Hannah Betts - Jackets cut straight to the chase
The jacket is a warm-weather phenomenon that one need have no truck with once winter takes hold. Think of it as the opposite of, rather than an alternative or adjunct, to a coat. Thus, where one should possess one "good", stalwartly multitasking winter warmer, jazzed up with more exciting garments beneath, so one might boast any number of summer jackets providing a fillip to lift more humdrum wares.
Moreover, while a winning coat is rarely available reduced, one will frequently pick up a bargain jacket in the sales. And where a coat must fit like the proverbial glove, so long as a jacket works on the shoulder and arms, it is not a deal-breaking tragedy should it not quite do up over the bust, as it is rare that one will want to go buttoned up.