Chore Coat

The argument the whole video builds to: there is comfort in knowing your jacket can handle more than you will ever throw at it, and a hundred years of wear-testing by heavy labourers has already done the review for you. As trends go, you can do a lot worse than spending a reasonable amount of money with the biggest risk being someone telling you that you aren't beating it up enough.

• “Heavy canvas, a blanket lining, rivet-reinforced pockets and triple-stitched seams for a winter with rigours topping out at snow scraping your car — but that doesn't seem overkill because it still only costs 120 bucks. And you can buy it at Ace Hardware.”

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