https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:47:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408940 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:08:46 +0000 Irina 2408940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do have a lot of outwear because I don’t drive and need appropriate clothing for various weather conditions. Most of it old, from my working days.&nbsp;<div>I wear my preferred colors all seasons. Mostly, my spring/fall/early summer coats are in two lengths.&nbsp;<div>1 midi quilted coat in green<br />1 hip length quilted jacket in black<br />1 unlined wool midi coat in dark olive<br />1 hip length unlined wool jacket in navy<br />1 cropped unlined wool jacket in brown<br />1 midi cotton trench in dark green<br />1 midi unlined cotton trench in camel&nbsp;<br />1 hip length cotton jacket in mint<br />Also, some light short jackets in cotton and linen.&nbsp;</div><div>When it gets warmer, I wear some linen and tropical wool blazers as jackets. Plus, a rain shell and packable, lightweight Uniqlo puffer for travel.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408938 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:16:16 +0000 Jenni NZ 2408938@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really interesting seeing all your coats. We need a lesser range of coats here. Yesterday in the rain I put my very non-fashionable raincoat that I have owned since 2004, from a sporting goods store, over my outfit to run into a medical centre from the carpark. I need more jackets and cardigans for the different temperatures, and I wear similar colours no matter the time of year as I don’t feel the quality of the light changes that much between autumn and spring? Different kind of light down here in the Southern Hemisphere?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408918 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:20:01 +0000 RobinF 2408918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Generally same coats in spring and fall. I don't have a lot of them because it is a very short season here in Michigan. I have a couple of light weight puffers that I wear for warmer winter days and for spring/fall. I also have an oversized white denim jacket (wore today for the first time this spring!) and a raincoat and a few vests. They are all good for transitional weather. In the summer I wear cardigans for cold mornings and evenings and AC. Spring is coming - I can feel it!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408909 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:38:13 +0000 Kate 2408909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have outerwear for all seasons and temperatures because I love outerwear and absolutely can’t stand to be cold.</p> <p>Some pieces overlap seasons, which is fine. I love having lots of options. I have one small closet solely for outerwear, so I can always see my collection in its entirety. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408705 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:21:16 +0000 Suz 2408705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, yes, I do wear the same coats/ jackets in spring and fall, but with exceptions. Summer is a separate category.&nbsp;</p> <p>Like <b>Angie</b>, on the cold spring days like yesterday/ today, I am wearing my winter coats! I'll wear my lilac wool in cold spring (March) or my long blue wool coat or one of the light puffers.&nbsp;</p> <p>On cold fall days, I'd be more likely to reach for the blue or reds.&nbsp;</p> <p>As things warm up into true but still cool-ish spring, my choices are: leather trench, leather moto, or sweaters with a raincoat over top.&nbsp;</p> <p>Once it's warmer, as well as for summer AC or cooler days/evenings, it is denim jacket or linen jacket or a light tweed jacket. The raincoat is oversized so can go over these if required.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408702 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:11:31 +0000 lyn67 2408702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I usually cannot wear the same jackets/coats for Spring and Fall for the sole reason of the wrong color. I always crave different colors or shades for the 2 transitional seasons: muddy and dustier for the Fall and clearer and&nbsp; brighter ones for Spring. For ex. I do have butter yellow, light blue, cream, off white, taupe, blush, bl&amp;w plaid coats (pleather motos, trenches/raincoats, thin puffers, denim or blazers) for Sping and charcoal, burnt orange, ink, deeper-warmer tan or taupes,&nbsp; chartreuse plaid and even plain black for the Fall.&nbsp;</p> <p>I seldom use a topper in summer, but I like to have a range of choices when I feel like using one. A cotton/linen blazer or a light lacey cardi can do me great favors (prefferable in cream/white or dark brown) But to my own surprise my most loved topper last summer was a very sharp tailored and structured olive green army look (such a great unexpected juxtaposition, isn't it) short coton jacket- just loved it on coller mornings/evenings over EVERYTHING!</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408694 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:38:38 +0000 Sal 2408694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In late autumn, winter and early spring I wear wool coats or light puffers. In spring and autumn bombers or blazers usually suffice. Summer is all over the place and I can go weeks without a topper and then need a layer for a week. I could wear my raincoat at any stage of the year!!