Five ways to wear a chore coat

The chore coat exists because French workers needed pockets. Everything good about it follows from that: it is square, it is roomy, and it does not care what you wear underneath.

Over a knit in autumn, over a shirt in spring, under an overcoat in January. It is the only jacket we make that works in both directions as a layer.

Waxed, it will handle rain. Unwaxed, it will handle everything else. Either way it will look better in three years than it does today.