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Style for the Season TSV 24/10/23
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i Actually like a big hood, they're hard too find most have these tiny hoods that hardly fit over your head, let alone keep you dry!I actually bought a padded coat from Dunnes* for £25 about a week ago. It is ultra light weight, even has a bag you can roll up and carry it with your own body heat helps warm it up and shower resistance. Yes, it is warm same wearing a heavy padded coat. Oh, and the best thing is the hood is not massive I can actually walk without having to pull it back, so I can see where I am going. Pet hate is hoods, which on most coats come down below my eyes when up. I feel like a mad monk.
Dunnes are an Irish chain in the Republic and up in N.I.
You're not wrong there! My winter puffa jacket has got a fur trimmed detachable hood, and yes when the fur gets wet it's a claggy drippy mess so I always have to put a brolly up. The hood only stays up properly when you secure the two poppers at the front which is great in really cold and windy weather but otherwise it's pretty useless as the zip that attaches it to the main body is too short. This makes the hood flop around and slip off all the time. I've also had the ones that stick out too far which is fine until you go and cross the road, look right, look left and all you can see is fabric! I also agree about the drawstring ones, they look ridiculous on everybody and your face gets wet. I've got a lightweight hooded puffa (not that puffy) and the hood is attatched and it's slightly elasticated and it's the best of a bad bunch for staying up, but sadly it's showerproof not waterproof. You can't win!Designers never get hoods right. If they're fur edged and it rains, its like having a wet dog around your neck. Some are too wide so when windy you're hanging on to it, and like Donna says some cover your eyes so impossible to see. Then there are the drawstring edge ones, that when drawn tight make you look like your on an Aunt Sally stall - and then rain runs down your face in inclement weather.
As for this winter's puffa coat offerings, it's the usual sludge colours - black, wine, olive, brown, grey. and navy if your lucky. I want light colours to raise my spirits! I want yellow, lilac, pink, pale green, pale blue - and yes there is winter white in some styles. Years ago black wellies were the norm (except Hunter green), then there came an explosion of riotous colours (I own a pair of Croc bright yellow), so if Wellies can do it, why can't winter coat manufacturers.
My though exactly.If the sleeves detach won’t the join eventually leak?
Lands' End coats are excellent. What I would say (Squall coat owner here), if you have a larger bust or broad shoulders you may need to size up from their size guide. I followed it initially and the coat was gorgeous but too tight in the armholes and chest. Returned and sized up to perfection. I got caught in an icy rainstorm and every bit of me covered by the coat was warm and dry. My feet and lower legs were soggy as heck though.Have you looked at the Land's End site? I've been wearing their coats for years and they still look like new. Good quality, warm and they last.
Agree with everything. I bought my daughter a waterproof down Land's End coat one Christmas many moons ago and she didn't wear it for ages (not modern enough for her) but then the weather broke and she had to walk a mile to the train station and back every day, and her exact words were, "The Beast From The East is no match for my coat." She wore it all that winter and it's still her standby when the weather is awful. All mine have been bought on sales after winter and the savings are good.Lands' End coats are excellent. What I would say (Squall coat owner here), if you have a larger bust or broad shoulders you may need to size up from their size guide. I followed it initially and the coat was gorgeous but too tight in the armholes and chest. Returned and sized up to perfection. I got caught in an icy rainstorm and every bit of me covered by the coat was warm and dry. My feet and lower legs were soggy as heck though.
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