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I was in NYC before New Year's and I could not help notice all these people walking around with these coats with a the frozen Arctic and Canadian flags on them. Then someone told me they are the latest fashion craze; high three figure to four figures winter coats. Conspicuous consumption has hit winter jackets. I guest since wearing fur is verboten these jackets have taken their place.
1 posted on 01/28/2019 10:07:57 AM PST by C19fan
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Undocumented Shoppers......................


2 posted on 01/28/2019 10:10:38 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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“Canada Goose coats”

Is that what we used to a Down jackets?


3 posted on 01/28/2019 10:10:45 AM PST by Rebelbase
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Wait til summer and you can get the makin’s on almost any golf green in the Chicagoland area. The migrating honkers are there for the killing.


4 posted on 01/28/2019 10:11:32 AM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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Walk around with a target on your back.


5 posted on 01/28/2019 10:11:38 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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You would think a jacket costing that most would come with an gps tracker. Catch those thieves!


7 posted on 01/28/2019 10:13:54 AM PST by MomwithHope (IMO Patrick McGoohan - Inventor of the Red Pill)
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Police say two men jumped from a Mercedes, showed a gun and punched a 54-year-old man before forcibly taking his coat...

Only in Chicago. Where the mooks drive Mercedes.

8 posted on 01/28/2019 10:14:43 AM PST by Flick Lives
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Canada Goose jackets. The new iteration of the Eddie Bauer craze.


10 posted on 01/28/2019 10:15:32 AM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Larry Lucido; Gamecock

11 posted on 01/28/2019 10:16:39 AM PST by Rebelbase
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Well, it seems we are getting a ‘better class’ of criminals as the pointed out ones jumped from a Mercedes, some of the ‘porch snatchers’ were IDd in the DC area in Range Rovers, if not a better class criminal, at least they are using er stealing classy vehicles
OR ,
as I commented when first seeing them, MAYBE I am in the wrong end of this delivery business(No, I do not do Amazon(yet)<: <:).


12 posted on 01/28/2019 10:17:33 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98"Getting rich as a Politician means doing something illegal''(trunc) HS Truman)
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Based on their website, their sales are targeting the black population who would easily be the ones to take “what’s rightfully theirs” off the backs of those who can afford them.


13 posted on 01/28/2019 10:18:07 AM PST by rhubarbk (Winning, Winning, Winning . . . MAGA it's a beautiful thing!!!)
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Police say two men jumped from a Mercedes,

...

Criminals do well in Democrat strongholds.


14 posted on 01/28/2019 10:19:06 AM PST by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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So what is the moral of this story?

A. Do not wear Canada Goose coats.
B. Do not go to Chicago.

Answer:
It was a trick question. The answer is both A and B.

15 posted on 01/28/2019 10:20:13 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Maybe these goose down coats were robbed to spec. They had a few customers who told the thieves what size and color they wanted.

Must be Canada goose down coats are bling these days especially during a Chicago winter


18 posted on 01/28/2019 10:21:48 AM PST by dennisw
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Let’s call these jackets what they are, Down Filled Parkas....Never saw one worth $1,000 in my life.......I’ve got one of the best made and warmest coats I’ve ever had in my life and it only cost me about $200.....and worth every penny in the weather we’re currently experiencing.


20 posted on 01/28/2019 10:25:30 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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Its the life-cycle of many brands. Niche, functional, “blue collar” gear catches fire among urban trendies.

Canada Goose started in the 1950s as a company making weather-protection gear for Canadian police, forestry people, coast guard etc.... Highly functional and high quality gear for places its REALLY cold.

As I understand it, they got a CEO 15 years ago who smartly thought - why not take our high quality product and turn it into a premium brand? It worked out for them.


21 posted on 01/28/2019 10:26:40 AM PST by PGR88
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Supply and demand.


22 posted on 01/28/2019 10:26:47 AM PST by lurk
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They're OK when it comes to functional cold weather gear - but I'll stick with my Mountain Hardwear/Columbia down jackets that I never pay full price - much less half price - for.

And the person who said they never saw a $XXXX figure winter jacket? Well, there is this, and it is tested for -40*.

I admit I'll never need something this industrial but for those who do mountaineer? It's a good one. (It's also good for finding and identifying when you collapse and perish at 27000ft elevation and higher.)

25 posted on 01/28/2019 10:38:56 AM PST by Maigrey (Life, for a liberal, is one never-ending game of Calvinball. - Giotto)
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Redistribution of warmth.


26 posted on 01/28/2019 10:40:38 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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Carhartt is what I wear


31 posted on 01/28/2019 10:54:40 AM PST by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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Well, nobody tries to rob me for my denim sheepskin, that’s for sure.


40 posted on 01/28/2019 11:38:33 AM PST by Boogieman
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