</p> <p>Light puffers are very popular here. They are worn all year and much more prevalent than anything else. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408689 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:45:47 +0000 Carla 2408689@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>JAileen&nbsp;</b>wins with: “I have jackets like the Inuit have words for snow.” &nbsp;<br /><div><br /></div><div>DH belongs to that club! &nbsp;</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408675 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:06:35 +0000 Angie 2408675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Spring can be freezing - like yesterday! - and I wear Winter wool coats, puffers, and beanies at the beginning of Spring and throughout Winter. As it warms up, I switch to trenches and jackets. I wear the same jackets and trenches in the Autumn :)</p> <p>My arctic Canadian puffer only comes out when it snows.&nbsp;</p> <p>I wear my brown sherpa aviator in the Autumn and Winter only - not Spring.&nbsp;</p> <p>I have lots of transitional jackets because we need them in the PNW! Motos, raincoats, light puffers, '70s jackets, tweed jackets, blazers. &nbsp;We can wear them well into June and July. I also wear some in Winter layered under coats. And I wear them in Autumn!&nbsp;</p> <p>My denim jackets, and tweed jackets I wear only in the Spring and Summer. A/C is cold so I wrap up inside. It can be chilly walking by the water where we live too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408674 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:59:29 +0000 JAileen 2408674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>Our normal temperatures this time of year are about 30F in the morning, and 60F in the afternoon. &nbsp; Like KKards, I have a jacket for every temperature. &nbsp;I have jackets like the Inuit have words for snow. &nbsp;I don’t have Spring vs Fall jackets, though, I go by conditions. &nbsp;</p> <p></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408668 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:33:50 +0000 LJP 2408668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to have a jacket or coat for every temperature /precipitation fluctuation possible . &nbsp;However, age and common sense finally kicked in and I've narrowed that down to what I have room for. &nbsp;Yes I do wear the same outerwear both Spring and Fall - among them an ivory boiled wool long shirt jacket from Aritizia and a cinnamon quilted cotton long coat from Steve Madden . Both are at least 7 years old and going strong. &nbsp;My raincoat is black , and I also have a cotton blend &nbsp;mackinstosh style beige coat from COS that get worn 2-3 times a year. &nbsp;I don't love my black raincoat and always wish it was a different colour, but it's such a perfect style for me that I roll my eyes and bear it. &nbsp;I was another who commented on Suz's white jacket and wish I had such a thing for this time of year. &nbsp;Today I plan on wearing a brown corduroy Ralph Lauren pea coat that I scored second-had a couple of years ago . The weather cooperates about twice a year for it, lol. &nbsp;</p> <p>Jackets in summer might be a fleece or zip-up hoodie = worn mostly at the lake or on evening walks at home .&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408665 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:08:08 +0000 Aquamarine 2408665@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have some lighter *colored* jackets for spring, and darker for fall. I also tend to wear more casual jackets in the spring…track jackets, wind breakers. My leather jackets get less wear in the spring because they are darker colored and I am so over it by then, lol. So I guess I have different jackets for the bridge seasons—even though I could wear them equally.</p> <p>I tend to wear denim jackets in the summer, at nightfall when it gets cooler, or in restaurants.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I need jackets for 4 seasons here in New England. I just accept it and I do have storage room.</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408663 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:10:00 +0000 Star (Lise) 2408663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also like SUZ's idea re a white puffer for this time of year. The light in the sky says it is Spring but the temps do not. I also switch from my knitted wool beanies to cloth toques. I wear these toques in Fall as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408660 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:52:45 +0000 kkards 2408660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok not going to lie. I might own different outerwear for every temperature. &nbsp;One thing I can not stand is being cold, just can not.