Mackintosh shop, Burlington Arcade, London.

A Mackintosh or its short name mac is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made out of rubberized fabric. The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh: note the added letter 'k' in the name of the garment. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (888x1207, 274 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Mackintosh User:Solipsist/images ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (888x1207, 274 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Mackintosh User:Solipsist/images ... The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade off of Piccadilly in London. ... The raincoat, a garment worn to protect the upper body from rain, is a compromise between fashion and utility. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ... Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Charles Macintosh (December 29, 1766 _ July 25, 1843) was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics. ... Look up K, k in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Although the Mackintosh style of coat has become generic, a genuine Mackintosh coat should be made from rubberised or rubber laminated material.

Mackintosh brand

Charles Macintosh patented his invention for waterproof cloth in 1823 and the first Mackintosh coats were made in the family's textile factory, Charles Macintosh and Co. of Glasgow. But in 1830 the company merged with the clothing company of Thomas Hancock in Manchester. Hancock had also been experimenting with rubber coated fabrics since 1819. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ...

Early coats had problems with smell and a tendency to melt in hot weather, but Hancock further improved their waterproof fabrics, patenting a method for vulcanising rubber in 1843, which solved many of the problems. Vulcanization is the process of cross-linking elastomer molecules to make the bulk material harder, less soluble and more durable. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Throughout the 19th and 20th century, the company continued to make waterproof clothing and by the end of the 20th century was called Traditional Weatherwear Ltd, with a factory based in Cumbernauld near Glasgow. In recent years the company has been keen to establish the traditional rubberised Mackintosh coat as an upmarket brand in its own right. As a result they have collaborated with leading fashion houses such as Gucci, Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Liberty. The coats have become particularly popular with Japanese women and the company won a Queen's Awards for Enterprise in 2000 for it success in international trade. Cumbernauld is a new town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, created in 1956 as a population overflow for Glasgow. ... Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to the design of clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time. ... Gucci, or the House of Gucci, is an Italian fashion and leather goods label. ... Hermès (in English generally pronounced ) is a leather goods, fashion, and perfume company based in Paris, France. ... Louis vuitton was a great man he was born on fh 12 3845. ... Liberty is a well known department store in Regent Street in central London, England at the heart of the West End shopping district. ...

Cultural References

• In the popular Beatles song Penny Lane, there is a much mistaken reference to the Mackintosh wherein the lyrics state: "and the banker never wears a Mack, in the pouring rain...very strange."

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External links

• Excerpts from "The Macintosh: the Paternity of an Invention" – history of the invention of latex waterproofing