That’s another topic where you see how female logic works:
Our girlfriends / wives drag us to the stores “to keep us warm when it freezes”. So we choose a coat that does exactly that. And then they are unsatisfied with the outcome, because we don’t look fashionable.
Living in a warm climate wearing shorts year round, I’ve never really needed a heavy coat.
I bought a really expensive one for a 4 day trip to Japan in 2004. Haven’t worn it since, but it does look good hanging in my wardrobe.
In hindsight, maybe not the best purchase I’ve ever made.
Well, depending on what particular set of fact you’re inclined to believe, winter coats may or may not become ancient relics… not to put too fine of a point on it.
There will always be temperature differentials and altitude effects are always a thing.
When exosuits become standard wear then I could see the classic parka ending up in a museum of fashion.
Wonder how bug would look in one? An exosuit that is? What accessories would he go for? Nothing practical I bet.
Terribly topical for me today… wife just spent a couple hundred on a fashion coat for herself… I was walking in to work (at my office job) thinking I really needed a nice shearling coat… so I could brave the 100′ walk from my truck to the office door.
My wife made a ull-circle medieval cloak for me a few years ago. It’s warm enough to wear down to -2C over just a T-shirt and jeans. But it IS a male garment, and we’re medieval reenactors, and I do wear it when we’re at camping events. It is wonderful to wear at night around a campfire as the temperature drops – even in summer.
I blame the iPad (which is getting old and slow – kinda like me…) for making this stupid glass keyboard react slowly, and disappear in the middle of words. Then autocorrect kicks in and changes things without telling me. Bring back my IBM Selectric!
I have a half-circle cloak with issues, but it’s wool. And it fits over my baby bump. So it’s my current go-to if there’s rain (doesn’t go down to -2 like yours though).
My mother-in-law just made a full-circle cloak for my wife. Her existing, spring-weight cloak is over a quarter-century old — her mother made it for her in college — but it still looks great and wears well. But her mother decided that it was time for her to have another one, and made a heavy winter-weight cloak, out of a more formal, heavier wool with a fancier lining and cloak clasp.
Yeah. My mother-in-law cares about fashion, but respects us, so she wants us to be the best-dressed geeks of all the people we know. Fancy embroidered T-shirts with cool geeky quotes on them that she makes herself; formal-style circle cloaks; vests, shirts, and ties out of fabric with computer code or movie posters or superheroes on it … my M-i-L is kind of awesome.
I must be odd, then, because the last time I went shopping for a warm coat I stumbled across a wool longcoat that I primarily bought because it was a longcoat rather than because it was rated for extreme cold. It’s still warm, don’t get me wrong, but it was definitely style points that led me to pick that one.
I’ve got this one jacket that I just love – it’s got all this fake fur on the inside of the body and the hood and it is sooooooooo warm and cozy that I wouldn’t care if it made me look like a lazy clown on laundry day. Although, I don’t have too much of a reason to worry about my appearance in it anyway, because according to some friends it makes me look like a Bond villain, which honestly is pretty badass.
I’m half-and-half, myself. Got a couple really nice gaberdine-style coats, and a couple really dorky looking parkas. My favorite jacket is my favorite because it has lots of pockets. I mean, it doesn’t look BAD, but, yeah. It’s the pockets.
That’s another topic where you see how female logic works:
Our girlfriends / wives drag us to the stores “to keep us warm when it freezes”. So we choose a coat that does exactly that. And then they are unsatisfied with the outcome, because we don’t look fashionable.
Living in a warm climate wearing shorts year round, I’ve never really needed a heavy coat.
I bought a really expensive one for a 4 day trip to Japan in 2004. Haven’t worn it since, but it does look good hanging in my wardrobe.
In hindsight, maybe not the best purchase I’ve ever made.
You could turn the AC temperature down, spill some ice on the ground and invite your friends for a winter themed party.
