https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 23 May 2026 09:35:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-1460697 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:46:34 +0000 jenqnyc 1460697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>love Burberry trench , such a timeless classic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-1195435 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:23:28 +0000 Marie37 1195435@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Except in winter, I don't like wearing scarf. So I fasten my trench coats until the neck. So the collar stay up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962333 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:00:54 +0000 rae 962333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I looked back at reviews for the Harbourne style that I have and it runs small, cut pretty narrow. That probably explains it. Because i always find jacket shoulders too wide for me, i don't think I have wide shoulders. I bet in your style I might take he 4 as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962175 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:33:36 +0000 Irene 962175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This may sound very obvious, but I only button up when I need to. It's that simple! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962156 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 07:11:45 +0000 Agnes 962156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I only button the body. But then I live in sydney where, its wild, windy and wet but not cold by american or canadian standards at all.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962145 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 05:06:05 +0000 bj1111 962145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have to fit the body you have now, not the body you might be. Where is the joy in that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962068 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:50:00 +0000 catgirl 962068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will button and scarf up in winter, but I never wear collars that sit that high on my fat stubby neck because I'd feel choked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962065 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:45:30 +0000 Suz 962065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elle, it's so interesting to read your reflections about your childhood experience and the effects on your current clothing. I would say go with the 4; it works for now. If you must sell it at a loss, so be it. In the meantime you will have had the joy of it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962017 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:33:35 +0000 ElleH 962017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Liz I could even go with a 4 in the Kensington &amp; have the hip tailored. The A line of it is huge on me.&nbsp;It is slightly roomier in the torso than the Newforest but at least it still fits my shoulders. A 6 in any style is too big on my shoulders. My concern is that I read that tailoring interferes with the waterproofness of it. The new seams are not done the way they need to be to be waterproof. I'm not sure this is a fact but read that someone was told that by a tailor at a Burberry store. I thought the waterproof qualities were woven into the fabric but I also read it was coated after it was constructed. I'm also afraid of not liking the end result &amp; not being allowed to return or exchange after tailoring.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962014 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:28:33 +0000 Liz A. 962014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wonder if you might want to go with the 6 and have the hip tailored. &nbsp;I know personally I get anxious if anything is too tight on me anywhere. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962013 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:27:09 +0000 ElleH 962013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie I do travel to the East Coast &amp; elsewhere but I guess I can stick with the 4, which does button all the way &amp; allow necessary movement. It might look a little snug but I can move. I just can't gain any weight. If I do I will have to sell that thing at a loss &amp; get another one. If it is cold I will wear wool but if it is rainy the trench with an umbrella. I don't think the rain could get to my neck/chest with an umbrella. I used to wear a rain hat when I was a kid in Australia, no umbrella, with wellies &amp; a rain coat or cape in safety yellow. Sometimes it was grey. I think the yellow was safer for kiddies crossing the road in the rain but my Mum would have bought whatever was cheapest. Maybe that is why I want a Burberry. To be rid of that feeling of deprivation. She also bought my clothes too big so I wouldn't grow out of them, not enough of them &amp; made me save them for good. This gives me a lot of insight about my current clothing thoughts &amp;&nbsp;habits.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962009 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:14:50 +0000 Angie 962009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I button up two of my trenches all the way - when necessary. And all my coats. 100% necessary. But then, I live in Seattle - to Anna's point - and travel to the East Coast in the dead of Winter. </p> <p>For your needs Elle, I don't think it's a necessity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962007 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:56:32 +0000 ElleH 962007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you think you have a smaller rib cage than me &amp; broader shoulders? In your coat pics the shoulders fit but in your dress post today you seem to have a narrower rib cage than me. And I don't see the 8 hip&nbsp;on you. I know we can't compare with online pics but I can't believe that is a 6 on you.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962005 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:53:06 +0000 rae 962005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah i am a 32 d as well, with the high hip of an 8 shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962004 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:51:44 +0000 Suz 962004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, that's what I understood you to mean. And again, I think it just depends how you are wearing it, in what conditions, etc. I'd want to be able to button mine all the way up like that, even if I don't actually do it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962002 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:44:03 +0000 ElleH 962002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just to clarify I mean all the way to the neck, the double breasted styles. Not even top one or two buttons undone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-962000 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:39:38 +0000 Janet 962000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never button mine up all the way. I use scarves to fill in the neckline and keep warm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-961999 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:39:12 +0000 Diana 961999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only if it's pouring and then I don't give a damn how I look, just that I stay dry. For cold, I always have a scarf. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-961997 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:37:08 +0000 annagybe 961997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I button mine up (not a Burberry). But I live in Seattle and ride the bus, a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-961994 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:23:26 +0000 ElleH 961994@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae what is your bust measurement? I think it is my rib cage. I'm a 32 D? Used to be 32DD but band size didn't change, even though I lost 30lbs. I'm not a big scarf wearer either, but could if needed. Even the 4 looks too big at hip area in Kensington in beige but bust is snug in Newforest 4, but hip is fine as it is a slim fit design. Black doesnt seem as bad. Also my eight shape makes gathering &amp; A lines unflattering on me. Maybe a belted trench isn't best style for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-961992 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:19:11 +0000 rae 961992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Elle, mine is a 6 so 4 would probably be fine for you. I do button mine all the way up... I run cold, like the strict look, and dislike scarves unless totally necessary, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-961975 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:42:10 +0000 Suz 961975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Depends where you live, where you travel, and what else you are wearing.&nbsp;</p> <p>I rarely button my trench all the way, but then, I've never been caught in a driving downpour in it yet. And I often wear a scarf at the neck. I'd say the 4 sounds like the best bet.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-anyone-button-their-double-trench-coat-all-the-way-up#post-961956 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:17:02 +0000 ElleH 961956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How often do you button your trench coat all the way up? I seem to be a 4 in shoulders, 6 in bust/torso &amp; 2 in hips in Burberry trench coats. The size 4 buttons all the way &amp; I can do necessary movement but I a worried that it might look too snug or be too snug if I gain weight. I'm wondering if anyone wears theirs buttoned all the way. If so is it for rain or cold? For cold I could wear a scarf &amp; rain an umbrella would be needed for my head anyway. I guess I'm wondering if the 4 is a foolish choice for me. </p>