Jacket Shopping 2024

[dewline]

Trying to shop for a 4XL winter jacket for myself without travelling too far out of my neighbourhood. My current jacket is about 10 years old, and the design works for my brain. Trouble is that retailers have their own ideas about what I should be able to buy these days.
No buttons in front, zippered pockets...these are features to my brain, not design errors.

Looking for recommendations, not financial support.

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

I have nothing to recommend but am wishing you success.

[dewline]

I appreciate that.

[blogcutter]

I'm thinking your best bet might be a store that sells camping and outdoor supplies. Maybe Canadian Tire or Marks would have something suitable in your price range?

[agoodwinsmith]

Maybe like Grainger?

I found things under "Safety".

https://www.grainger.ca/en/category/workwear/safety/c/2166?filterTemplate=Visual&type=category

[dewline]

Hmmm. Once the strike at Canada Post's over...?

[agoodwinsmith]

I don't remember your precise location, but, for instance, Ottawa has six outlets. Maybe one of them is reachable? I suspect every outlet does not carry every item they list, but they might bring it in?

[dewline]

I've looked at both, and it seems as if Canadian Tire only carries up to XXL in-store. Mark's supplied the jacket I've been wearing for the last decade, and I keep looking at the local store...

[thewayne]

Ah, yes. The 'We will tell you what to wear because it's fashionable!' problem. If I don't like it, I'm not going to buy it.

You might consider industrial worker/uniform shops. I don't know what they have in Canada, but there's stores like Dickies who have cold gear clothing that might have things in a decent style in your size, but whether or not there's stores somewhat local to you is definitely a problem as they don't have a lot of stores and mostly do online ordering.

[bibliofile]

All I can recommend is pre-shopping online to see if stores have anything close to what you need.

I would help pre-shop if I knew where in your town to look (sadly, I don't know what's easy to get to for you).