It’s made from a two-ply stretch canvas outer shell that’s dyed with an innovative water-saving technology and bonded to an underlying membrane which gives it water-resistance and breathability. It’s then filled with PrimaLoft P.U.R.E., a recycled blend of poly fibers that delivers the best warmth-to-weight ratio of any synthetic fibers. Meaning? It’s lightweight and warm as hell. It comes with an adjustable hood, dual slanted hand pockets, an interior pocket, adjustable cuffs and a drawstring at hem. Sure, the hooligans and Stone Island diehards will recognize the brilliance. But the perfectly relaxed cut and long length make it easy eye candy for any non-clothing nerd too.
More Raincoats We Love
What Type of Raincoat Should You Be Looking for?
Who wants to drag a sopping wet umbrella around only to forget it at the restaurant or in the back of a cab? When you’ve got a trench coat with your cell and headphones in the pockets, it’s almost impossible to lose. Through light mists, heavy rain, and even torrential downpours, the best rain coats are, ironically, the drippiest too. They’ll prevent you from showing up to the function like a poor wet dog and instead make your arrival a warm, dry welcome.
Trench coats that aren’t the only coats vying to shield you from the rain, though. Gorpcore’s popularity has given us waves of tech-y jackets, parkas, and anoraks all wrought from futuristic multi-layered materials that balance breathability with waterproof ability. The result is a cementing of this 21st century sportswear into must-have menswear. And let’s not forget the workwear-adjacent waxed jackets born from sailing the Scottish seas in 15th-century Scotland. With their rugged good looks and a lust for patina, they’ve become stylish staples when the weather’s all doom and gloom.
How We Test and Review Products
Style is subjective, we know—that’s the fun of it. But we’re serious about helping our audience get dressed. Whether it’s the best white sneakers, the flyest affordable suits, or the need-to-know menswear drops of the week, GQ Recommends’ perspective is built on years of hands-on experience, an insider awareness of what’s in and what’s next, and a mission to find the best version of everything out there, at every price point.
Our staffers aren’t able to try on every single piece of clothing you read about on GQ.com (fashion moves fast these days), but we have an intimate knowledge of each brand’s strengths and know the hallmarks of quality clothing—from materials and sourcing, to craftsmanship, to sustainability efforts that aren’t just greenwashing. GQ Recommends heavily emphasizes our own editorial experience with those brands, how they make their clothes, and how those clothes have been reviewed by customers. Bottom line: GQ wouldn’t tell you to wear it if we wouldn’t.
How We Make These Picks
We make every effort to cast as wide of a net as possible, with an eye on identifying the best options across three key categories: quality, fit, and price.
To kick off the process, we enlist the GQ Recommends braintrust to vote on our contenders. Some of the folks involved have worked in retail, slinging clothes to the masses; others have toiled for small-batch menswear labels; all spend way too much time thinking about what hangs in their closets.
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