Trench Coats (for non-devious purposes)

Originally Posted by krikkit

The other way is college and high school students who wear them for personal fashion. In almost every sighting, it was one of two people: really tiny, greasy kid with a permanent scowl, or big fat computer geek who is impressing himself with his trenchcoat on an august afternoon. Both counts: not cool.

My ruling: not cool by reason of association.

lol, i gotta agree with this, Krikkit - most of the kids i see in trenchcoats are usually pretty lame looking.

But, being the later in your discription, I can tell you this: I wear my trenchcoat (Bogart, not Neo) becaise I think it makes me look cool, not cause it actually does. I got one when I was still in high school, during a trip to NYC. I like it, a lot, because I just like the way it moves when I wear it. Sure I catch glances of funny looks and people must think i'm a fat ass dork who thinks he looks cool, and they're right. Thing is, I just don't care what other people think looks cool or not; if it's cool to me, then it's cool period.

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Originally Posted by acid

Everyone, ever, who has worn a trenchcoat thinks they look either a) distinguished (music and film geeks) or b) badass (anime and gaming geeks). Both are wrong. You look less like Neo and more like a rapist.

I've never thought I looked like a badass when wearing a trechcoat, cause I know I probably look like a tool while wearing one - which negates feeling distinguished; so you're totally wrong in this assumption. I would agree that black leather trenchcoats are way to Matrix to be legit, but the fact is I wear one, in the fall/winter when it's appropriate, because I personally, like it a lot. I remember even that my friend started laughing at me while wearing it because someone pointed out that I looked like Pattington Bear, which I laughed at too because it was true and it was an awesomely obscure reference. Point is, I (and I think most other people who like to wear them) don't really care about other's opinons on how it looks. I just like to wear one because I just like to wear one.

Honestly, I don't see where this hostility against trenchcoats comes from - I mean, yeah, it makes us look stupid, but the fuck do you really care?

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