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Canada Goose…
Worth the dosh? Overrated?
Recommend and better or similar quality brands for less $$$?
Overrated imho. I used to have a CG vest but sold it because of the stigma attached to the brand. It’s jokingly referred to as Canada Douche, which doesn’t help. Brand image aside, their down parkas are supposed to be incredibly warm so take my comment with a grain of salt. Last I heard CG was taken over by Bain Capital a few yrs back and then their prices shot way up.
What are you looking for specifically? I’m sure there are others who can give a more informed opinion.
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Fwiw, I recently bought a Patagonia down jacket for milder temps. I like the company’s mission statement and their commitment to the environment. Unless you’re going to the Arctic you won’t need a heavy duty parka imo
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What are you looking for specifically? I’m sure there are others who can give a more informed opinion.
Unless you’re going to the Arctic you won’t need a heavy duty parka imo
The wife wants a parka… She's sees my wardrobe, she's been to Gosport a few times now, she's talked to Haraki san... She's grown tired of needing a new coat every year, because they either fall apart, or go out of style.
We tried to get her into an IH piece, but at 5'0" tall, she was still downing in an XS.
And, though we're only in England, she THINKS we're in the Arctic, lol
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Next week the high will be -10 and the low -23.
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What are you looking for specifically? I’m sure there are others who can give a more informed opinion.
Unless you’re going to the Arctic you won’t need a heavy duty parka imo
The wife wants a parka… She's sees my wardrobe, she's been to Gosport a few times now, she's talked to Haraki san... She's grown tired of needing a new coat every year, because they either fall apart, or go out of style.
We tried to get her into an IH piece, but at 5'0" tall, she was still downing in an XS.
And, though we're only in England, she THINKS we're in the Arctic, lol
Hey @UnTucked
Canada Goose have excellent styling and real coyote hood linings. They look fantastic on ladies IMO.
That said, we shopped Canada Goose, Moncler, and all the other upmarket down jackets for my wife and ultimately settled on a Marmot, specifically the Montreal: https://www.amazon.com/Marmot-78570-Womens-Montreal-Coat/dp/B076ZK79L2
It is an excellent coat, flattering, and she absolutely loves it. Furthermore, it doesn't attract unwanted attention and if it were to disappear at a coat check or one of the dogs were to rip the face fabric jumping on her, it's not the end of the world.
Granted, not a parka, but an excellent option for a lady wanting to stay warm.
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Canada goose seems to be the current thing on everyone in the U.K at the moment. I find it hard to believe that all these people are dropping that amount cash on a jacket. So leaves me to be believed they are being faked.
I dunno what your budget is but have you looked a Visvim valdez?
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Have you looked at Uniqlo seamless down? They have seems, so not sure about the name. For the price they can’t be beat. My wife just got one and after my mom saw it, she got one as well. Not sure how long they will last, but so far so good.
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If you are buying down, you really need to check the way the down is harvested from the ducks/geese…
Yeah, I did some research yesterday.
Apparently down collected from live geese/ducks is the best, but obviously there are ethical issues with plucking living animals…
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Canada goose seems to be the current thing on everyone in the U.K at the moment. I find it hard to believe that all these people are dropping that amount cash on a jacket. So leaves me to be believed they are being faked.
London is full of cheap fake CG coats, I have zero sympathy for any damage it does to their brand .. absolutely appalling track record of animal cruelty, Peta have been after them for years..
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Have you considered putting extinct collaborations in Extinct?
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@EJS:
Canada goose seems to be the current thing on everyone in the U.K at the moment. I find it hard to believe that all these people are dropping that amount cash on a jacket. So leaves me to be believed they are being faked.
London is full of cheap fake CG coats, I have zero sympathy for any damage it does to their brand .. absolutely appalling track record of animal cruelty, Peta have been after them for years..
Agreed. The Regent Street store is constantly demo'd. CG is huge in Essex, and widely available in high street shops. Everyone driving an Audi seems to wear them. Think about the cost…how many people think nothing of paying out for a full sleeve tattoo. Not much difference. There are a lot of clueless but loaded people out there.
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One for the crew and those with good knowledge of clothing history…
Why low rise cut jeans? I understand that some find them aesthetically pleasing, but as a Work wear item of clothing they are completely impractical and uncomfortable. I can't bend over without exposing 6 inches of naked flesh on my back, or sit down. Why????
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@Stuart.T Wikipedia to the rescue! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-rise_pants
I particularly enjoyed learning about the unsuccessful 2004 attempt to ban low-rise jeans in Louisiana. I did a little digging–as this sounded kiiinda like BS--and sure enough, House Bill 1703 apparently had support from 39 and was opposed by 54. Supposedly it needed 53 to pass, so it really wasn't crazy close. Even more research revealed that the state legislator behind the bill (somewhat surprisingly to me, a democrat) was apparently sentenced in 2010 to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. So maybe his real concern with low-rise jeans was the lack of hiding places for wads of ill-gotten cash.
It is, as they say, a funny old world.
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Low rise are perfect for fixing leaky pipes under the sink.
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@nurunuru thanks for that. Thankfully I tend to be sagging rather than whale-tailing.
It does still beg the question, why do Japanese and US heritage based denim/work wear brands persist in making jeans with rear rises lower than 16 inches? Just fashion and populist taste?
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I believe rise height has varied historically a great deal. Even today’s so-called high rise models wouldn’t have been considered high a century ago. There’s also a huge difference between going for accurate re-production, and tipping your hat to older designs.
Just to give the issue even more nuance, jeans stopped being solely work wear around 1950, and jeans didn’t have meaningful taper or even slim iterations until after that. They’ve been subject to fashion and populist taste for a long, long time.
