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Can I have opinions on this raincoat please?

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:28

Stylish yet functional, or just a bit dull?.

Have we had a stylish raincoat with a hood thread yet this year?

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:29

Not in the pink - I'm thinking Expedition Green.

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tethersend · 15/08/2010 11:29

I've just been a bit sick in my mouth.

piratecat · 15/08/2010 11:30

bit frumpy for me

moondog · 15/08/2010 11:31

It's a minger luvvie.
Sorry.
Very 'I'm popping into Marks for a triple pack og giant knickers then off home for a nice cup of tea and a bourbon.'
And there is no such thing as stylish with a hood.

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:34

Damn you all. You're bloody right. And I do fancy a bourbon.

There has to be a stylish with hood coat out there. There was last year and the year before that, but I didn't need one then - this is one of those perennial thread things. It's only a matter of time before someone tells me to search teh archives.

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piratecat · 15/08/2010 11:35

yes, it's the hood thing isn't it, you immediately loose style points when you look like little red riding hood, a nan, or a 4 yrs old lol!

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:41

I will persist. I will prove you all wrong - I NEED a hood because umbrellas and their eye-poking potential scare me, plus I lose them.

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noddyholder · 15/08/2010 11:45

this is lovely irl

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:45

OK - this?

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:48

This?

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:49

Noddy - I dunno. Would I not look like Morph?

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noddyholder · 15/08/2010 11:49

Second on only looks good styled as it is in the photo V unlikely you will be dressed like that day to day!

noddyholder · 15/08/2010 11:50

My friend bought one last year in a grey colour and it is a great shape on and looks expensive and stylish believe it or not!Whay about uniqlo?

piratecat · 15/08/2010 11:52

i was going to suggest a parka, i have one and I think the hood is ok with it. It's no good as a waterproof coat, but it's shower proof, and the hood is massive!!

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:52

This is an exercise in what not to buy - WTF were they thinking?

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noddyholder · 15/08/2010 11:53

this?

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:56

ooh Uniqlo - how about this?
Thank you!

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piratecat · 15/08/2010 11:57

another parka!!

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:57

X post - right, I have a contender :o.

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noddyholder · 15/08/2010 11:57

great minds

piratecat · 15/08/2010 11:58

why can't i see the bottom of the picture of that parka?

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 11:59

piratecat - I do like that, but I'm 44 and fretting that that's a young person's coat (the same applies to my ASOS ones earlier). I don't want to look like mutton, or like a frump.

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noddyholder · 15/08/2010 11:59

God I am 44 and have a parka Shock

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Hassled · 15/08/2010 12:06

Sorry - I've lost all sense of perspective re what's appropriate clothing and suspect I do look like mutton much of the time. And today I look 44 going on 50.

Many thanks everyone for your help - I think I'm going for the Uniqlo :).

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piratecat · 15/08/2010 13:57

I am 41 and have quite an army type looking parka!!

I love it, i had one when i was a mod yrs ago!