Is my new rain gear suitable around town? What do you wear in the rain?

[ThatTallGirl]

I recently moved out to the country in the hills of northern England. It is quite rainy here even by uk standards, so I purchased a long raincoat and tall wellies to keep me fully dry specially for those tipping it down dog walks.

Would this outfit be suitable for a rainy day in town as well, or do I need to invest in another set of waterproofs? What do you wear in the rain?

@twistyizzy You are right, it isn't a practical coat if you need to be able to do manual work in it or, I don't know, climb hills. I live in Stockholm and I don't look out of place wearing it here.

OP asked if the gear would look out of place in a Northern town. I was pointing out that no it wouldn't but a pink fashion raincoat would.
The rest was a joke FGS 🙄 and more aimed at my lack of "town" wear.

I think your coat would be fine in town OP but I wouldn’t wear green wellies in town. Wear a pair of leather boots instead. Maybe a tall riding style boot if you are worried about staying dry.
(country dweller here)

I have that Lighthouse coat, not quite as long and a lighter blue, and happily wear it into town (I too am in a small town in the North-West, Rossendale to be more precise, and it's very wet here...) I generally wear leather gore-tex ankle boots and trousers or jeans with it. The only issue I have is that the coat isn't breathable, so I sometimes end up hot and sweaty on the inside.

I think your blue coat would look fine in town. Sorry to those who have got them but the Stut.. coat reminds of what people wear in a fish market.

I live in a city and would happily wear that. Much smarter than much of the stuff people wear in the rain.

I prefer to use an umbrella, it's fairly rural here but people still don't wear just anything - Helly Hansen seems to be the brand of choice (coastal)

I might dress up (slightly) if I'm in say Manchester or Bury but like maximist if I'm in one of the rossendale towns its jeans, ankle boots and a heavy duty waterproof. The waterproof gets changed for a mac if I'm in the city and knee-high boots instead of ankle but it really does depend on what the market town is like

My rule to myself is so long as it's reasonably clean and doesn't smell of horses, then it's good enough to be seen in the town in. Of course this little "rule " often gets broken I stink and have mud everywhere however much I try otherwise!

Some of the responses in this thread are quite hilarious, I often wear my wellies in town, if I've hosed the mud off why wouldn't I? Why would you wear a pink raincoat, surely it's going to show every mark?

It’s a lovely, versatile raincoat. I would wear it with wellies for a dog walk or my leather ariat knee length country boots if I was going in to town. They are warm & waterproof and look a bit smarter than wellies I think. But then I never have clean wellies. If your wellies were clean they would be absolutely fine for a trip in to town.
I really quite like it (off to google it now…)

I have that in teal and it's my smart raincoat, but maybe I'm just a scruff...

I don't understand how that's smarter/more suitable for town than the one the OP has though...

Agreed- if anything OP’s is smarter.

It’s really nice, OP. How would you say the sizing is?

I haven't said that it is. She asked what we wear in the rain.

I love that coat.

If I was in town and you walked through, tall and slender and long coat flowing in the wind, I'd probably think you very beautiful and effortlessly chic..

You could switch the wellies for Country Boots, I like Country Boots, they're a bit more stylish than wellies, but I may be alone in that.

I can’t think of anything less practical than that pink raincoat if you live in the countryside! It wouldn’t stay clean for 5 minutes on me.

Thanks for all the positive feedback on my raincoat! I think I won't purchase the Stutterheim. Not that I dislike it, but it's less country as was said.

I work with horses though, my raincoat and wellies are usually quite dirty for town. Perhaps I should purchase another long Lighthouse raincoat, in a different colour, for town? I love the look of the teal. Also, for boots, I'd still like to wear tall wellies into town, is that suitable to purchase a new clean pair? It's just so wet here and they are the most waterproof option😁

Live rural. Warm and dry, that's all that matters. Personally I wouldn't go into town wearing a drovers coat regardless of make or fabric, and I thought it was illegal to drive in wellies? But if you are happy with it, go for it (Nb only reason I wouldn't wear full length coat, is because I like to stop for coffee, and I'd worry the coat would be a tripping hazard, or get in the way!).

I went up a size and it’s great, but I do feel the cold so wanted space for a jumper.

Depends what I’m doing. Walking the dog in the mud then it’s my full length Lands End Squall coat and Muck boots (the arctic ones, can’t remember the name). Brilliant things, keeps me warm and dry.

If I’m nipping into town then it’s knee length leather boots, fitted knee length wool coat or puffer coat if it’s cold and a bobble hat.

That stutter coat thing is reminiscent of the long coats the fishmongers used to wear, but that’s me showing my age.

It runs small I'd say. I'm 6'1" and thin, wear a size uk14 in it. Enough room for a jumper but could honestly use more for fitting my long puffer coat under (even though the raincoat is somewhat warm alone) in those really nasty cold windy rainstorms. I'd size up to a 16 or even 18 if I purchase again. Also sizing up would make the arms and total length even longer for me😁. Since I'm very tall my arms are quite long so I wear thick waterproof gloves with this to keep my hands dry and warm.

I don't think your town coat/boots are suitable for me. I can walk about 2km to get into town (why drive at that distance?) and I'm in a very wet rural northwest town. If it's raining I'd be soaked to the skin in that. I need full waterproofs in town!!!

Ah, ok - my distance into town is further than 2km so I would drive or take public transport

https://stutterheim.com/en-se/women/jackets

A waterproof rain jacket with furry slippers/sliders? Now, there's a look.

I feel there is a Jeeves & Wooster-y social class dimension to this thread that is confusing me and making me want to back slowly away, except to say that yes you absolutely do get wet legs with the normal length Mosebacke and it puts me off wearing mine.