Suz,
How about this one from American Eagle (I think there is a store in Kingston where you can at least try it on):
http://www.ae.com/web/browse/p.....1b2166becc
I found this article helpful:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/D.....story.html
This other article has lots of links towards the latest trends in puffer jackets in Canada:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/l.....story.html
Hope this helps in some way.
I know first hand how hard it is.
I got very frustrated. I figure for 3 months a year, we wear the same ultra insulated coat, it HAS to be good, no, I mean excellent. For years I have had to deal with being cold with a wool coat, or swamping downs, Michelin Tire look, Spongebob look, or Spongebob look AND being cold. But it's not just that: it's also having to wear the same boots that go with that coat (and are warm enough too!), then having to wear the same things underneath because coats do not go with everything.
This year I got very lucky, my husband got me a Canada Goose one (my Christmas gift in advance). Yes, it was expensive. But when I add up all the failed purchases of lousy coats from the years before, not to mention the pain of having to wear them, and I compare to the price, it is well worth it. Well, that is one argument. But the other is that I think a warm down jacket or coat absolutely is a basic in our climate, not just something you add on when there is a breeze. Their forbidding costs make it so that we cannot have more than one, lest we are millionaires.
Below are picture, it is in the "XS".
Yes, the trim is real coyote fur. But in this case, as it often is, it is 90% from road kill. The other 10% are from from first nation communities traditional hunting (as opposed to farmed animals).
Yes, it's black. I too was trying to avoid it. But unfortunately in XS, that's all they had (or another longer coat in red, XXS, which was just a bit too tight).
In the end I am most pleased with it as the cut is so flattering and it is indeed super comfortable.
I'll try to post pics with my older puffers later so you can see the difference.
Cheers!
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