Camel is the color of a specific type of
overcoat known as a
polo coat or
camel-hair coat. In a 1951 ''
Collier's'' magazine fashion article, it is said camel colored polo coats are proper to wear in the summer, in the country and in the
U.S. South, but
navy blue overcoats are proper to wear in the city and in autumn, winter and spring. ==See also==