If there’s one thing I know about stormy weather—be it a sprinkle or a downpour—it’s that choosing a rainy day outfit that’s equal parts stylish and practical is an art form. (In other words, if you look great, but you’re still getting wet, something went wrong.) Enter the Brits: Londoners are used to gray days, but they also know how to dress stylishly for them. It’s something I’ve quickly learned since living in London, and it’s inspired me to purchase my own lightweight jackets from British fashion brands like Burberry and Barbour. But they’re also wearing spring jackets from non-British brands too, most notably the PureWow-approved Sézane Clyde trench coat, but more on that in a second.
Senior Director of Special Projects and Royals, Rachel Bowie, interviewed a handful of fashion-forward locals about the must-have items to own as they enter their rainiest season: spring. I then compiled those with the jackets I keep seeing fashionable Londoners wearing every time I step out of my flat. Here are the 12 raincoats everyone is raving about across the pond.
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