The Fashion Thread... personal tastes, musings, and recommendations

Robbie G said:
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Do want...a snip at £580.
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I have this jacket, but in beige/cream. It is awesomely warm, and like wearing a duvet.

Be warned, it is far too warm to wear this coat in temperatures about about 5 degrees C. Between 0 and 5, you only probably need a t-shirt underneath.

Picture from 5 years ago :o

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Careful with fakes of Canada Goose stuff though. The fur on the picture you've posted doesn't look that "full"....?
 
Can someone spec me a denim shirt that would go with black worn jeans and a pair of old Doc Marten boots pleeease. I have never worn denim other than jeans so don't really know where to start. I saw a picture in Shortlist magazine of someone wearing a denim shirt, dark jeans & boots (the shirt may have even been open with a t-shirt underneath) and thought it looked great so I thought I may take the plunge and move away from just t-shirts all the time! Unfortunately I can't find the magazine or the article on a web for it & I can't remember what the shirt was like.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
Sounds like a name just to drive up the price.

If its really for extreme weather it would come with a hood.
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Canada Goose is what they wear at McMurdo station. If you watch anything filmed in the Arctic or Antarctic, they will invariably be wearing a Canada Goose jacket.
 
Seeing as winter is approaching, I have just bought the following.

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I'd like to get a good pair of good quality boots as well. I'm looking at the Wolverine 1000 Miles, Red Wing Iron Rangers and Alden Indies. The trouble is, all of those three are made in the USA and have a massive premium when bought in the UK. Anyone know of any UK equivalents to those?
 
Robbie G said:
I just found it amusing that you completely miss the point of any coat that doesn't look like it was designed with a gok wan social function in mind.
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I know it keeps warm, but I love the fact that you buy into these terms - technical.

It's a good functional jacket that keeps warm, designed with modern materials with good insulation.

That's what it is, the actual material is all man made and doesn't cost that much in reality, you are paying for the engineering behind it and lets be honest, and name the company built for itself.

That's what is amusing, you brought into that aspect, the PR part as well as the warmth it provide and I am for arguing it isn't a good coat. You call me buying superficial jackets, trust me, I don't walk around in deep winter in a silk shirt because it looks good, if a coat isn't warm for the condition, I am not going to buy it.
 
I don't know if it applies to the Chilliwack, but the larger parkas made by Canada Goose are used because they are the best. They are tested rigorously for things like air leaks and so on because wind getting in through a coat in the temperatures these coats are designed for you could quite easily get frostbite.

If it were just a branding exercise, you'd be able to buy functionally equivalent jackets at half the price of less. As far as I am aware, you can't.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I know it keeps warm, but I love the fact that you buy into these terms - technical.

It's a good functional jacket that keeps warm, designed with modern materials with good insulation.

That's what it is, the actual material is all man made and doesn't cost that much in reality, you are paying for the engineering behind it and lets be honest, and name the company built for itself.

That's what is amusing, you brought into that aspect, the PR part as well as the warmth it provide and I am for arguing it isn't a good coat. You call me buying superficial jackets, trust me, I don't walk around in deep winter in a silk shirt because it looks good, if a coat isn't warm for the condition, I am not going to buy it.
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You're making it abundantly clear that you've never worn nor needed to wear a jacket like those that Canada Goose make, which is fine, but just because you can't understand the benefits, it doesn't mean they don't exist.
 
Edrof said:
So, I'm thinking of rocking the tweed jacket in my wardrobe this winter. Yeah, you heard me.
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Now that is cool.

I haven't forgotten your tendencies towards abysmal bedwear by the way but there is nothing wrong at all with a tweed jacket. Pretty awesome things.
 
MrFeathers said:
Why attacking Raymond? This is a fashion thread, not an arctic survival equipment thread. The coat looks rubbish, that's what he was commenting on.
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Not really. Fashion just means popular, which Canada Goose is. It's also a high quality coat that will last for a very long time. Fashion can be functional too, and it's not really for you to define the boundaries of this thread as that which you define as fashion.
 
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