Puffer coats have one structural problem: fill them properly and they lose the waist entirely. The answer here is a belt, and it is not a decorative one - a wide ribbed band that cinches hard enough to put a shape back into all that volume.
Above it the hood is padded and oversized, deep enough to stay up without being held, and it fastens with a tab at the throat so nothing gapes. The quilting runs in wide horizontal channels down a body that falls past the knee, the cuffs are finished in fine ribbing to seal the sleeve, and the down fill is carried through the hood as well.
It is built for the part of winter that stops being picturesque, and it does not pretend otherwise.
Details You'll Love
- Wide ribbed belt - cinches the waist back into a coat that would otherwise read shapeless.
- Padded oversized hood - deep enough to stay up on its own, with a tab that closes at the throat.
- Wide quilted channels - run horizontally down a body that falls past the knee.
- Ribbed inner cuffs - seal the sleeve at the wrist rather than leaving it open.
- Down fill through the hood - carried into the hood rather than stopping at the shoulder seam.