That’s why I got a used coat on eBay – it’s warm but looks like something from the 1970s (bonus!)
Why would there be polar bears in your new coat?
That’s what I want to know.
Panel 2 makes me want to put on The Who. Specifically “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgubG-MOPT4
Great! While I thought the same thing… I didn’t have the song stuck in my head until now! #DammitJeff! …I won’t be fooled again!
Well, depending on what particular set of fact you’re inclined to believe, winter coats may or may not become ancient relics… not to put too fine of a point on it.
There will always be temperature differentials and altitude effects are always a thing.
When exosuits become standard wear then I could see the classic parka ending up in a museum of fashion.
Wonder how bug would look in one? An exosuit that is? What accessories would he go for? Nothing practical I bet.
This post calls for the universal post reply:
“…and vice versa?”
Terribly topical for me today… wife just spent a couple hundred on a fashion coat for herself… I was walking in to work (at my office job) thinking I really needed a nice shearling coat… so I could brave the 100′ walk from my truck to the office door.
My wife made a ull-circle medieval cloak for me a few years ago. It’s warm enough to wear down to -2C over just a T-shirt and jeans. But it IS a male garment, and we’re medieval reenactors, and I do wear it when we’re at camping events. It is wonderful to wear at night around a campfire as the temperature drops – even in summer.
Smart. FULL-circle. Saw that tyop after I hit the Post Comment button. 🙁
Smeg. FULL-circle. Saw that tyop after I hit the Post Comment button. 🙁
I give up.
You didn’t make any typos in that one. Huzzah!
Haha! Don’t sweat it.
I blame the iPad (which is getting old and slow – kinda like me…) for making this stupid glass keyboard react slowly, and disappear in the middle of words. Then autocorrect kicks in and changes things without telling me. Bring back my IBM Selectric!
I would be the forklift needs new batteries.
I have a half-circle cloak with issues, but it’s wool. And it fits over my baby bump. So it’s my current go-to if there’s rain (doesn’t go down to -2 like yours though).
My mother-in-law just made a full-circle cloak for my wife. Her existing, spring-weight cloak is over a quarter-century old — her mother made it for her in college — but it still looks great and wears well. But her mother decided that it was time for her to have another one, and made a heavy winter-weight cloak, out of a more formal, heavier wool with a fancier lining and cloak clasp.
Yeah. My mother-in-law cares about fashion, but respects us, so she wants us to be the best-dressed geeks of all the people we know. Fancy embroidered T-shirts with cool geeky quotes on them that she makes herself; formal-style circle cloaks; vests, shirts, and ties out of fabric with computer code or movie posters or superheroes on it … my M-i-L is kind of awesome.
I’ve always liked the bodyfat+layers approach. Way more flexible, both literally and conceptually.
I must be odd, then, because the last time I went shopping for a warm coat I stumbled across a wool longcoat that I primarily bought because it was a longcoat rather than because it was rated for extreme cold. It’s still warm, don’t get me wrong, but it was definitely style points that led me to pick that one.
First glance at the detective panel, I saw a trap door with a ladder sticking out instead of a body. My brain doesn’t work.
Your brain works just fine, friend. It’s flexible, and that’s a good thing.
I can see the trap door and the edge of the hole, but the legs won’t stop looking like just legs to me.
I’ve got this one jacket that I just love – it’s got all this fake fur on the inside of the body and the hood and it is sooooooooo warm and cozy that I wouldn’t care if it made me look like a lazy clown on laundry day. Although, I don’t have too much of a reason to worry about my appearance in it anyway, because according to some friends it makes me look like a Bond villain, which honestly is pretty badass.
I’m half-and-half, myself. Got a couple really nice gaberdine-style coats, and a couple really dorky looking parkas. My favorite jacket is my favorite because it has lots of pockets. I mean, it doesn’t look BAD, but, yeah. It’s the pockets.
Lead detective attire is best left to autumn anyway.