Can you have TOO many jackets and coats?

Cilleena

I think I have a jacket/coat habit, like a lot of people have a shoe habit. I used to only have a jacket or coat for each season or type of weather I may encounter. Just 1 for each type of weather I may encounter. Now, I'm finding that I want several 2 or 3 for each type of weather, so I have a variety to choose from to suit my mood and outfit as well as the weather. It feels kind of weird to think, hmmm, what coat/jacket do I feel like wearing today, instead of , well it's chilly, but not freezing, that means my denim jacket. Or, hmm, it's raining, that means my 1 raincoat or maybe the shell to my ski jacket. I've got quite an arsenal of coats now and I feel like I want more. Am I nuts? How many coats or jackets is too many?

14 years ago

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chewyspaghetti

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I don't think it's nuts to have more than one type of each jacket. It's very smart, if you wear them all!

14 years ago

rae

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Yeesh, I have tons of jackets, and we don't usually have much in the way of weather where I am. o_0 So I vote, "No, you can NEVER have enough!"

14 years ago

Lisa

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I think part of this depends on your seasons. I run 4 seasons and have lots of weather to contend with. This means lots of coats.

Snow (both down, one very long puffer, one short puffer)-2
Just cold (wool or wool blend, 2 long and one short)-3
Leather-1
Rain (one Underarmor and one trench)-2
Rain but warm-1

And then there are blazers which act as my outerwear on cool fall days. Maybe 15 of those?

14 years ago

Angie

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Not if you have the climate, which you and I do.

With my Seattle clients, I never put the brakes on boots, knitwear, jackets, scarves and coats. Now is the time I have to restrain myself and clients because we do NOT need a cupboard full of warm weather clothing. Everyone is already saving for the NAS in July

14 years ago

Heather

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NEVER!!! *cue villianous laughter*

14 years ago

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I admit jackets and coats became a thing for me once I discovered them. I bought my first blazer in 2005 and haven't looked back. I think once I realize the 'completer piece' as Stacy and Clinton refer, it opened a whole new world to me. Before that, I was much like you, the winter/ski jacket and the lighter denim or sweatshirt. Funny how we could just mentally overlook the biggest article of clothing that we'd don almost every day for an entire season, huh?

14 years ago

Carole

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I live in the Pacific NW so I consider coats and jackets like a top and are always on my shopping list! No, you (and I) can't have too many jackets!

14 years ago

thimblelina

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I would say if you wear them all you are enjoying them all... I have 3 pieces of outerwear -- a short moto puffer for xcountry skiing, a long softshell sport trench for walking or cycling, and a new trench for city wear but I could see adding 1 or 2 more even in my mild climate. And I currently have 4 jackets (one still coming in the post... maybe today... yay!) but the more I hang around here it seems to me that I could easily have a dozen that served very different purposes if I were to sit down and make a list of all the dream looks I might want to concoct. And like Mo said, it really is the completer of outfits. In sales I think they call that "the closer." Don't want to skimp there! L.

14 years ago

Kim

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Since that's what most people see of me in the fall/winter/spring I don't think you can have too many at all! LOL That being said I'm culling now from the winter as there was a few that never got worn even once. Maybe I *do* have too many....(Gasp!)

14 years ago

minerva

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I don't know if you can have too many coats & jackets, but I know I've got quite a collection myself and I'm very happy with it 3 seasons out of 4, I have to wear a coat or jacket every day and it's a very 'visible' piece of clothing so it's nice to be able to adjust them to your mood, just as most people do with the rest of their clothes!

14 years ago

MsMaven

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When we lived in Los Angeles I had one or two jackets and no cardigans. Here in the Bay area I can't have enough. I wear jackets all year round--even in mid-summer it usually cools off in the evening. Again, no matter how warm it is, a trip to SF for an event means taking along a jacket in case.

At times I think I have too many jackets and promise myself not to buy more. That's when I usually see a cute one that I can't live without. I'm never sorry I bought one of these.

14 years ago

Cilleena

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Well, sounds like I'm going to have to ask my hubby to build me my own coat closet downstairs!

14 years ago

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