your read · What's your Toronto winter coat?
The Parka Lifer
Warm first. Everything else second.
You made peace with winter years ago by buying the coat that wins. Down to the knee, hood with a real ruff, pockets that hold a lunch, a zip you can work in mittens. You look the same from November to April and you are the warmest person at every bus stop.
The parka lifer is not a style choice, it is a survival philosophy, and it has never once been wrong.
What you'd actually buy
- The parka you will wear for ten winters
- Mittens, not gloves, because you've done the math
- Boots rated for a number that sounds fake
- A thin merino layer so the parka does less