tiecollector
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I went shopping for overcoats today in San Francisco. I only had time to shop around the Westfield San Francisco Centre where the new Bloomingdales is located. I went wearing a sweater and a blazer to be sure that I had enough layers on for when it might get really cold so I could get a better idea for the sizing.
I went to H&M, Bloomingdales and Zara.
At Bloomingdales I found a beautiful brown cashmere (maybe it was a blend) from Z Zegna.
Zara had many cool topcoats, but I was surprisingly a size XL, which was even a little bit small.
At H&M the price was right at $99, but the jackets were kind of plain and the wool gave me a rash just looking at it.
Out of all the topcoats, they were very very form fitting. More like a long, warmer blazer is how they all fit. H&M had the most room I'd say.
Is this the new style of how things are going? Seems like the style is to just wear one of these over a shirt and tie. This would be fine but what do I wear over my clothes when I am wearing a blazer? Do you just get two separate coats?
In the end I decided to save my money for now and use my INC polyester jacket from last year layered with sweaters underneath. Should be enough to get me through a California winter.
I currently have nothing to wear over a blazer.
I went to H&M, Bloomingdales and Zara.
At Bloomingdales I found a beautiful brown cashmere (maybe it was a blend) from Z Zegna.
Zara had many cool topcoats, but I was surprisingly a size XL, which was even a little bit small.
At H&M the price was right at $99, but the jackets were kind of plain and the wool gave me a rash just looking at it.
Out of all the topcoats, they were very very form fitting. More like a long, warmer blazer is how they all fit. H&M had the most room I'd say.
Is this the new style of how things are going? Seems like the style is to just wear one of these over a shirt and tie. This would be fine but what do I wear over my clothes when I am wearing a blazer? Do you just get two separate coats?
In the end I decided to save my money for now and use my INC polyester jacket from last year layered with sweaters underneath. Should be enough to get me through a California winter.
I currently have nothing to wear over a blazer.