Winter coats/jackets

I like practical outdoor performance coats, and own several Branded ones from Regatta, North Face, and Nike.
My winter 'Going out' coat is a stylish Black wool coat that I have owned for a few years, originally bought from a Closing down sale, and a bargain at half price! My latest buy was Black hooded Parker with a Leopard print Fur trim and Lining, it's nice and long to cover my legs when I'm riding my Mobility scooter on a cold and set day, again bought from a Sale in the Yours brand Clothing store whilst I was on holiday last year.

A knitted tweed jacket, a pale pink formal coat, a lightweight navy mac type coat, a black bomber jacket that's quilted padded and warm with a faux fur collar, a burgundy cord short jacket from monsoon. I sold or donated about 6 other coats when we moved last year

Some lucky GNers here.

I've 3 coats that have sleeves long enough for me. Smart wool black one. Waterproof (over my bum) one with hood. Very old and battered Waterproof one (men's) with loads of pockets (I wear when walking dog or working outside).

At 6'1" I have to search everywhere to find one to fit. Aways on line. No luxury of wandering around shops, and trying armful of coats on. Thought I'd struck lucky with Landend and Seasalt with their TALL range but "no" their sleeves are not long enough.

I'm more of a cape person and own several in differing lengths and with and without furry collars

I do have a nice camel coat “for best” but a knee length puffa and a waterproof for every day. Plus various oldies for feeding the horses.

I love the extremely lightweight padded coats and jackets from Uniqlo. I have a long black one with a hood and two hooded jackets, one navy and one red, all about 3 years old. I also have a waxed cotton jacket from M and S which is about 10 years old and good for when it's not too cold, and an ancient black padded jacket, referred to by dh as a dustbin liner, which came free from the La Redoute catalogue about 30 years ago, which is useful for gardening and hanging out the washing. I don't have a 'best' coat as I don't really need one but the black padded Uniqlo coat is fine for most such occasions.

I have an Australian Dyzibone coat, think that is how it is spelled.

Apart from it, I only have jackets. A heavy weather anorak with inside pockets, a Canadian winter jacket stuffed with eiderdown, a lighter weight jacket in nylon with feather stuffing - it is bright yellow, so I am clearly visible on my bike.

I also have a leather jerkin and a suede blazer for summer wear (when it doesn't rain) and a waterproof jacket with hood and matching trousers, which is useful when cycling at this time of the year, or when we go sailing.

I have a great knee length black coat with a furry lining, so warm you have to slip it off in supermarkets; a purple padded coat for wet windy coasts and an ankle length cream wool coat for over evening dresses. - very elegant.

I have to acknowledge that I have far too many coats, and often several don't get worn at all in any given winter.
Long black and white tweed with stand up collar - a favourite.
Black velvet, very stylish, years old and seems to work for day and evening.
Camel, full length and warm as toast (go for it, KIM19, I'm a shorty too!)
Wax 3/4 jacket
Berry lightly padded 3/4
Grey puffa full length (VERY warm)
Navy lightly padded ( great favourite)
Long heavy dark green wax tartan lined mac suitable for football matches - or even hurricanes.
Cream light raincoat
Blue ditto raincoat
Elegant lightweight draped coffee coloured Wallis coat, vintage 1990, looks like new still.
Cream tweed knee length with matching skirt - love it.
Black fur lined raincoat - usually too hot.
I haven't even started on jackets....this exercise is convincing me that a trip to the charity shop is absolutely on the cards for January. Hope nobody has fallen asleep reading this!

I treated myself to a cashmere coat after I had my baby. I’ve still got it but it’s not been worn in a long time. My baby is now 35 yrs old. I don’t always get a new coat/jacket every year but I hang on to what I love.

I have a black Super-dry padded knee length coat which is wonderfully warm bought 3yrs ago, a Ted Baker cream/pink short coat that DH bought me for Xmas 2yrs ago, used for best but not used much this year so far (!) and a medium blue Regatta anorak with separate fleece lining which I wear when going for walks, which is about 11yrs old.

My oldest coat is probably about 12 years old. It's a heavy woollen one with a large red & cream houndstooth pattern. It was a Per Una second for which I paid £15 & almost every time I wear it, someone admires it & asks where it's from. I love it. At the other end of the scale I have a full length coat by Guinea, made of pure wool Yorkshire blue tweed with a mauve line check. It has a mauve velvet collar & cuffs, is very fitted with a vent at the back. It too is often admired, it cost a fortune but I rarely wear it as it's very posh & not very warm! DH bought it for me & it is good for the races! In between I have a M&S quilted zip up padded jacket, a Goretex jacket I inherited from my mum & a quilted navy Aquascutum jacket ditto. I actually don't really like wearing coats, I'm not a winter person - roll on Spring!

