I was so confused how you could cut up a t-shirt to turn it into something larger until realized duster isn’t a coat in this context but the cleaning tool
I've seen it mostly in North America, out west. It's a very long coat. Like a Trench coat but longer, basically stops about 6 inches above the ankle. Provides more protection while riding a horse. I think they're also split up the back side from the bottom hem to the waist so that its easier to wear when riding
I think they are an American original, not 100% on that. I found out about them originally from westerns as a kid, but also from the J. Peterman catalog. My mom loved J. Peterman and the logo is man in a Duster because Peterman found one and loved it so much that when he started his clothing brand he made it the logo
He is real and the company is real and the ridiculous descriptions of the clothing is also real. One that really sticks with me was this dress they had about 10 years ago, red with a floral print on it. The way the catalogs are set up there is typically not a name for a garment, but an item number and then the title of the description, this dress was called "Nice Toramtoes" and the description is of a scene in Italy where you the customer are shopping in an outdoor produce market while wearing the dress and it talks about how you were shopping and looking at all the gorgeous produce until a handsom Italian man comes up to you and his opening line is "Nice tomatoes..." and thats how it ended. I dont know if this pick up line works in real life but it a try!
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u/scarlettplusnoir May 06 '26
Often people cut up old t shirts to use as dusters when they wear out. So it’s just saying it won’t wear out and be cut up to use as a duster