officers' kits in many countries' armed forces.
A modern style of trench coat, similar to a duster.
During World War II, the military forces of the United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union continued to use the trench coat on the battlefield in cold weather. Over the course of World War II, the trench coat was widely replaced by shorter smocks (e.g. the Denison smock used by British commandos, paratroopers, and snipers during World War II) and field jackets (e.g. the M1941 field jacket and the M1943 field jacket used by the soldiers of the US Army during World War II). The smock and the field jacket were shorter than the trench coat, and as such they allowed the wearer to be more mobile.
A typical trench coat is a ten-buttoned, double-breasted long coat made with tan, khaki, beige, or black fabric. Trench coats often have cuff straps on the raglan sleeves, epaulets (originally used to hold gloves and folding service caps, such as the Glengarry bonnet), and a belt that may also have two small brass D-rings as a salute to its military heritage. The rings were used to secure grenades, or sidearms (or swords in World War I). Some more recent trench coats, more commonly called "long jackets", have no belts, rings, or epaulets, and only two pockets on either side. This type is more like normal jacket, except that it is usually ankle length.
Post-World War II
Trench coats have remained fashionable in the decades since the end of World War II. Their original role as part of an army officers' uniform lent the trench coat a businesslike respectability, whilst fictional heroes as diverse as Dick Tracy, The Phantom, Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine from ''Casablanca'' and Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau kept the coat in the public eye. Black leather trench coats were adopted by the Nazi SS as a means of inspiring fear and respect and the subsequent Hollywood image of the black-clad, trench-coated Gestapo officer has entered popular culture.
Early media reports initially associated the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre with members of the "Trenchcoat Mafia", a group of outcasts who wore conspicuous black Australian oilcloth dusters. In the copycat W. R. Myers High School shooting days later, the shooter also wore a trench coat. In the wake of these incidents, several schools forbade students to wear trench coats, on the grounds that the long coats could be used to conceal weapons.
Trench coats are often associated with Flashers and exhibitionists, who wear the coat in public until they "streak" naked through a public area or commit an act of exhibition.
In fiction
Comics and graphic novels
Trench coats are used in a number of comics, animated series, and graphic novels. The use could be traced back to the the Golden Age of Comics. Most of the heroes in question owned their creation in earlier pulp detective archetypes. This included Doctor Occult, Green Hornet and Crimson Avenger, among others. John Constantine, the main protagonist of the ''Hellblazer'' series, wears a trench coat as an integral part of his image and refers to himself as a member of the Trenchcoat Brigade. Rorschach from Watchmen wears a trench coat. Marvel Comics thief and supersoldier Fantomex wore a white trench coat as part of his costume. During Grant Morrison's run on the X-Men comics, titled New X-Men, the characters Jean Grey and Emma Frost wore leather trench coats. Gambit from the X-men usually wears a brown trench coat over his armor. Hellboy is often seen in his dirty, tattered brown trench coat, with the right sleeved rolled up past his Right Hand Of Doom
Many of the characters in Frank Miller's Sin City wear trench coats. Comic book villain The Joker occasionally wears a gray or purple trench coat, often accompanied by a matching wide-brimmed zoot hat. Osmosis Jones's nemesis, Thrax, wears a trench coat. Tommy Monaghan, the titular star of the comic book Hitman, regularly wears a dark green trench coat. The Phantom (aka Mr Walker) wears a signature trench coat and a fedora when walking in town as ''an ordinary man''. The Punisher AKA Frank Castle also wears a trench coat to conceal his skull t-shirt. He also wears it when he feels he needs to scare crooks into running away.
The Crimson Avenger & The 'Question' in Justice League Unlimited.
In Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury, television news reporters are frequently depicted wearing trench coats.
The military details, like the D-rings and the collar strap, are carefully drawn, indeed exaggerated.
In the manga Trigun, Vash the Stampede wears a custom-made red trench coat. One of the villains of the series, Legato Bluesummers, wears a white trench coat before he is rendered immobile.
Trench coats are also common wear among various Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX characters, including Seto Kaiba, Ryo Bakura, Zane Truesdale and Chazz Princeton. Those that wear them are usually rivals to their series' respective heroes.
Cowboy Bebop's Spike Spiegel wears a brown trench coat in several episodes, twice wearing it during fights with his nemesis, Vicious.
