NEW YORK — The classic trench coat is being ripped apart, chopped in half, blown up — and then put back together. Don’t try this at home. On Monday at Fashion Week, designer Jonathan Simkhai ...

Trench coats comprised 30 per cent of Viktoria & Woods’ coat sales in the past 12 months. “Wardrobe staples tend to follow market and economic fluctuations,” Woods says.

Despite the origins of the design dating back to the 1820s, the trench coat is a timeless silhouette that is reimagined and reinterpreted by designers every season.