The Permanent Style Wax Walker
Private White V.C. · £1,095
Worth being NRY provisional
230g waxed cotton from Halley Stevenson in Dundee, a button-out wool flannel liner from Marling & Evans in Huddersfield, cashmere-lined handwarmer pockets, cut and sewn in Private White's own Manchester factory. The care instruction is to re-wax it, which tells you what kind of object it is meant to be. Water resistant rather than waterproof: a coat for towns and fields, not for hills.
Specification
- Finish
- Waxed cotton
- Water
- Water resistant
- Made in
- England
- Fit
- Regular
Read from the maker’s page on 2026-09-16. Every figure is quoted in our records.
- For
- Someone buying one coat for a decade who wants to know which building it was sewn in.
- Not for
- Anyone who needs to stay dry in sustained rain, or who would rather not maintain a jacket.
What we checked
- The maker states it is cut and sewn in a factory they own in Manchester. Private White V.C.
- The outer is a 230g waxed cotton, and the maker names the Scottish mill it comes from. Private White V.C.
- A removable wool flannel liner is included, again from a named English mill. Private White V.C.
- Care is by periodic re-waxing, which implies a garment meant to be kept rather than cycled. Private White V.C.
- The maker claims water resistance, not waterproofing, and states no hydrostatic figure. Private White V.C.
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.