I LOVE the Derek Lam coat and the navy leather Le Pliage. The RM Regan is a nice shape, but those tassels would drive me nuts!

The quilted RL coat jumps out at me as very "you" -- looks like a good weight and length for PNW winter. Oh, and you managed to order the Aquatalia boots?!

I would wait on sweaters -- the hoodies look good to me, but the others are not very exciting for the price. The good knitwear always comes later in the fall, IME, with the "holiday" collections.

Another vote for cashmere on the coast! My cashmere hoodies are in constant rotation during our rainy season. Angie’s picks are dead accurate—surprise, surprise—for a PNW winter.

My only suggestion would be to consider choosing a light neutral for your outerwear instead of a dark. Two reasons: spring starts in February and lasts until May so it’s nice to have a lighter color during those months. And, second, a light neutral is much more visible when you are on foot during the darker, rainier months. Pedestrians wearing black and dark navy are invisible in the shadows and rain glare of dark, wet December day.

Gaylene, hence I have a hundred bright coats

Thanks for all these insights, all. I love the idea of a lighter coat/ trench but have yet to see one that appeals -- might have to wait until spring for that, which is fine. I do have my lavender wool coat (yay!!) and a cranberry wool coat. Would love a red rain coat or a white one.

Thanks for affirming cashmere will be good in Vancouver. My budget did not extend to cashmere last time I lived there.

LaPed, I ordered the boots from the US to a US address.

Joy, I don't have the plaid Kuts yet -- it will take a while for things to arrive here.

Suz just chiming in to say that I wear cashmere year-round in the Pacific Northwest! The heat has broken a bit here in Seattle and I am wearing a (lightweight) cashmere cardi as I type this.

I also thought the Ralph Lauren coat looks extremely you!

This is a good NAS for cashmere! I always love reading your selections and often follow-up on your choices because they also suit me coloring-wise. You have a wonderful sense of your own style and what looks good on you.

I think the RL coat would be really good on you.

I’m loving your selections. For those Blondos, love them, but do you need to size up 1/2 size or full size? I’d be paying the duty and taxes so wouldn’t want to get it wrong.... thanks.

I am not sure -- I haven't ordered the Blondos yet. I might not order, either. Might wait.

I truly think you will use that quilted coat in the summer in Vancouver! Today for example, it’s going down to 11C. Brrr!

I’m really hoping you can snag a pair of those blue Aquatalias!! Go Suz!

11 C -- NO!!!

I am enjoying real summer here in Ontario!!

And in May when I was in Vancouver, it was gorgeous and hot!! June can be iffy out there though -- lots of fog. I guess they are getting it in July, too, this year.