The brand is famous for being worn by Royalty, Presidents, Statesman and Hollywood stars from Cary Grant in the 1920s up until today, with Vincent Cassel, Brian Cox and many others recently pictured wearing Crombie.

By the 1850s, Crombie had won quality awards from Queen Victoria and Napoleon III at the Great Exhibition in London and the Exposition Universelle in Paris respectively.

Crombie supplied officers' uniforms to the British Army and Royal Air Force in the First and Second World Wars.

[6] Beginning in the late 1950s, Crombie coats were fashionable among modernists, who saw them as a stylish item of clothing that enhanced their clean-cut image.

As the 1960s wore on, and into the early 1970s, Crombie-style coats were popular within Britain's vibrant youth culture, particularly the suedehead subculture.

Crombie lists King George VI, Winston Churchill, Cary Grant, Dwight D Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy among its historic customers.

Alongside this list of patrons, actor Jack Nicholson wore several styles of Crombie coat in his role as The Joker in the 1989 film, Batman.

[2] The Crombie style incorporated a heavy, dark, woollen, knee-length overcoat paired with a red, silk, handkerchief in the upper pocket.