Autumn / Winter Coat & Jacket Buying Guide
Winter is coming. Well, autumn is coming, but winter won’t be far behind. Either way, colder weather is in the offing, and it’s time to start thinking about that most important of menswear choices, your aesthetic identity for the chilly season – the men’s Winter coat.
It’s difficult, though, isn’t it? Choosing something you’re going to wear more regularly than pretty much everything else in your wardrobe comes with a lot of pressure. It’s like choosing a new phone or buying a dog, or getting married. You are wedding yourself to your new purchase for at least the next six months or so, so you’d better be sure about it. We’re here to help. Read our handy guide to choosing the perfect autumn/winter coat for you, and avoid a messy divorce come January.
What coats and jackets are in fashion?
AW 2025 is well & truly upon us. Conkers are strewn across wet pavements like lost marbles, summer sweat has been washed away by rain, and daylight is letting night take the lead for a bit. All that is to say that it’s time to break out the big coat.
Trends come and go but quality never goes out of style, and that’s what Perci does best. Here are the best autumnal jackets and winter coats to get you through the winter looking as crisp as a frosty morning and as suave as a Hugh Grant in a red leaf-dappled park.
Waterproof Sherlock
The Sherlock is, quite simply, the best short trench out there right now. Maybe ever. Our award-winning, genre-defining mac is made from a high-quality Italian cotton blend, is water and wind-resistant, lightweight, cut to perfection, has big old pockets, and we’ve been making it for over a decade. You just cannot go wrong.
Leather Jacket
A leather jacket is a statement of confidence. It’s the sort of piece that only men of a certain aura can pull off, but sometimes the jacket gives you the aura necessary to pull it off—a sort of positive aura feedback loop.
The leather jacket has undergone the classic journey from military attire to practical wear, to biker, to rock star, to anyone who has the appropriate cojones to wear one with their damn chest.
Greyson Trench
We told you about Percival’s classic Waterproof Sherlock already, but if you prefer a slightly longer silhouette, we’ve got you covered. Imagine the Sherlock with all its beautiful Italian cotton blend and deep pockets and weather-resistance, then make it a full-length trench coat with an added secure phone pocket and a zip-up front beneath the buttons. That’s the Greyson Trench, and it’s an absolute corker.
Wool Pea Coat
When the weather gets tough, you want a coat that’s going to fight your corner. Pea coats were literally designed for sailors braving rough seas, and when there was talk of moving away from the traditional pea coat, there was very nearly full scale bloody mutiny amongst seamen.
Perci’s Wool Pea Coat will see you through the winter, whilst allowing freedom of movement on your bottom half due to its classic short-length. It’s a double-breasted beauty that will have you strutting around looking like peak Mick Jagger for the entirety of the colder months. You can’t always get what you want, but you can bloody well get yourself a top notch pea coat thanks to Perci.
Fleece Jackets
Fleece, but make it stylish. Cream for that crisp, clean look. Forest for a touch of outdoors without needing the hike. Black for sharp, easy layering.
There is a certain psychology to buying a proper jacket in the UK. Part survival and part self respect. The cold months drag on so a high quality coat is not just a purchase, it is an investment in staying warm, looking sharp and not resenting the weather quite as much. That is why at Percival we update our collections year on year, listening to what you love, what you do not and what will make you look great walking through another year.
And there you go. Your Autumn/Winter men’s coat guide. Whatever the shorter days have in store for you, you’ll be warm, dry, and looking exceptional.
