mfad•3y ago

Dating a London Fog overcoat.

Hi there, i impulsively picked up this overcoat for about 20 dollars from a garage sale a while back. was recently looking at it after not touching it since i bought and realised it might older than i thought.

I now know talon zippers are indicative of an item being vintage, and I think that london fog expanded overseas for production to compete with other companies in 1983? so I'm guessing it's ewrly to mid 80s? what are your guys thoughts?

Mullet BrandoOP•10/25/23, 2:52 PM

@Digs

Spaaaaaaaaaaaace•10/25/23, 2:52 PM

I think Korea made a lot of clothes between 1960s-1970s ish

Mullet BrandoOP•10/25/23, 2:56 PM

oh damn. thatd be quite a bit older than expected if so. i picked this just assuming it was a more recent piece

Mullet BrandoOP•10/25/23, 2:57 PM

can also provide more photos of any particular part in the morning if anyone wishes

carrion my wayward tun🌻•10/25/23, 3:06 PM

Probably the only way to really find out is to email or tweet them https://twitter.com/Londonfog

Digs•10/25/23, 4:38 PM

Just some searching on the label and zipper style i’d say late 70’s-80’s. It looks like they started being made in korea around the 80’s

Digs•10/25/23, 4:39 PM

Tunnock’s rec of emailing them is a great idea, usually they will be able to id the date pretty accurately

Digs•10/25/23, 4:42 PM

Ykk pretty much dominated the zipper market in the 80’s so definitely not newer than 80’s. I would guess early 80’s as my best estimate

Mullet BrandoOP•10/25/23, 11:32 PM

yeah, i think late 70s, early 80s for sure

Mullet BrandoOP•10/25/23, 11:34 PM

might make a twitter acc to date my garage sale thrift. this is what technology was made for

Dating a London Fog overcoat.

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