I found the label inside the pocket. Mine is dry clean only.
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A lot of garment manufacturers put in a “dry clean only” lable to stop people claiming damages after boiling the thing in a max temp machine wash and then putting it in to shrink in a tumble drier. In my experience, a careful machine will be fine with synthetics. I’ve also had garments wreaked at Dry Cleaners.
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I’ve been using a garment steamer and spot cleaning on mine, and so far so good.
Well my jacket just sold. Strangely I’m sorry to see it go.
ETA. If my sorry old body decided to cooperate and I believed I could post a 60% in first level I will buy a new coat!
How’s that for setting a goal!
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I have an ancient long show coat with 3 buttons and a slightly cutaway bottom. It covers my butt and is slimming! You bet I still wear it 
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Right? Why on earth did the style change to these super-short coats that stop just at the absolutely widest point of the hip? You have to be incredibly skinny to look good in them.
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I sold my Pikeur Diana because I have a short torso so when in the saddle it looked ill fitting on me and I kept sitting on the back of the coat. So the newer short styled coats are perfect for me. I rarely show, but frankly if I did I felt self conscious in the Diana.
I guess the take away is that the rider should wear whatever makes them feel confident and happy. And if that means that someone like me, on a limited budget, decides to upgrade to the latest fashion because the more traditional fashion always looked terrible on them then more power to them. And if others want to wear the longer jackets then good for them…
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I totally agree. The problem is that when the entire industry decides that “short coats are in” or “long coats are the new thing,” those of us with the opposite body type can’t find anything that fits.
I just don’t understand why the manufacturers don’t make tall and petite sizes. A couple do, but most don’t.
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Preach!
To me, it seems like most of the modern show coats for hunters and dressage are cut short.
I have tried them all. I’ll take a four-button dressage coat or a three-button hunt coat for showing my Paint in his hunt seat classes. It doesn’t matter. Nothing looks good on me. Granted, they might “fit” but they are not flattering, and the variety of stretch fabrics doesn’t help. I am tall, long in the torso with long arms and noticeable boobs, and a definite waist. All the coats I’ve tried on are cut short in the body. Like, the bust is crafted too high. I keep wanting to pull the entire coat down. I know I’m older (* cough *) but my boobs have not drooped that far!
So now I’m back to ordering a couple of the classic styled, wool blend coats. I’ll be hot. But at least I won’t feel self-conscious.
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I’m the same way, Long torso, regular arms, boobs and a small waist. The current short coats are just about as unflattering as a coat could be.
For comparison, the first photo is me in a Pikeur Diana traditional frock coat, and the second is a Tredstep coat from last year. In the second photo, you can see that the bust is too high and the waist is right under my boobs. And the less said about the expanse of crotch and butt showing below the coat, the better!
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But I must say, you look great anyway, and I LOVE 
that plum coat with the navy (?) or gray (?) collar.
Yet I totally agree about the fit. The bust is weirdly high on nearly every coat, from every brand, from every price range I tried.
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Thank you! It’s a pale grey collar and I love it! I just wish they made the coat in a Long. I’ve resigned myself to probably having to get a fully custom coat.
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I actually think the short coat elongates your leg! In the first photo, the coat really accentuates your upper body and makes it look long. Comparatively, your leg looks shorter. I do think the waist in the purple coat is a little too high, but if it was in the right place, it would be perfect. The purple coat is beautiful.
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I found that the RJ classics Harmony coat in the tall sizing hits at the hips in the same way as the older frock style coats. I have a shorter newer coat, but I found I like my butt better in the longer RJ classics coat.
I did use my coach’s old frock coat when we had a 50 degree rainy day at a show last February. I was exceedingly grateful for it - it was much warmer than my jacket. I think I actually wore it over my own jacket, it was that miserable.
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That’s the one show coat I have: the RJ Classics Harmony, and it actually fits me. Trying to find a coat that fits the same, without any mesh so I can use it for halter classes, has proven elusive.
By the way, that is a gorgeous photo!
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I’ll have to check that brand out - sounds like it may be an option for me, too!
I love this photo for several reasons - it has my mom in it, and I’m riding the grandest, most generous horse I’ve ever had the privilege of sitting on. I’m pretty sure he understood at least four languages, and taught me everything I know so far about collection, contact, and riding with your seat. I was rarely successful, but when I got it all right, it was like riding at the Olympics. I miss him dearly.
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I have the twilight blue color, which is not quite navy. It has almost a royal purple hue to it, if that makes sense. The burgundy color is really pretty. It’s almost a plum.
You can tell it was cold; look at all the flowerpots that have blown over. Welsh cob or Friesian perhaps?
