For some reason my kids and I really like the movie National Treasure and after being at UChicago for a quarter my D was home watching it, and she burst out laughing because in his first scene Nick Cage was wearing - yep, you guessed it! How much did CG pay for that spot, I wonder.
@cshell2 we are in the Cities and the parking is so good that I don’t bother wearing a coat anymore when I go out unless it’s well below 0. Give me a comfy sweater, my Ugg slip ons and a pair of acrylic gloves and I’m set. However, in Hyde Park I drag along my Kohl’s quilted dress coat because it’s very light and can be crunched up and stuffed somewhere. If it’s super cold (say north shore) then I’ll bring along my 20 year old Land’s End down parka which is still in excellent shape. Hubby’s LLBean is even older. We’d never give those up for “fashion” but we come from the time when it was ok to look completely dorky in your winter wear when walking around campus.
I have a shearling but rarely use it. Perhaps if I lived in a windy area (such as Chicago) it’d be a different story.