Trench coats, tradition and the new Bogart

Aquascutum's latest trench takes the actor's sartorial stalwart as its starting point, explains his son Stephen. Well, if the coat fits…

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By the time my father caught his big break as a leading man, he was already an experienced stage and film actor. And, since he wasn't classically handsome, people related to him in a different way than to some of the matinee-idol types. But the reason I think my father's legacy has lasted is twofold. Firstly, he was a great man off-screen – honest-spoken, well read and socially engaged. Secondly, he played the kind of cynical, world-weary characters that people still find appealing today.

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