Top Coats Taken Lightly

January, 1962

Let there be lightweights: that's the inside word on outerwear. The unexcelled comfort of the newly launched line of topcoasts, many in fabrics as light as suiting cloths -- airy tweeds, sleek sharkskins, rugged coverts, silk, wool and man-made blends -- proves that man can not only survive but thrive in a state of sartorial weightlessness from early fall through late spring. Lighter in tone as well as avoirdupois, the new coats for business and casel wear have abandoned the austerity of charcoa...