Too many to mention ?. Different ones for different occasions. My oldest has been handed down through the family, it’s a 3/4 sheepskin, but the woolly side is on the outside, back in fashion atm.
It’s completely wind and weather proof, I now know why sheep are not phased by bad weather!

I have a faux fur golden brown, well padded duffle coat which saved me from damage when I slipped on ice last winter, makes me look like a perambulating teddy bear, but I love it. 3/4 black and white tweedy wool coat for in the car. 3/4 faux snow leopard for dressy occasions, looks great over trousers or long skirts. Black calf length wool coat for funerals and sad occasions. Fleeces of varying styles for everythiing else.

Yes, paperbackwriter, your one the moths got was my dream. Remember struggling between that and a Burberry Mac. Mac won and I still have it in regular use 40 years on. Don't actually hanker after one any more but I remember the yearning. Happy days!

I've got quite a few, all several years old but I mostly only wear a couple regularly.
A 3/4 length brown tweed with velvet collar
A burnt orange boiled wool
A black fitted knee length with flared skirt
A black/grey tweedy loose fitted coat
A long brown waxed drovers coat
A black waterproof parka with fur trimmed hood
A black hooded puffa coat, very warm as its stuffed with down
A couple if fleece jackets
A long waterproof lightweight packa Mac
An ankle length embroidered wool evening coat ( rarely worn)
A short swing coat in black boiled wool with a swirly pattern, a favourite.
Can't remember any more although I know there are a few jackets lurking about.
The only ones I wear on a regular basis are the parka, the packa Mac and the black/ grey tweed loose fit one.

I love coats! I have two down type (but both eco, so probably not actually down- one Rab and one Haglofs; a North Face ski coat; a Paramo walking coat (the best investment I’ve ever made); a Howies gilet; a Seasalt Planthunter; a Gandys windcheater, and a sort of dress coat from Principals, which I rarely wear. My husband is very strict about one in, one out, after my coat collection took over. These are all worn fairly regularly, as I live in the Forest of Bowland and get weathered on a good deal .

I have a similar passion for comfortable shoes to cope with weather too.

I have a very expensive black formal cost I bought for my husband funeral this year. I charitied my other black coats then. I have a padded country jacket for drier cooler days, a lovely joules padded hooded coat for cold outings (not many this year) dog walking waterproof gear (2 jackets and waterproof trousers) plus a denim style jacket for the summer. Most are under 6 years old as I had a clear out (gained weight ).

My winter one is a roomy wool/mohair mix which I bought in a sale 20 years ago for £16. Big enough to cover plenty of woolies. It's showerproof too - you just shake it when you come in.
Summer - a yellow polycotton midicoat, from M&S 25 years ago. And now have an M&S navy jacket for in between days.
I don't like spending money on clothes these days - they're such rubbish quality.
A couple of years ago I bought some good Irish tweed and made a winter coat, I sometimes wear that though it looks a bit amateurish.

I have a beautiful deep red extra long Seafolly jacket from Seasalt. It’s my favourite, every time I wear it I get compliments. It’s very warm so winter wear only.

I've got 12 and I don't think that's too many for various weather/occasions. So now I've got to buy another two or give one away. What to do!

A navy with white spots raincoat plus hood, Milletts, a fleece, a very warm lined fleece with hood, 8e from a French market. Old, but serviceable M&S coat, it was waterproof once, light quilted jacket from Asda and a faux fur jacket, again from France, which I wear with a Fedora on rare occasions.

So many that I wouldn’t know where to start but time for the a visit to a charity shop I think.
I have a beautiful taupe colour coat which I bought in Paris many years ago now when we were staying with friends who were living there at the time. It has those very wide padded shoulders that went out of fashion years ago but I hang on to it and I like to take it out of the wardrobe and have a look at it every now and again.
Our lovely friend died last year.

I have a small number of coats. My most expensive I bought a few years ago in a local shop and when the buttonholes started to fray I went back and was told that 'Madam this coat is not meant to be worn every day!'. Needless to say they repaired the buttonholes.

08:16Beauregard I love Jack Murphy coats. They seem to withstand the elements really well.