NewsFile: 3B6B Declassified Information Trench Coat Boosts Coolness by 60% Boston, MA. In a case study released last Friday by the US Council for Agriculture, trench coats, preferably black, boosts any individual's given coolness by a remarkable 60 percent. The trench coat was pitted against several other forms of outerwear in the search for the ultimate coat and/or jacket. The results were quite conclusive. While other coats and/or jackets had the ability to repel water, they tended to be bulky or heavy, restraining one's coolness. The obvious winner was the trench coat that increased the test subject's coolness by more than half. This is staggering compared to conventional outerwear, usually raising coolness by a slight 10 or 15 percent. The Council also discovered that brightly colored garments, especially those in neon pastel colors, greatly increase one's risk in dropping a possible 35 percent in coolness. In another shocking development, researchers discovered that the effects of the trench coat not only effect the coat's wearer, but anyone in the general vicinity of the cloak obtains a greater coolness of 25 percent. Surely, you can imagine anyone wearing a trench coat is extremely cool. In fact, parkas or down jackets, on the other hand, often tended to be disappointingly warm.