In Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch's character wears a Belstaff Milford Coat - a heavy, wool tweed overcoat first made in the 1920s and inspired by the late 19th Century great coat.

Coat tales: Sherlock Holmes is famous for his cape-like coat, but the true aficionados know Withnail’s wardrobe In Withnail & I, Bruce Robinson’s 1987 black comedy about two out-of-work actors ...

Nathalie Atkinson: Sleuthing style The Inverness cape coat and deerstalker hat are to Sherlock Holmes what high waists and heaving bosoms are to Jane Austen. It’s the shorthand. Even when he ...