How many winter coats do you have?

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For as long as I can remember I have always had a smart wool coat and a casual water resistant puffer style as the absolute minimum. Right now I also have a fleece jacket, a waterproof poncho and a ridiculously impractical but joyful jacket thing.
I need to replace my wool coat and my husband is surprised that I need to and that I can’t rely on what I have. (He’s not being a d*ck and I don’t need to LTB). For context I do hybrid working and do need to look smart often but not always, I also like to wear a smart coat if I am wearing a nice outfit for dinner etc.
So… how does this benchmark and am I being excessive??!

Black for many reasons but for funerals? How many funerals do you go to?

So many I cant even count. I'm in my late 50s. Some are old. All are great
At least 6-7 black wool/cashmere for starters.
Wrap dressing gown style
Fitted military style
Cashmere cocoon style
A thicker dressing gown style
3/4 straight cut
3/4 belted style
Funnel necked style

Then there are several camel/cashmere
A couple of navy wool
Khaki wool

Three tweedy/checked
7-8 insulated puffer

Trenches in different colours and lengths

On and on

Just one for me 😀

5 long coats I think and lots of jackets

I always had eg a rain coat that had an inner coat and then like that a good coat (to look nice and be warm when it wasn’t raining!) and a puffs jacket. Now I just have a rain coat. Ugh. New life goal- buy a pretty wool coat!!

I have 6 including rain coats, puffer coats and wool coats. I got my 7th today - a gorgeous dark green cashmere coat.

Ten or thereabouts. Every time I count I remember another one. I'm not counting fleeces or heavyweight hoodies

"Black for funerals
Shearling for cold weather
Tweed for everyday
Posh tweed for socialising
Duvet coat for general running around
Think I'll buy a camel coat this year

Black for many reasons but for funerals? How many funerals do you go to?"

@angstypants - Im Irish we tend to go to funerals of everyone we know even tangentially - Also I'm of an age where - lots of people's parents are passing on as well as aunts and uncles.

I have a weakness for coats, so about 20, but a few are in the size below my current one 😬😳

One very warm, waterproof puffer style coat. This is my warmest coat which I can wear when it’s very cold or wet and I’m walking in the elements.
A black wool coat for best.
A duffel coat with a fur hood for next best.
A waterproof dark green coat for when it’s not quite cold enough for the first coat.
I also have a lightweight puffer style coat without a hood for when it’s not raining and above 8-10 degrees.
A waterproof navy coat for warmer but wet days.
Plus a lightweight windproof summer coat.
A leather jacket
A pashmina/woollen shawl which I use for when I’ve been swimming in winter.
Plus a couple of blazers/suit style jackets.
I do walk a lot though.

5 coats ( not including jackets)

Two; a thick warm weatherproof parka with deep pockets ( my scruffy everyday winter coat) and a nice wool fitted knee length number for " smart" or those fresh dry winter days.

They are both khaki, my go to neutral.

2

Lots! Given I live in the UK I wear a coat most of the year so it’s a better cost per wear than my summer clothes which didn’t even get worn this year!

I have 4 from pre COVID, I never go anywhere so they are redundant really

3 puffer type in different colours
1 sleeping bag type
1 hoodless barbour
2 gilets
2 leather jackets
Several lightweight rain coats
1 smart 'wool' coat

Obviously too many but some are years old!

I have my summer winter coat (fleece lined and waterproof) and my winter winter coat (ankle length down water-resistant duvet coat). I gave up owning any outerwear that’s not water resistant because it’s always bloody raining.

1 smart coat
1 long waterproof puffer
1 gilet for when it's chilly but not freezing

I like a smart coat when I go out too, the gilet or puffer would ruin the look, defo get yourself a new smart one

More than I need but some are years old.

2 short puffas in different colours
2 quilted in different colours
Fleeve lined raincoat
Long puffa
2 woolly bobbly ones.
Fake leopard print
1rubberised jacket
2 parkas

Not bought new one in ages

Two.

One is a long warm hooded puffer coat thing and the other is a north face raincoat with a zip in fleece.

I really don't get the need for any more 🤣

And wool coats - where's the hood?! What good is a winter coat without a hood?!!

I only have four coats- a cagoule type thing, short denim jacket, short fake leather jacket & a full length puffer type thing. Not sure why people need so many coats 😂

I also have three blazer/suit type jackets for work but don't really see them as coats.

I have quite a few but have also got rid of quite a few in recent years.

Now I have three wool coats, black, light colour and a tweed one.

One main puffa coat for proper winter.

A couple of wool jackets to wear with trousers in autumn, so not full on winter coats.

A mac, but I always get chilly in those.

A light coloured fluffy type thing, cropped, I don't even know what that is.

I don't count blazers/thin jackets as these are not coats!

I don't get the 'hood' thing because I don't have a dog and I have an umbrella, so I wouldn't be walking so much in the rain as some people- when I did walk outside a lot, I did have a walking jacket.

I get a lot of wear out of winter coats as I prefer to wear lighter things underneath and throw on my big winter coat, I'm already wearing the tweed one. I'm not a big fan of large jumpers and then a coat, too much bulk and feels restrictive.

You know you can get a waterproof spray if you love a coat but don't want it to get too wet. It won't cope with being saturated but is fine for everyday popping in and out of places. I spray my wool coats. Many puffas aren't waterproof either.

I hate that so many smart coats now are not wool but horrible thin polyester which is not warm. I only buy second-hand ones for this reason!