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Dubai doesn’t do rain often, but when it does, it pours. The region is currently mid-drench, and whether you’re navigating a flooded parking lot or stepping off a plane into a grey London morning, the answer is the same: be prepared, and look good doing it. From Burberry’s lightest-ever gabardine to a Tom Ford raincoat that could double as a crime scene, here’s everything you need to stay dry without sacrificing an ounce of style.
Raincoats
Tropical Gabardine Trench | Burberry
Burberry invented gabardine in 1879. For its 170th anniversary, the British institution returns to the fabric in its lightest form: tropical gabardine, woven at the Burberry Mill in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and engineered specifically for warmth and humidity. The Kensington, Waterloo and Fitzrovia trenches are all here, alongside the Camden car coat and a cropped Mayfair jacket for women that brings a sharp tailored edge to the lineup. Think stone beige, pale sugar pink, graphite grey, silhouettes that have been perfected over a century and a half, now made light enough to actually wear when it matters.
Re-Nylon Hooded Raincoat | Prada
Prada has always had a talent for making utility feel expensive, and the Re-Nylon raincoat is a perfect case in point. Built from Econyl®, a regenerated nylon yarn made from recycled ocean plastic, the coat carries genuine sustainability credentials without making a fuss about it. The silhouette is oversized and hooded, the finish is clean and minimal, and the small enamelled triangle at the chest does all the talking it needs to.
FW26 PVC Raincoat | Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann
Haider Ackermann’s debut for Tom Ford was many things… sharp, seductive, slightly unhinged, and its most talked-about moment was a clear PVC raincoat pulled directly from the Patrick Bateman playbook. Nods to American Psycho ran throughout the FW26 collection, but this was the piece that landed.
Tartan Showerproof Poncho | Barbour
Not everything needs to be a statement. Sometimes you just need something that works, packs down small, and won’t make you look like you panic-bought it at a petrol station. Barbour’s tartan showerproof poncho has been doing exactly that for years, an integrated hood, a matching stuff sack, and the kind of no-nonsense reliability the British countryside has always demanded. It’s not the flashiest thing in this list. It might be the most useful.
Umbrellas
Cashmere Umbrella | Loro Piana
Loro Piana treats an umbrella the way most houses treat a coat, as an object worth obsessing over. The canopy is spun from cashmere, built in three layers and sealed with a Storm System® membrane for serious water repellency, all finished with a smooth maple-wood handle.
Ralph’s Coffee Umbrella | Ralph Lauren Home
The interior canopy carries a green-and-white floral motif drawn directly from the wall coverings of Ralph’s Coffee shops, the kind of detail that has no practical reason to exist and is better for it. A bamboo handle, the signature Ralph’s Coffee logo on the exterior, and the quiet confidence of someone who coordinates their accessories with their morning order.
Boots
Zip-Detailed Boots | Brunello Cucinelli
The rain is, if nothing else, a reasonable excuse to buy a very good pair of boots. Brunello Cucinelli’s zip-detailed style is made from 100% calf leather in Italy, which is to say, made the way things should be made, in a place that has been making them that way for centuries. The zip detail keeps it from being too earnest. The calf leather keeps it from being anything less than serious.
