ABC journalist wears same coat during Paris terror reporting, is mocked on social media.

Ladies when you are reporting from the front line of a major unplanned breaking news event, I hope you remembered to pack a variety of coats.

The ABC’s Europe correspondent Lisa Millar didn’t.

She has been in Paris, covering the terrorist attacks. Based in London, Millar would have had scant notice to get to Paris, and barely any time off work in the days that followed.

But none of those details mattered to one keen news watcher, who took Millar to task for her coat.

@LisaMillar Don’t you think when time permits a visit to “David Jones” for a few more clothes might be a priority?

— stephen blackman (@stephenblackma1) November 24, 2015

Beyond anything else, he does realise she’s in Paris right? Hot tip Stephen: They don’t have David Jones. Millar replied with a simple “huh?” so Stephen decided to double down.

@LisaMillar Da…the same jacket…report after report….I’m sure you follow… — stephen blackman (@stephenblackma1) November 25, 2015

Yep. Apparently, this is still a thing.

You might remember that Nine’s Karl Stefanovic spent a year wearing the same suit to work, and no one noticed.

Millar wore the same coat for two weeks while away from home covering arguably the most important breaking news event of the year, and someone still wanted to take her to task for her clothes.

She was not having it.

@stephenblackma1 Funnily enough I didn’t have time to shop. Mental note to self – pack better when covering breaking news tragedies

— Lisa Millar (@LisaMillar) November 25, 2015

Other reporters were also quick to jump in and defend Millar.

@tomsteinfort @LisaMillar @stephenblackma1 I’ve been wearing the same jacket since Friday 13th. We barely had time to eat some days.

— Hugh Whitfeld (@hughwhitfeld) November 25, 2015

Stefanovic, who was in Paris in the aftermath of the attack for the Today show, also wore the same coat while reporting each day from the French capital.

Same one.. https://t.co/lkz0wsBxFW — Karl Stefanovic (@karlstefanovic) November 25, 2015

And what of the coat – a reporter’s best weapon against the encroaching European winter, working hard every day for two solid weeks? Millar made sure it got some rest. 

The offending black jacket taking time out on the chair after Twitter frenzy @JamesMcHale @FlipPrior @sister_ratched pic.twitter.com/qoNWGktQgA — Lisa Millar (@LisaMillar) November 25, 2015

Hopefully she has too.