The Outer Limits: Winter Outerwear Review

The most important purchase you will make this season is your winter jacket and we have lined up some of the best from across our brands, grouping them by this season's key trends.

You decide whether you want to be a rebel without a cause in a leather jacket, a polar explorer in a parka, a daring aviator in a shearling-lined bomber, or a 1900s railroad worker in a workcoat.

But whatever you choose, outerwear is your last line of defence against the outside world, don't take it lightly.

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Duffle

Originally a Belgian style adopted by the British Navy in World War Two and famously worn by Field Marshal Montgomery, the duffle coat is now as British as tea and crumpets. Today, you can find countless variants of this classic style: while some brands including YMC, Gloverall, and Woolrich stay true to the original winning formula, innovators such as Raf Simons takes traditional duffle coat features and playfully subvert them to create something altogether new.

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Leather

Leather jackets speak of rebellion, youthful abandon, and excess. Whether it's a belted biker jacket, a cropped bomber, or something a lot less conventional, a leather jacket captures this feeling of luxury tipped with defiance. Look out for adventurous pieces from Boris Bidjan Saberi and Chronicles of Never, matched by updated classics from Margiela and McQueen.

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Technical

As winter approaches your two main priorities become how to stay warm and how to stay dry. Luckily, these jackets have the technical knowhow to help you, whether it is a snug down jacket from Isaora or a handmade raincoat from Stutterheim. This season hiking and mountaineering clothing has made its way off the hillside and onto the highstreet, so there is no better time to kit up and embrace technical clothing; come January you'll be glad you made the choice.

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Military

A key theme each season that returns, year-in-year-out, with regimented precision, military clothing again dominates the runways of Europe and the world. This season, military themes featured heavily in the Alexander McQueen collection (their shearling-collared jacket was one of the finest this season) while naval pea coats, aviation flight jackets, and army trench coats all make a strong showing.

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Heritage

With the global recession biting hard, heritage styles with an innate impression of longevity and value built into their very fabric, seem all the more popular. Trading on decades of experience, brands such as Lee 101 and Carhartt produce authentic outerwear with genuine heritage, while newer labels including rag & bone and Nigo's Human Made turn-out unique contemporary versions of heritage styles.

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Formal

Blazers come in many shapes and sizes, each tailor made for a specific occasion. A refined dress blazer from N.Hoolywood is a distant cousin to a functional moleskin blazer from Carhartt, or a preppy double-breasted corduroy jacket from Band of Outsiders. But, whatever the occasion you have to dress for, we have the formal jacket for you.

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