Six of the Best
Insulated Squall Parka, £139 by Lands' End

Insulated Squall Parka, £139 by Lands' End

This is the parka you buy if you're serious about staying insulated. This little beauty will keep you snug in temperatures up to -37°C, so should you happen to have a comedy moment where you fall into a chest freezer at Iceland, you'll be sorted. 100% weatherproof with snap-off hood, storm flaps and inner storm cuffs, the nylon outer and ThermaCheck® fleece body lining are both fully machine washable. What's more it looks good. Impressed? You should be.

Available from: Lands' End.

Six of the Best Parkas

The season's essential coat references the Sixties mod vibe, but you don't need pointy shoes and pudding-bowl hair for it to work this time round. The beauty of the 2006 parka is that you can wear it anywhere: with jeans to the football, with slinky shift to Christmas parties, with a tailored trouser and tunic to the office... there's just one rule: wear it long otherwise it takes on a vague whiff of anorak, and you definitely don't want that.

This feature was published in November 2006.
 

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