Winter coats/jackets

I ve got a parka for on my cycle lovely big hood and warm as a duvet ( always had parkas or duffles) and then a really stylish River Island coat from the charity shop for £8 which I love and use as my best coat I really like that one, when I say best I mean for everything apart from cycling and work I don’t mean put away for a special occasion I don’t have one of them because I don’t really have special occasions ?

I bought a Jack Murphy riding coat when we got our first horse. I have worn it almost daily for 17 years. The zip is going now but it definitely doesn't owe me anything.

I tend to buy lightweight jackets as I can add layers under them as I please. I don't like to feel or look too bulky in padded jackets. Olive green or navy are my favoured colours.

My best coat is a long charcoal Windsmoor wool coat, about 15 years old. Very rarely worn, but it will come out tomorrow for a funeral.

I’ve got several jackets of different weights for different weathers, thin black one, green, and a thick mauve one with fur hood. A red waterproof, and a grey thicker long one for cold walks. I have a black wool long jacket I’ve had for years comes out for funerals, and a blue and rust check wool coat for going out I bought in a sale.

Kim19, a camel coat never goes out of style. You should be able to find one that suits you, then you will feel stylish every winter. Mind you, actual camel wool is very expensive, so definitely an investment.

I always favoured the duffle coat style with the toggle buttons but have never had one.

One of my regrets is never buying a quality camel coat. I always thought they looked wonderful on long willowy types and I'm a non willowy shortie! Considered a short coat or jacket but always felt like a compromise too far. Guess I'll never find out now. Lost the interest but not the admiration.

I wear a Joules type padded jacket, a birthday present from DS and family a couple of years ago, also have a suede type duffle coat I bought in a factory sale many years ago, oh and a camel suede effect fake fur-lined ‘best’ coat that I hardly ever wear.

For hanging out the washing and being in the garden, I have a very old and shabby tartan padded jacket. The lining of one sleeve is all ripped and my arm often goes in the wrong area when putting it on. But I still keep hanging on to it.

As you can tell, I don’t dash out at the start of each winter and buy a new coat.

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I have a dark green Peter Storm coat with a fur lined hood and quilted lining for really cold days, it is full length so keeps my neither regions warm on the coldest days.

I also have a light weight coat which is shower proof, althought the hood on it is useless!!!

There is a burgundy coloured jacket for warmer days and i have a couple of fleeces too.

One is so old i cant remember how long i have had it, use to use when walking my dog and she has been gone over 7 years now, i use it when working the garden on chilly days.

I have a 'good' black coat for special occasions.

Every winter I get one, the latest I regret as it has fur all round the collar and so it has to be dry to wear it, plus I feel very large in it.

My dog walking wet weather gear. So rain jacket with hood and waterproof trousers.

I have a selection of casual quilted jackets of different weights according to how cold it it, from a puffer that makes me look like Michelin man to a lightly quilted spring type jacket.

Formal coats - so a camel edged with fur. A cerise coat and a brown coat with a hood lined with fur (False of course) , and a Persian blue.

Some I’ve had for donkeys years but they still get worn as they are all classic style. I did charity one last year as it had 1980s shoulders and looked very dated.

My oldest is a bottle green Mac 30 yrs and my youngest a short quilted type coat about 6-7yrs and everything else in between.