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Apr 14, 2016
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Oi Polloi and Rains release coach jacket

Published
Apr 14, 2016

Oi Polloi, the iconic Manchester-based menswear retailer that now also has a London store, just released a new style of jacket together with Danish fashion rainwear brand Rains.

Photo: Oi Polloi


The idea for the piece, a new version of the coach jacket, came about when Oi Polloi met up with the people behind Rains and begun brainstorming on what the two brands could do together.

"I said that I’d never really seen this kind of waterproof material used on a coach jacket," says Oi Polloi's Steve Sanderson. "So the initial idea was to do a coach jacket, but they don’t usually have hoods. And with Rains being called Rains, they like to have a hood attached to everything. So I just said, “Well, that’s easy enough... we’ll just do a detachable hood.”

The resulting utility-inspired jacket is a brand new style. Sanderson says: "It’s a really old-school, simple way of making a waterproof jacket. But we’ve never seen any like this; I’m surprised other people haven’t done it before."

The coach jacket, which was launched on April 14, comes in blue and black and retails for £85.

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