Is there such thing as a really warm wool coat or are all warm coats puffy type coats.

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I have a few puffy coats and I like them but when I go out wearing a dress, I have to put a puffy coat on top of the look. Not quite right. But yet, I do need a warm coat.

am watching this with interrest. Was on the verge of buying a barbour wax coat but didn't have my size and now wondering if it would keep me warm (especailly at the price :o )

Been out with the kids today in the park (sunny but cold) and was freezing and wondering what i should be wearing for the best

I think wool coats can be warm as long as they're thick and have a high wool content. A lot of supposedly wool coats are ridiculously thin and unwooly.

This Lands End one looks promising:

Thanks Phaedra. so if I look at the wool content of a coat and it's 10% then it's not going to be warm....... right. Thanks for the reminder. I gues I knew that on one level but i'm so unused to wool coats now I'd forgotten that.

I like that landsend coat. It's nice. It would not look wrong over a dress and tights and smart shoes. I will have another look at the details of it now.

Wow. that Landsend one is 53% wool! So that would be warm?? I think that that beautiful muted red coat from coast that another poster linked to last night, that was gorgeous but it was 10% wool. The difference in two 'wool coats'.

I have some wool and some cashmere coats but none of them are warm enough to wear in very cold weather. I really only wear them in autumn and spring. In winter I wear down or faux fur. I have a few fur coats that I have collected over the years, they are fantastically warm and more glamorous than a puffer

I have a wool coat but if it is cold I always wear my puffer coat as it is so much warmer. I suppose it feels like the difference between going to bed with a duvet or a blanet.

Yeah faux fur, that's an option! I would like that.

I just looked at the details of the beautiful red coast coat and apparently it's 10% cashmere, 70% wool and 20% nylon, so it has a high wool content, but you can tell from looking at it it's just too thin to stand at a bus stop waiting 15 minutes on the 3rd of January (random date there()

I have a 50% and a 70% wool coat and neither of them are warm enough for really cold weather.

I have boden boiled wool coat which I got in the sale last year. It is super warm hth

just found this one on landsend too

I like it. It's not the coat of my dreams but it has a high wool content and they actually go ahead and make the claim that it is warm in harsher weather conditions. That I like.. :-|

I go for faux fur for dressy night timeoutfits. Marks have a great mid length black one for seventy quid at the moment. Dont be put off that its Marks...I have had lots of compliments.

I bought a wool/cashmere mix Nicole Farhi coat a few years ago.

Alright it was ££££ but it's absolutely like toast as wells and feeling light to wear. I love it.

I am currently in my H&M faux fur jacket (£34.99), so I'm a mix and match sort of girl. I bloody love this jacket too.

I have a jaegar wool/cashmere coat which is very warm. It was expensive, but I bought it in the sale

I will check now and see if h&m still have some faux fur coatsx. thanks.

I love this

I'd feel like Elizabeth Taylor in this well a bit anyway

I wear wool and wool/cashmere blend coats in the winter and am always warm enough (I suffer with Reynauds too so feel the cold easily). I do think you get what you pay for. I have had wool coats from cheaper high street stores and they have been nowhere near as cosy as my Paul Smith and Maxmara versions.

One aspect about them which I love is that I always feel chic and pulled together when I wear them......no matter what lies beneath!

I have a nice wool coat I have been wearing for years and it looks lovely and smart, but no, I'm not very warm. Brr.

What did people do before puffa coats?

I think wool coats were a lot thicker in the days before puffa coats. My grandmother had a woollen coat in her wardrobe from "back in the day" which was so heavy it was an effort to lift it.

Try TK Maxx and aim to get a good label for what you would pay for a High Street coat.

Sheepskin jackets are the thing for really cold weather and snow.I've had a Paul Costelloe one for years that i drag out every winter.Also i have a heavy wool german duffel from TK Maxx that is really warm and a really light and warm down coat bought last year again from Tk's.I think its important to buy really good quality coats as they really are made to last.

I second sheepskin, far warmer than any other coat I own.

I think you must be right Phaedra. I had a jigsaw coat in about 1997 and it was really warm. They STILL have a similar one and I'm wondering if it would be as warm now.

I don't like the lack of a collar in that Lands End coat. It's lovely otherwise, nicely tailored.

I agree that the wool content is the important factor when choosing a coat for warmth (and durability). A belt around the middle goes a long way too, or a shaped waist that keeps the wind from whistling in amongst you. I have a red (possibly wool mix, there are no labels or tags anywhere that I can find) coat that I bought second hand that has a thermal lining in the back, and that is one warm coat.

I also second the TK Maxx suggestion. If you are in the US any time there is a discount chain called Burlington Coat Factory where you can find good quality coats and jackets (many designer brands as well as high street type items) for far less than department store prices.