I was looking for a smarter jacket that was still waterproof, and was recommended the ones from Protected Species. They're hugely expensive, so I will have to wait for a sale I think! They do look nice, though, but the only colours that really appeal to me of the one I liked (the shorter one) are either the black or the white. And I have mostly black coats already for other seasons.
But I've had white coats/gilets before, and some of them seem a magnet for dirt, and some of them are utterly fine! And I don't know how to tell beforehand- must be something to do with the type of fabric. The gilet I have now always gets a filthy looking neck from any makeup or anything on my jaw, it gets a mark from the leather from bags worn on my shoulders or across the front, it picks up seat belt marks, the under arms get black looking from dark clothes underneath, it gets newspaper ink transfer if I carry one, etc. Way worse than previous white coats/gilets.
So I'm wary about another one - but yet when they don't get dirty so easily, it's a really nice light colour for a jacket.
I'm also not sure that the short one is long enough, but the long ones seem too long for me (I'm quite short - but I do often wear tunic type tops to hide my shape a bit, and those then stick out of the bottom of jackets, which I am not keen on). I can't really tell if this one is long enough for that or not.
Does anyone have any of their jackets - are they really worth the price? I hope they do have sales at some point!
Does anyone have the white version of any of them, and can tell me how easily it gets dirty with just normal every day wear? (I know you can wash them, but not every few days!). thanks.