Expert advice for every Canadian season
Somewhere around your third February in this country, you learn the lesson every transplant eventually learns the hard way: a hip-length jacket is a bet you keep losing. The wind doesn’t care about your gym membership. It slides right up under a short hem, wraps around your thighs at the bus stop, and reminds you … Read more
A wool winter coat for women is an outer garment made from wool or a wool-blend fabric, designed to trap body heat while resisting wind and light moisture; it typically falls between hip and mid-calf length and is worn over regular clothing as the primary defence against cold weather. That’s the textbook version, anyway. The … Read more
Let’s be honest: nobody falls in love with a long puffer coat. You fall into one, usually in late November, usually while standing at a bus stop wondering why your “warm enough” jacket from three winters ago suddenly isn’t. A long puffer coat is a knee-length or longer quilted outer layer filled with down or … Read more
Standing in a store aisle staring down a rack of shiny nylon puffers on one side and structured wool overcoats on the other is basically a Canadian rite of passage. A puffer coat vs wool coat for winter decision usually comes down to this: puffer coats trap heat using synthetic or down insulation sealed between … Read more