Michelle,
I was just reading another coat thread that Boof had posted, and she put in some links to some really beautiful coats - one in particular jumped out at me, from Talbots.
So, went off to Talbot's Woman section of their website, and there are *two* coats there that I think might be real contenders - no expert here on the shape or type of collar that would work on you, we'll have to see what Angie thinks, but here's a couple of extremely nice coats to consider:
In the midnight, raven or red berry colour - I'm partial to the midnight for some reason. The raven is a close second and the red berry would be my third choice. "Raven" is a very dark teal colour. Anyway, here's one possible coat:
http://www1.talbots.com/online.....e=cat70012
Here's another, in either Red Berry or Night:
http://www1.talbots.com/online.....e=cat70012
I just remembered that my Mom ordered from Talbots Woman a few months ago - ordered two different trench coats and *loved* them. I know there wasn't a Talbots Woman in Vancouver - so she ordered online. I'll have to ask her how bad the customs/duties were. I think she said it wasn't too bad. Meanwhile, she ordered one trench coat, and was so pleased with it that she turned around and immediately ordered another one, in a different colour, once it went on sale.
Also, I see that Talbots says you can return to any store. Now, it might be well worth a phone call to see if that includes their Canadian stores. I know they have regular Talbot's stores in Canada, just not necessarily the Woman line. It might not hurt to ask if your local Talbots could order in some coats for you to try on. You never know!
I also went looking to see if Holt Renfrew had anything, or the Bay - but these retailers don't seem to have their online shopping set up at all. Very disappointing. I looked at Sears Canada website, and it was 'ho hum' in terms of coats.
Meanwhile, there's a very good plus-size store in Vancouver called "Fashion Addition" that I managed to get my Mom going to - they have some really nice things. I believe they also have stores in Calgary, but once again - the website isn't set up for online shopping.
Ok - enough of my rambling - just wanted to throw in those two coat possibilities :)