Modern coats and jackets are the result of the evolution of the tailcoat, the outermost of three common pieces of the eighteenth-century men's suit, Inspired by the simple english style and by the simplified version of the french dress which was considered too redundant. The riding-coat, the dress used for riding and initially adopted by English gentlemen, arrived in France in 1728, it then began to spread in Europe with the term "frock coat". With a length that reached the calves, wide in the lower par and with a tight line on the bust, this garment is characterized by the total lack of embroidery and the presence of a double collar, equipped with as many rows of buttons. Produced with woolen fabrics, it soon becomes the expression of the new Enlightenment ideas, at least until the affirmation of two of the best known models: the Ulster, the iconic Donegal tweed coat that takes its name from the homonymous Irish province and became popular in the late 19th and early 20th century and the paletot, built with six buttons, the two upper ones of which are alone decorative, and there is no belt, given the tight-fitting nature of the garment. In some versions it is long to the knee and in others it reaches up to the ankles. Two great timeless classics, to which the current trend keeps getting inspired.