The Gabardine also doubles as a cafe serving coffee to go. Feeling sufficiently caffeinated, I decided to have a tea and was charmed by the delicate flowered tea-cup with a white owl tea pot.

The word 'gabardine' is of European origin, referring to a loose cloak worn in the Middle Ages. Traditionally, the fibre used to make the fabric was worsted wool or cotton.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and nearly a century after the trench was first dreamt up, the brand’s iconic creation remains virtually unchanged, from its beige cotton-gabardine to the ...

Two of the gabardine outfits are on display at the brand’s Regent Street store until Oct. 31, and feature a lightweight anorak, trousers and hood.

Friday Night Bites: tables for two at Table 17, The Gabardine and Ruby Watchco It’s 4 p.m. on Friday, and you don’t have a dinner reservation.

Priced at $1370 USD and $1590 USD, the Nylon Gabardine Après Ski Boots are available now online. In related news, Gucci’s puffer ski boots come in multicolored allure.

And Gabardine is green as well, with all-electric, 14 SEER air conditioners, high-efficiency energy pumps, programmable thermostats, energy-efficient rated appliances and cedar-insulated garage doors.

Enter The Gabardine: a cozy yet sophisticated mom-and-pop neighbourhood gastropub smack dab in the middle of Bay Street (true to its location, The Gabardine is closed on weekends).

Fearless Italian designer Riccardo Tisci dresses rappers and royalty alike. But can his street-inspired style propel $10.5 billion brand Burberry—a company as British as Buckingham Palace?