Science Fiction
Most of the characters of ''The Matrix'' trilogy belonging to the human faction, such as Neo and Morpheus, wore trench coats during their incursions in The Matrix. The Replicant Roy Batty in ''Blade Runner'' wore a black leather trench coat, while Deckard wore an original Burberry trench coat. A leather trench coat was used as one of the trademarks of vampire Spike in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel''. Likewise, the vampire Angel, also a Buffyverse character, often wore trench coats, especially during the second season of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', when he reverted to his evil self, Angelus. Kyle Reese wears a trench coat in Terminator 1.
In the 2002 sci-fi series ''Firefly'', the rebellious Independent Faction of the Unification War became known as Browncoats for wearing brown trench coats in combat (as opposed to the sophisticated battle suits of the Alliance).
In the TV series ''The X-Files'', both Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are known for wearing trench coats frequently.
On the Sci-Fi series Heroes, Peter Petrelli wore a trench coat throughout most of the first season.
Film
The trench coat was a standard feature of the hardboiled detective in countless film noirs.
Throughout the ''Blade'' Trilogy, the main character Blade is often shown wearing a unique ankle-length trench coat, black with a red liner. Eric Draven, portrayed by Brandon Lee, wore a trench coat as part of his wardrobe in the film "The Crow". Kevin Smith's character creation Silent Bob always wears a green trench coat. Lemony Snicket, fictitious author of the book series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', is often shown in photographs wearing a brown trench coat. Carmen Sandiego wears a red trench coat and a red fedora as her main costume. On the movie Jeepers Creepers, Creeper would wear a trench coat that disguised himself. The characters Mark and Ken Gor of the A Better Tomorrow films are also famous for their long, dark trench coats known as "dusters". In the animated/live-action film ''Osmosis Jones'', the evil Thrax (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) wears a black ankle-length trench coat.
Miscellaneous
★ The accident prone and idiotic Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em wears a traditional belted Trench coat over his patterned Tank Top.
★ Javert, the antagonist of ''Les Miserables'' is usually seen wearing a French police navy-blue trench coat, both in film versions and in the musical.
★ In the popular sitcom Seinfeld Jerry's father; Morty, invented the 'beltless trenchcoat' (aka 'The Executive') and was working under in the business under 'Harry Fleming' for 38 years.
★ The demonic twin brothers, Dante and Vergil and the character Nero of the ''Devil May Cry'' video game all wear trench coats. Two characters from the video game ''Deus Ex'', protagonist (JC Denton) and his brother (Paul Denton), wear trench coats.
★ The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wore tan trench coats as disguises when they must traverse the streets of New York City.
★ WWE professional wrestler The Undertaker wears a black leather trench coat in the ring.
★ Kino in the anime ''Kino's Journey'' also wears two trench coats. She wears a much shorter olive green trench coat that is more like a regular coat but still holds many of the properties of a trench coat such as a distinctive military style. Her second trench coat is more of a traditional style and beige coloring that she wears as an outer layer. It used to belong to the older Kino from episode 4.
★ Organization XIII from ''Kingdom Hearts II'' wore black trench coats with hoods.
★ Sephiroth, one of the most famous villains from the Final Fantasy series of video games, has a rather unique trench coat as part of his outfit.
★ In the Nickelodeon show ''Invader Zim'', the antagonist, Dib, wears a signature black trench coat.
★ In ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'', a trench coat with a FOX Unit insignia on the shoulders is worn by the game's antagonist, Gene. In a similar fashion, other notable villains of that series (the future Liquid Snake and his FOXHOUND Unit, who appear later on in the continuity of the MGS storyline) wear trench coats of that particular design as well.
★ Nrvnqsr Chaos (or Nero Chaos), a vampire and villian in the visual novel Tsukihime, wears a long blue trenchcoat to hide the 666 beasts hidden in his body.
★ Alucard in the anime and manga series Hellsing wears a ankle length trench coat.
★ In Return to Castle Wolfenstein multiplayer, Axis soldiers wear a gray trenchcoat in their uniform.
★ In Sluggy Freelance, character Riff wears a trench coat.
See also
★ Coat
References
★ Anatomy of a Classic: The Trench ''on Vogue''
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