Men's outer wear are the garments that are usually worn over the Men's outfits to give style or more for comfort. The major purpose of these type of Men's outer wear is to provide extra warmth to the wearer in the cold seasons. There are many types of Men's outer wear like jackets, overcoats and topcoats. As said before these garments started out as to provide warmth for the wearer but as the style progressed some styles were simply designed so as to serve simply as a fashion wear. Topcoats are one such fashion. They are similar to overcoats but are made of lighter fabrics and hence cannot provide much protection against cold like the overcoats and is mostly used as a fashion wear.

These Men's outer wear styles mostly have their history from the war times. Most of these styles were originally designed for the men in the military to survive in the harsh winds and cold. As these men returned to home after the war they still continued to wear these styles. The civilians who greatly admired these styles started adopting these styles. They are still carried on to these days with little to no modifications in the military design. Some of the examples for these are the trench coats and pea coats. The trench coats were a popular design among the army men. These coats were designed with waterproof fabrics and thus was expensive at that time. Soon mass production began and most soldiers were able to afford these styles. The name comes from the wide usage of these coats by the soldiers in the trenches. Pea coats on the other hand was one of the most famous styles in the navy. The overcoats that were used by the army officials did not work for the ones in the navy. Thus the overcoats in the navy were all designed to be double breasted thus to provide better insulation and also were shorter in length when compared to the army designs since the people in the navy needed to have flexible movements when being on board of the ship.

Bomber jackets is another militaary design of Men's outer wear that is famous among younger generation even now. These thick jackets were first designed for the pilots who flew in topless cockpits during the war times. They were designed in a way so that the fast winds and cold do not much affect the pilot while flying.

Most of the winter coats are made from wool and fur. If you aren't a fan of full fur coats then you can go with minimal provisions like fur collar overcoats. If you dislike fur of the animals or against using it then you can go with the faux fur overcoats. Other than this you can also go with other styles of stylish overcoats like the leather overcoats, car coats, denim overcoats and many more like that.