Think European winters and freezing cold. Think 500 years ago in the countryside of Belgium. Germany to the north, France to the south and England across the channel to the west. Hills dense with ancient black forests and cities bustling with the utility and the wealth of a landed gentry and laboring peasant class. Clothmaking is the new technology and competition for the best looms on the continent drive burgeoning cottage industries. From this time in history the cloth know as duffel was made.
Duffel, named in the mid 1500's, after a fashionable township in central Belgium, is a coarse, thick nap, woolen cloth. Popular for its superior warmth and rugged durability.
The finest made duffel country coats, even today, still have traditional wooden buttons and leather loops. The duffel coat is an apparel tradition that has surely stood the test of time. Still rugged, still fashionable, still warm and all the while, still good looking.
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