Great coat! THE CROMBIE Beloved of gentry and gangsters, the Crombie coat has been with us for more than a century. Long may it last, says Chris Sullivan, hailing a modern classic Posted: Mar 31, 2008 01:10:25
... beloved of horse trainers, stockbrokers and gangsters. Crombie came into being in 1805, as the Battle of Trafalgar was being fought and won by Nelson. John Crombie established his woollen mill in Aberdeen, and the company ... behind the Parisian barricades enclosing an order for Crombie cloth. By the 20th ...