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I've been looking for a summer jacket for about a decade. Always get the shape wrong. How do I know what would suit me?

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IHeartKingThistle · 16/06/2013 21:24

Seriously, how hard can this be? I feel the cold so I need a jacket but I just can't find one!

I would like to look put together with a touch of retro; in reality I do school run scruff in a parka with hair round the hood Blush. I'm 33, about 5'9'', loooong body, size 10, fairly broad shoulders. Too short jackets look stupid. Too long ones flap around and look like coats. Boxy collars make me look like an air hostess. I can't seem to pull off casual blazers. I hate jackets with breast pockets, I don't much like single zips. I'm not really a studs kind of person. I do love knitwear. That's about it. Oh and what the hell do you wear on top of a maxi skirt when it's a bit nippy?

Am I a hopeless case?

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IHeartKingThistle · 16/06/2013 21:29

Oh and I do like a hood. But it's not essential if it will make me look like I'm trying to look 14.

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IHeartKingThistle · 16/06/2013 21:53

Oh dear, I am a hopeless case...

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IHeartKingThistle · 17/06/2013 13:43

Had a look in the shops today and still stuck!

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FrugalFashionista · 17/06/2013 14:29

Are you an inverted triangle? Does this site help?

IHeartKingThistle · 17/06/2013 16:07

Ooh I think I might be!

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