Similar coats are a symbol of learning in Argentina, where they are worn by students.

In Tunisia and Mozambique, teachers wear white coats to protect their street clothes from chalk.

In Italy, the bourgeoisie of Milan and Rome have made a point of spending winter days dressed in characteristically German Loden overcoats.

Because, when I told her I was going out to play with the kids, I was going door to door in the neighborhood to collect coat hangers to put in the basement to sell.

It was criticized for glamorizing violence, because, look sunglasses and those long coats, and, of course, they could walk up walls and do all these kinds of things that are impossible in the real world.

While a few women wear it with a subdued djellaba, and others with their everyday modern suits, skirts and coats, a startling number of young Moroccan women combine the hijab with figure revealing blue or black jeans, elaborate glittering belts, modern sexy tops and designer sunglasses.