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Good article on “the trench coats forgotten WWI roots”.
Nice reminder that, even when Bogey was wearing his coat in 1940s films, his contemporaries might have already been thinking the coat a classic and perhaps already assuming its wearer had a possible military backstory.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29033055
I suspect that most people today see a trench coat and just think “Humphrey Bogart” or “1940s detective” without considering that the roots are older and, in fact, military. As noted several times above, the classic trench coat was a military staple through both world wars and beyond.
Good, informative article. Thanks for posting.