I feel like raincoats are one of the more misunderstood clothing items out there.  As a young kid, my mom used to dress me up in this ugly bright red raincoat whenever there was a chance of rain, and send me off to school.  I remember I loved the raincoat when I was about five, but a couple years later absolutely hated it.  Of course, my mother didn’t care, she just wanted me to stay dry so I had to still wear it.  I vowed to never wear a raincoat again when I could make my own clothing decisions.

Fast forward about 15 years to when I was twenty-three years old, and I still didn’t own a raincoat.  I was getting fed up with getting caught in the rain though, and I hated carrying around an umbrella,  I would always lose umbrellas, so I hadn’t bought one for a while.  After noticing that more and more stylish men I know were sporting raincoats to work, I decided to look into it a little deeper.  I went to my local mall and checked out the raincoat supply.  After being impressed with what I saw, I talked with the employees for a while and tried some of them on.  I couldn’t believe it, but I finally decided to buy a raincoat after all those years.

I think my first raincoat was a Hugo Boss, and I loved it.  I wore it every time there was even a slight chance of rain.  The raincoats these days are classy and stylish; nothing like those eyesores from my child.  They honestly don’t even look that different from a normal coat – I wear mine to work, out to dinner, to the mall, and everything in between.  I really wish I had been wearing them all throughout college as well, because they would have really saved me from all those downpours on the way home from class.  If you are interested in learning more about raincoats, raincoatsguide.com is a great resource worth checking out.