JOANNE | Mid-thigh puffer that blocks wind

The wind came across the parking lot at Costco and I did not feel it at all.

Hip-length jackets have a flaw nobody mentions in the store. You find out about it the first time you sit down on a cold bench, or the first time a gust comes up underneath while you are loading the trunk. Joanne solves it by simply being longer, and it turns out that is most of the answer.

The hem falls at mid-thigh, so there is no open gap between the jacket and your legs when you sit or bend. The insulation is light rather than heavy, which is why the extra length does not become extra weight. The outer is water-repellent and cuts the wind, so a gray morning does not require a second decision about what to wear over it. Through the middle the cut draws in slightly, so the length does not read as a sack.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• The length covers you when you sit. Mid-thigh means no cold bench and no draft up the back, which a hip-length jacket cannot promise.
• Wind does not get through. The outer is windproof as well as water-repellent, so it handles the two things that actually make a morning feel cold.
• Long without being heavy. Light insulation keeps the weight off the shoulders even with the extra fabric.
• It still has a waist. The cut narrows slightly through the middle, so a long puffer does not turn into a rectangle.

Buy more, save more

• Buy 2, save an extra 10%
• Buy 3, save an extra 15%
• Buy 4, save an extra 20%

The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

Joanne comes in S through 3XL and is shaped gently at the waist rather than cut straight. Because it is a winter layer, the chest measurement in the chart allows for a sweater underneath. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one. You have thirty days to try it at home.

30 days to change your mind

If it does not find its place in your closet, send it back within 30 days for a full refund. No restocking fee, no questions.

A few recent reviews

I walk the dog at six in the morning and this is the first jacket that covers my backside. Roberta N., Prescott

Got caught in sleet in Flagstaff and it beaded right off. Mavis T., Flagstaff

The army green is a proper muted green. I was expecting something brighter. Etta B., Tucson