Street Tar in Summer

I’ve been looking for a trench coat for quite awhile.  I have broad shoulders and a big chest, so the whole v-neck converging over my chest with stiff buttons concept isn’t really ideal for my body type.  And, whether I am looking online or in a store, I am always drawn to Burberry.  It is instinctual — I can tell the Burberry’s from the non-Burberry’s with a mere glance.  So here’s the trick, how do I buy a trench that can fool my eye and not spend $1,500 on a trench?  So far, this does not exist.  I don’t even know what it is that makes it distinctly Burberry, maybe it’s a combination of little details, but it is an endless search.  

My boyfrend’s parents have Burberry trench coats; coats they inherited from the grandparents.  My first visit to Pittsburgh was marked by Andrew and I tooling around Pittsburgh in matching (oversized) Burberry trench coats.  We were obsessed with Law and Order at the time and referred to each other and ourselves as Benson and Stabler. I think I even claimed that coat as an inheritance a mere three months into our relationship.