Montecore Size Guide

Does Montecore Run Big or Small?

Neither. Montecore is true to size. Every product at Union 22 carries the Regular Fit indicator, so order the size you normally wear.

Montecore is an outerwear house, and outerwear that is cut regular has already been drafted to go over a knit. A jacket sized to your chest measurement will close over a jumper because that is what the pattern assumes.

Worth saying because the instinct with a winter coat is to go up a size for the layers. Do not. Sizing up a down jacket gives you a coat that hangs away from the body, which looks wrong and works worse: down insulates by trapping air against you, and a jacket with too much space inside it is a colder jacket.

The Union 22 Fit System

Every product page at Union 22 carries one of three fit indicators. It is an instruction about sizing, not a description of the style:

Montecore Size Conversion: Jackets, Coats & Parkas

Montecore sizes on the Italian scale, where the number is roughly your half chest in centimetres. Every piece at Union 22 is listed with both, for example EU 50 / L UK.

Measure your chest under the arms across the fullest part, over a shirt rather than bare, since that is closer to how the coat will actually be worn. Tape level and not pulled tight.

We buy Montecore through the middle of the run. Most pieces start at an EU 48 (Medium) and finish at an EU 52 or 54. If you need a Small or something above an XXL, message us and we will tell you whether we can get it rather than leaving you to guess from the selector.

Montecore Trousers: Waist Conversion

Montecore trousers use Italian waist sizing, which is your UK waist plus 16.

Measure around your natural waist where the trouser actually sits. The trousers are a small part of what we carry from Montecore, which is an outerwear house first, so the run is narrower than on the jackets.

Detachable and Reversible: Does the Construction Change the Size?

Montecore builds several pieces that are effectively two garments, and the question is always whether that affects what to order. It does not. Take your normal size on all of them.

The same applies across the range, whether the piece is in the powder-touch technical cloth, a virgin wool quilt, a suede-trimmed shell or the ZEGNA silk stretch fabric. The materials change what the jacket feels like. They do not change what size to take.

What To Do If You Are Between Montecore Sizes

Take your normal size. Montecore grades in even sizes only, so there is nothing between an EU 50 and an EU 52 to fall into, and the regular fit means your usual size is the answer.

Do not size up for what goes underneath. A down jacket works by trapping air against the body, so the loose one is the colder one, and the longer parkas in particular lose their line when they are too big.

If you are genuinely on the line between two sizes, message us before ordering. The longline parka is the hardest of the range to judge from a photograph.

Still Not Sure? Ask Us.

About Montecore at Union 22

Montecore is an Italian outerwear house and that is how we buy it: down jackets and parkas in coated technical cloth, virgin wool quilting, suede-trimmed shells, reversible pieces and jackets in ZEGNA silk stretch fabric, with a small number of trousers alongside.

Every piece is listed with both EU and UK sizes and the fit stated on the page, so the sizing answer is there before you need this guide.