I have never seen this! Aquascutum and Burberrys' trench coat collaboration? (Date help)

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I have came across what appears to be an Aquascutum trench using a Burberrys' liner? I've never heard of this, nor seen an example except this one.

I know Aquascutum isn't a common brand people would try and fake but this is very curious! If anyone has some ideas on if this item is real, I would appreciate some insight as well as dating the garment? From some preliminary research, the Aquascutum tag looks like it's from the 60's? And the Burberrys' tag, I couldn't quite work out as accurately.

From what I've learned, I don't believe Burberrys' made a trench coat with this kind of external design so I am under the impression it is an Aquascutum made garment, but have you ever heard of these two competing brands having such a garment, sharing cloth?

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If I'm understanding your photos correctly, both the Burberry and the Aquascutum labels are sewn to the lining, albeit in different places?

Can you show us closeups of the two labels, specifically how they are attached? And what label/s does the coat itself have?
 
MagsRags said:
If I'm understanding your photos correctly, both the Burberry and the Aquascutum labels are sewn to the lining, albeit in different places?

Can you show us closeups of the two labels, specifically how they are attached? And what label/s does the coat itself have?
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I apologise for the delayed response as it got delayed in transit. Here are some close ups of the tags, and if you need more, different angles, or close ups of something, let me know.

Both aquascutum tags appear to be sewn in by hand and are rather off centre. I'm not sure how common that is.

The coat doesn't appear to have any other labels. Just the main aquascutum one on the coat, the aquascutum one on the zip in liner and burberry's one in the pocket. There's no mention of materials it's made of or any aqua 5 that I commonly see with these. I've had a good look at every inner seam and it doesn't look like anything which was done by a machine was ever modified.

The burberrys tag in paticular has some patina and "feels" old. The aquascutum ones also do "feel" right. I'm super curious to the history of this thing as it seems so odd. I have seen some rather rare aquascutum items which almost seem like one offs so I'm not sure if this was something similar in nature.

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Midge said:
The Burberry label is sewn in by machine, so I assume it's original. The handsewm, wonky Aquascutum labels though make me suspicious that they are not oiginal to the coat...
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It's a bit of a weird one, right? I wonder if aquascutum may have acquired some burberry's cloth and then put a coat together from it. Or maybe a staff member at the time wanted to make something more unique.

Or from what you appear to suggest: it's some sort of third party coat (?) which someone stuck aquascutum labels on? But it'd be an odd one just because of the burberry's cloth situation and how it all fits perfectly. Did burberry's ever sell their cloth to tailors or other manufacturers?

The balance of weird, and what looks like it's fake, alongside what seems "real" is a peculiar mix.

Regardless, the coat is of great quality and I love it. It even seems to have some water repellence with beading droplets of rain the last time I got caught in a light shower. But if anyone ever sees this thread (even years down the line), please do feel free to give your insight as it'd be interesting to find out more.
 
retro ruth said:
it’s possible this is Burberry coat, that perhaps lost its main Burberry label. Then someone, who may not have noticed the Burberry label in the pocket, added Aquascutum labels in an attempt to make it more sellable than an unlabelled coat.
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That sounds very very plausible!

I'm going to see if I find the same design online somewhere. The slit pockets with no gun flap seems much less common.

And being 55 inches long also seems very uncommon.
 
What i've been able to find so far:

1. The coat hook fabric (design) on the coat itself at the collar seems to match up with burberry's as opposed to aquascutum's design choice.
2. The zip out liner design, from the fold which runs from the upper collar to the tag, to the general panel shapes and how they're put together matches up with burberry's as opposed to aquascutum.
3. The inner folds which connect the outer coat material to the inner coat material seems to match burberry's design.

What I can't find:

1. Nowhere have I see a navy trench with this red check design.
2. Another coat this long (for the chest width).
3. Another coat to have: no gun flap, a single button slit pocket design, a 2 hook collar closure and a triangle stitch design at the top of the rear buttoned vent design, concurrently.

So it would still be interesting to know more about what age this may be and such but I am very much leaning toward your idea here @retro ruth being correct!
 
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