'Billy Liar' (UK sitcom from 1974) S02-E03 'Billy and a Birthday'. Elizabeth Lax ('Sheila') in a shiny red C&A PVC mac.

[rothbhoy]

Cor, the crackling/rustling noise of that shiny red PVC mac gets my pulse racing!

That's definitely PVC (I don't think it is PU), but I wonder what the plasticizer is?

Where can one find traditional raincoats or puffer jackets/bubble coats made from ultra-shiny and crackly PVC like this? In shiny red or shiny black?

All the contemporary shiny or wetlook puffer jackets are made from a non-PVC material and are nowhere near as shiny as this, nor do they make the same 'crackling' noise. Only PVC, made in a certain way and containing a specific plasticizer, makes this noise and is shiny to this degree. Is the 'formula' for this ultra-shiny and 'crackly' PVC lost to history?

This 1974 sitcom was years before I was born, and I wish I was born in an earlier era so that I could enjoy PVC in its 'heyday'.

Yeah, the noise is quite wonderful isn't it?

[rothbhoy]

i love this c&a raincoat and nice video

Thanks raincoatgirl - glad you enjoyed the episode. So sad that C&A closed all their shops in the UK - I believe that some are still going in various countries though.