By the 1850s, the peacoat had become popular in the United States and Great Britain. The version illustrated here is available at J. Peterman Company, 2444 Palumbo Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40509.

Time is running out to save the iconic United States Navy pea coat. As of Oct. 1, the pea coat will become an optional component of enlisted sailors’ seabags, replaced by a synthetic cold ...

Meanwhile, the US Navy has long argued that peacoat comes from a nickname for the coarse jackets worn by seafarers: the P-jacket, or pilot's cloth. Pedants still remain divided on the name.

You can never go wrong with navy (get it?), but don't be afraid to consider peacoats in other colors and patterns, like camel, gray, and even plaid. Same coat, new look. Camel peacoat, $695, by Gant.

It's 2012, and I have just acquired my second pea coat. The first one was issued to me in October 1968 at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif., a Navy boot camp long since closed, along ...

If you're looking for a piece of outerwear to battle the snowstorms that keep pounding the East Coast, you're in luck. Acapulco Gold brings the Muerte jacket, a classic Navy pea coat with military ...

From the seas to the streets to the glitzy runway, the pea coat has been a constant in American life. Everyone has taken a stab at making them fashionable, including Coco Chanel in the 1920s (she ...

In this era of extreme outerwear flexes, it’s easy to overlook the navy pea coat.But style yours a little bit like Muse’s Matthew Bellamy here, which is to say, a little bit like an actual ...