# Where do I find a warm women's leather coat? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296 "2008-12-15T21:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/1 "2008-12-15T21:09:03Z")
My wife wants a warm leather coat for christmas. Dutifully, today I braved the mall and went to Sears, Kohl’s, Macy’s, JCPenney, and some leather place in the mall. All of them had leather jackets with little or no insulation. WTF? I guess leather is just a fashion statement now, not somethign you use to keep warm? Why would you kill a perfectly innocent sheep to use for a coat, and then not put some of that nice warm woll in there with it? Anyhow, any help with this woudl be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/2 "2008-12-15T21:23:41Z")
Why would a warm woman want a leather coat? ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/3 "2008-12-15T21:34:00Z")
I have a warm leather coat from [Wilsons Leather](http://www.wilsonsleather.com/home/index.jsp). I fear that may have been the leather place in the mall you visited. Mine has a zip-out liner made of Thinsulate™. My husband has one as well. He doesn’t wear his much because it keeps him too warm. Too warm is a concept I have trouble understanding as I am always cold. Anyway, the Thinsulate doesn’t add much bulk, so the coat is warmer than it appears. Do not discount modern insulative materials. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/4 "2008-12-15T21:48:51Z")
Berman’s Leather is another option. However, I think they’re owned by Wilson’s or vice versa. It may have the same stock. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/5 "2008-12-15T21:59:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Why would a warm woman want a leather coat? Because they’re hot. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/6 "2008-12-16T03:24:21Z")
On a freshly-killed woman, of course. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-find-a-warm-womens-leather-coat/477296/7 "2008-12-16T03:39:13Z")
> [@Solfy](#): > > I have a warm leather coat from [Wilsons Leather](http://www.wilsonsleather.com/home/index.jsp). I fear that may have been the leather place in the mall you visited. Mine has a zip-out liner made of Thinsulate™. My husband has one as well. He doesn’t wear his much because it keeps him too warm. Too warm is a concept I have trouble understanding as I am always cold. > Anyway, the Thinsulate doesn’t add much bulk, so the coat is warmer than it appears. Do not discount modern insulative materials. I, too, have a Thinsulate-lined leather coat from Wilson’s Leather, but I find that it really only keeps me comfortably warm when it’s at least 40 F outside, although it’s OK down to about freezing. Below freezing, or in any sort of wet weather, I need something else.