Trench Coats (for non-devious purposes)

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I wore a trench coat throughout high school. Pang's, actually. I was promptly labelled trenchcoat mafia (Columbine happened when I was a junior) and had my school almost shut down thanks to people accusing me of having a hit list.

Pretty much the exact same shit happened to me outside of the school being almost shut down. Nothing more than a menacing coat to convince people you aren't to be fucked with. Surprising how many people just stopped giving me shit. It wasn't even on purpose either, I just thought they were cool.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I have to agree with a lot of the posts in here saying that trench coats are pretty useless. A lot of the reasons why I wore mine were because of body issues. Being 6'1, nearly flat and skinny as hell made me feel kind of ashamed of myself, and the coat easily covered my unremarkable body up rather well.

However, it's pretty much a seasonal thing. Also considering they have to be drycleaned and are expensive as fuck (Plus I live in Las Vegas and it rarely ever gets that cold here) any other jacket is just as good to keep me warm in the winter and is probably a LOT cheaper.

Plus, now you see so many dopey looking goth/whatever kids in them that you pretty much automatically get lumped in with those types of people, even if you have nothing in common besides the similar taste in coats.

There's nowhere I can't reach.