Please, don't make me wear a parka

[honeyisle]

I live in Toronto and finally bought a long parka last year to deal with the commute to work (I have to take public transit, and the GO bus is almost always late which means i'm waiting for 15 - 30 min in the freezing cold). I thought it was hideous, and still get embarassed when I get on the subway in it, but it's WARM. It goes to mid calf. I got long boots on under my pants, incredibly warm hat, scarf, gloves (not too warm, need to get the leather pair from Marks' Workwearhouse... not as stylish maybe but very very warm) and I just look in amazement at the other people waiting for buses in their teensy jackets and no hats. I hate the cold though, and just about everyone makes fun of me when I break out all this stuff atleast a month earlier than anyone else. It's been a warmer winter than normal, so I probably could have gotten away with my regular coat, but I've been stuck outside in a quick onset of freezing weather enough times that I don't risk it anymore.

I make up for it by having atleast one gorgeous wool coat in my closet. It's just not too warm. I take it out of the closet every now and then and look at it with admiration though.

Here in Montreal it's -27 today and I'll be damned if I sacrifice warmth for cuteness. No one on the street is noticing how you dress because there too busy crying to themselves and running to get inside. I have a triple 5 parka that I got 2 years ago, and it's sleek and incredibly warm(if that's possible).

 

[Moni]

I would die without my parka
if it´s really cold what else should I wear?
I wish I could have one for my nose too B)

 

[Boluda]

Wow we need to bring this thread back to life!

Anyone know of nice warm parkas for winter?

Thanks!




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[Jenna-maria]

I have been wearing parka coats like ... 10 years now.
And here in Finland, we have horrible winters and winter last about 6 months, so I rather dress up and stay warm than wear some teeny tiny jacket and layers over layers.
Parka coats are cute and I am all for parka.
Wool coats can be little cold to be wear when it is -30C as it has been couple weeks now!!!!!!!!
and I will never ever ever touch in fur.
So, parka is my one and only choice.
Oh and parka coats are also super comdortable and they are rooy enough for chunkyer knits etc.

I never actually understood people who walk around in thin layer of clothes when it is super super super cold...not even hat on! wierd and stupid.

and that parka Carine is wearing is absolutely disgusting. Ew.

 

[snowqueen]

I still adore my parka I feel so grungey in it its my rain coat, practical and cute..!

 

[Boluda]

Carine? Huh?

Ya I'm in Canada so that's why I was asking.
I need a nice WARM coat, possibly an alternative to Canada Goose. Something less sporty.

Anyone?

I have been wearing parka coats like ... 10 years now.
And here in Finland, we have horrible winters and winter last about 6 months, so I rather dress up and stay warm than wear some teeny tiny jacket and layers over layers.
Parka coats are cute and I am all for parka.
Wool coats can be little cold to be wear when it is -30C as it has been couple weeks now!!!!!!!!
and I will never ever ever touch in fur.
So, parka is my one and only choice.
Oh and parka coats are also super comdortable and they are rooy enough for chunkyer knits etc.

I never actually understood people who walk around in thin layer of clothes when it is super super super cold...not even hat on! wierd and stupid.

and that parka Carine is wearing is absolutely disgusting. Ew.

 

[GinAndTonic]

I'm in love with parkas. I got one from Topshop that i got over a year ago. And even if parkas are not the most glamourest outfit there is, I find them cute too (and "cool"!).

 

[greengrassia]

Wow we need to bring this thread back to life!

Anyone know of nice warm parkas for winter?

Thanks!


maybe you can check a.p.c site. i got a nice army green one from there recently and i wear it basically every single day. it's not that sporty, quite sleek in design, actually.

i believe comfort is the ultimate luxery, and i really love my parka

 

[ultramarine]

I agree, they may be fug, but they're warm ... I do not wear mine often (living near the Equator) but whenever I got up to the mountains when its cold and rainy its nice to be warm (as you can see from this pic, the squirrel agrees, too!)

from my facebook.com page.

 

[ChiStreetStyle]

I prefer the parka/anorak to the black puffy sleeping bag coats that take over Chicago during the winter. At least they're usually colored, rather than just straight black. I prefer the military green ones myself.

 

[Boluda]

ooohhh i think i know which one you are talking about, it's very nice!

do you by chance have a pic of it?

Wow we need to bring this thread back to life!

Anyone know of nice warm parkas for winter?

Thanks!


maybe you can check a.p.c site. i got a nice army green one from there recently and i wear it basically every single day. it's not that sporty, quite sleek in design, actually.

i believe comfort is the ultimate luxery, and i really love my parka

 

[softgrey]

parkas are ubiquitous on the streets of NYC at the moment...

anything with a fur trimmed hood in fact...

 

[Retro]

I found a rather nice looking good quality parka at gap sans the puff factor and fur trimmed hoodie

gap.com

 

[greengrassia]

parkas are ubiquitous on the streets of NYC at the moment...

anything with a fur trimmed hood in fact...

same here, especially the woolrich ones. i thought it quite pricey, how can everyone affords it like that? it almost become a street uniform, like everyone is from woolrich school or something

i remember last year i had this inexplicable desire for wearing a parka. but this year not so much. i'm feeling more for feminine shaped outerwear at the moment.

 

[softgrey]

I found a rather nice looking good quality parka at gap sans the puff factor and fur trimmed hoodie

gap.com

anything sans puff and sans hood with fur trim is not a parka...
*see the beginning of this thread...

a parka is the kind of thing one wears on an arctic expedition...

 

[softgrey]

here is the woolrich one...
they even call it this---
Women's Arctic Parka
Style:15130
$349

from woolrich.com

 

[Boluda]

Hm, is it really that cold in NY?!

 

[Not Plain Jane]

Refinery29 just released a feature on parkas.

http://www.refinery29.com/stylish-warm-parkas-winter-fashion?utm_source=email&utm_medium=editorial&utm_content=everywhere&utm_name=120107-chic-parka-coats

 

[Boluda]

^
Thanks for that!

I like the Woolrich arctic parka...but the one shown on Refinery is quite different from the one on Woolrich's official website (and on Softgrey's photo).

http://otteny.com