Yard Act have joined forces with Manchester based independent clothing brand Blue Flowers to launch a new limited-edition line of clothing. AdvertisementA variety of new items have been launched for the collaboration, including a staple of the band’s early days: a trench coat. I started writing it when I realised what the trench coat had come to symbolise,” the singer said. “There were multiple people who had gone to fancy dress parties as me, wearing just a trench coat and glasses. “The first trench coat I wore belonged to Ryan and I took it off the coat rack before the first gig we played.