Black Trench Burberry, $1,195 Sure, a trench coat can be a little too Inspector Clouseau, a bit too reminiscent of your sixth-grade Clue-themed birthday. But this jacket is reason to reconsider. It's been nearly a century since Thomas Burberry first produced the trench as an alternative to the heavy wool coats worn by British army officers. Shorter and slimmer than the original, and in an urbane black rather than the traditional camel, this updated classic is designed less for the trenches than for the hazards of the modern city.
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