Looking through the pages this afternoon I worked out John Emary was my Great-great-great-Grandfather. Perhaps that's why I've always had a thing for the trench coat.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Some Family History
Earlier today my Father sent me some pages of our family tree. I had been told about John Emary, a Mayfair tailor who established the British brand Aquascutum in 1851 and who by all accounts invented the trench coat. Greta Garbo wore them and she knew a thing or two about style.
Looking through the pages this afternoon I worked out John Emary was my Great-great-great-Grandfather. Perhaps that's why I've always had a thing for the trench coat.
Looking through the pages this afternoon I worked out John Emary was my Great-great-great-Grandfather. Perhaps that's why I've always had a thing for the trench coat.
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