{"product_id":"aquascutum-aqua-5-trench-coat-royal-warrant-made-in-england","title":"Vintage Aquascutum \"Aqua 5\" Trench Coat, Royal Warrant, Made in England","description":"\u003cp\u003eSewn inside is a small blank label reading CLUB, NAME and DATE, three ruled lines nobody ever filled in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is a British cloakroom identification label, the kind put in so a coat left behind finds its way home. It is empty, and it is the best thing on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAquascutum of Regent Street, and the main label carries the Royal Arms: BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, MAKERS OF WEATHERPROOF GARMENTS. A royal warrant is a legal instrument with dates attached rather than decoration. Hers voided on her death in 2002, and she was only styled that way from 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house is older than the trench. John Emary opened a tailor's shop at 46 Regent Street in 1851, patented a waterproof wool in 1853 and renamed the firm for it: Aquascutum is watershield in Latin. The first royal warrant came in 1897, and the shop moved to 100 Regent Street in 1901, where it stayed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe care symbols narrow it a little further. The GINETEX care symbols were set up in Paris in 1963, so a coat carrying four of them cannot be earlier than that. Working bracket: 1963 to 2002, and the polyester in the cloth sits comfortably inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is Aqua 5, permanently proofed and exclusive to the house, 67% polyester and 33% cotton. The lining is the original acetate, which is what gives that peach its particular liquid sheen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: good, with five very small stains on the coat.\u003c\/strong\u003e Everything else is sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLength 44.5 in. Pit to pit 18 in. Waist 33 in. Hips 39 in. Shoulder 15.5 in. Sleeve 23 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry clean only, and the house label is emphatic: any other process needs the coat reproofed. Acetate lining splits along fold lines with age, so keep acetone away from it and hang it broad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern size:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fits like a modern Women's XS or Men's XS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of one. Sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo returns - as is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aquascutum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44308136427607,"sku":"MT-TR-084","price":288.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0034\/8692\/files\/aquascutum-coat-aquascutum-aqua-5-trench-coat-royal-warrant-made-in-england-vintage-aquascutum-aqua-5-trench-coat-royal-warrant-mille-1259880104.jpg?v=1790262610","url":"https:\/\/shopmille.com\/products\/aquascutum-aqua-5-trench-coat-royal-warrant-made-in-england","provider":"MILLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}