&nbsp;<br />so this is pretty much what I wear when it’s between 45F/10C and 70F/21C. &nbsp;Sometimes alone, sometimes layered&nbsp;<br />in the summer, it’s fleece and denim. I do have a super lightweight raincoat&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408658 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:43:12 +0000 Carla 2408658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL! &nbsp;<b>Star&nbsp;</b>and&nbsp;<b>Sisi</b>, I just posted on&nbsp;<b>Suz’s&nbsp;</b>thread that I put away my heavy puffer and started wearing my spring/fall coats and jackets with heavier sweaters underneath! &nbsp;</p> <p><div><br /></div><div>Spring coat/jacket wearing is about 6 weeks from the end of March, through April, and into early May. &nbsp;Fall coat/jacket weather is November. &nbsp;(Winter is December through March). My observation is that spring tends to be wet, whereas Fall tends to be dry. &nbsp;I have a pastel coat with the properties of a raincoat that gets worn heavily in spring, and much less in the fall. &nbsp;Otherwise, I wear my transitional season coats and jackets in both spring and fall. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>For summer, I have a blue denim jacket and a tropical weight wool blazer. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>I feel like leather and suede is for fall, though I don’t currently own a leather jacket. &nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>I like&nbsp;<b>Suz’s&nbsp;</b>idea of having a light coloured (white) puffer for late winter/cold spring, when dark coloured puffers feel too heavy visually. &nbsp;Something to think about!</p> <p> </div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408657 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:47:41 +0000 Lisa 2408657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear bombers, vests, and fleeces for transitional weather. Usually layered over a graphic tee ( short or long sleeve depends on temperature). I also really like layering these styles over plaid shirts. I have a faux suede jacket that also works well. Columbia fleeces work really well for our cold mornings warm afternoons and my casual style. </p> <p>I used to wear trench coats and mid weight nylon coats in spring especially on rainy days and days I went in to an office daily but they don’t really fit my current lifestyle so I’ve edited them out over time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408654 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:53:53 +0000 Star (Lise) 2408654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SISI I just commented to my DH yesterday that we are experiencing Cruel Spring. I do keep out a shorter puffer. I only remove the heaviest longer two. I also have a medium weight anorak type jacket with a hood that usually gets worn until the end of May. I do have a bad habit of being 'overly ambitious' by ditching my deep winter items too early every year. Wishful thinking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408653 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:32:36 +0000 Sisi 2408653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Star, I store my puffers away not before June! Seriously. I learnt this the hard way many years ago. This system works well for me. I know too well how "mean" our Spring can be! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408652 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 06:09:04 +0000 Star (Lise) 2408652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like SISI (we cross posted) and i have similar needs. I have a linen blazer supposedly for summer, but it is always too hot for a layer. Then it is not warm enough when the weather suddenly changes.</p> <p>I had moved my heaviest puffer out of rotation only to find I had to get it back for early mornings! I was planning on wearing heavy knits with lighter jackets but the current cold spell is just too cold. I'm staying in my sneakers though, done with boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408651 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 06:06:30 +0000 Star (Lise) 2408651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No jackets in summer and the same jackets for Spring and Fall. I have many. The reason being the jackets I wore in winter in Johannesburg are suitable for S/F here on the Black Sea. That said I have different ones for Early Spring/Late Fall and Late Spring/Early Fall IYKWIM. The breeze factor by the water means I need some type of jacket for 10 months of the year. Coats are for winter. Does this make sense? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408650 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 06:00:20 +0000 Sisi 2408650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear the same coats (and puffers) in both Spring and Fall. No need of coats in our hot and sultry Summers, I only have two lightweight jackets ( one cotton, one linen) that get worn just for a few days, when the temps are still ... reasonable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/coats-for-sf%e2%80%a6#post-2408649 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:39:26 +0000 Carla 2408649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>…or just for spring and just for fall? &nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>How do you deal with transitional weather? &nbsp;Do you wear the same coats and jackets for both spring&nbsp;<i>and&nbsp;</i>fall - or do you have different coats for the transitional seasons? &nbsp;What about summer? &nbsp;Are coats a ‘thing’ for you in summer? &nbsp;</div> </p>