Trench Coats that Will Give you an Elegant Allure this Season

Best ally against the rain, the trench coat is a timeless classic design, or revised in a more fashionable version, that continues to offer a stylish wardrobe.

From gabardine, wool or cotton, the trench coat has been a timeless wardrobe staple for over a hundred years. It is, however, far from the catwalks that this garment made its debut in clothing. Throughout the First World War, in 1914, the British army commissioned Thomas Burberry's company to make a coat for soldiers sent to the front. This is how the trench coat was born: a windproof and waterproof garment designed to be practical and useful.

The great cinema of the trench coat

When peace returned, the trench coat traded its military design for a more urban look. It was then declined in a feminine version, becoming a true emblem of English chic. It has known a new rise in the cinema from the 1950s. We see it being worn by Sophia Lauren in The Key in 1958, or in 1960 in Let's Make Love, wrapping Marilyn Monroe. And although the piece fades in the 1980s, it returns to the front of the catwalks and film sets from the beginning of the new millennium. The belted coat is illustrated in a belted version on a furious Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill in 2003, or in wool to keep Keira Knightley warm a few years later in Last Night. Now, the coat is a classic that actors in the fashion world enjoy reinterpreting.

Here's our selection of trenches for this fall

Trench Isabel, A.P.C, €540

Trench coat from techno jersey, Valentino, €1614

Long trench Lichene, Max Mara, €1 719

Trench Polana, Mango, €79,99

Trench Coat, Harris Wharf London, €750

Long wool trench, Aigle, €550

Signature trench, Totême, €720

Trench smocked in the back, Maje, €375

Checked trench coat, Gant, €600

Trench coat, COS, €175