Date this grey wool Jaeger coat?

[PhilR]

Hi folks

I work in the film industry and as part of a costume setup, I've ended up with a grey wool ladies' coat. I have no idea how vintage it really is, if it's vintage at all, but the label looks kind of oldy-worldy and maybe 70s, at a wild guess.

I'm not even normally a costume person so I'm guessing wildly. Just out of interest, does anyone have any idea what I have here? It may not be anything special at all. It weighs a ton.

-Phil

 

[bycinbyhand]

I think it's late 1960s approx. There's a label similar in the label resource here.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

I would say late 60 or early 1970s. Has the hem been taken up, in the photos it looks like quite the large hemline.

 

[PhilR]

Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure if it's been taken up; I did notice quite a large turnup inside, so I'd believe is. It strikes me that it looks less like a duffel coat the longer it is, so maybe we can let it back down again. Condition of the lining is not perfect but otherwise it looks like it was made yesterday. Maybe it's worth putting back on eBay when we're done with it! I paid very little for it.

 

[The Vintage Vendeuse]

Odd that there's no Woolmark, which began use in 1964... but then I don't see any Jaeger labels featuring the Woolmark in our Label Resource.
Tricel appears to go back as early as the 1950s.
Cool coat!

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

I don't see a duffel coat style to this coat at all. I think it would look better with the hem taken down, as long as it was not cut first before the larger hem was made.

 

[Linn]

The coat looks very late '60s to me, too. It might have been a "maxi" coat that was shortened. I agree with Mary Jane about making sure that the hem was not cut before you restore it to a longer length.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Yes, as Linn posted above, I do suspect that this may have been a "maxi coat", it has all the right details and may have been cut and hemmed.