Ridgeway™ Mid-Season Jacket

The eight weeks your closet has nothing for

You own a hoodie. You own a winter coat. Between them there is a gap, and it lasts about two months every spring and every fall.

It is 52 degrees and windy. The winter coat is too much by the second block. The hoodie gives up the moment the wind finds it. So you keep picking the wrong one and spending the day slightly uncomfortable.

Ridgeway is built for exactly that stretch. A thin quilted body that holds heat without bulk, a stand collar that blocks the wind at your neck, and a ribbed hem that stops it from getting underneath.

What you get out of it

• Warm without the bulk. Thin quilted fill holds heat close to you instead of adding four inches to your shoulders.
• The wind stops at your collar. The stand collar zips all the way up. You do not need a scarf to make it work.
• Nothing rides up. Ribbed cuffs and a ribbed hem close the two places cold air usually gets in.
• Room to move. A relaxed cut with a little give. You can drive in it, reach for the top shelf, carry bags in both hands.
• Goes with what you already own. Jeans, chinos, a hoodie underneath. It is not a statement piece. It is the one you grab.

It reads more expensive than it is

Most jackets in this range look like their price. The details here are the ones that usually cost a lot more: contrast trim on the collar and hem, snap chest pockets, an antique-finish zip, and quilting that follows the body instead of ballooning around it.

The question you get is where you bought it. That is the whole point.

Find your size

This jacket is cut roomy, so do not order the size you would take in a slim shirt.

The fastest way to get it right is to measure a jacket you already like. Lay it flat and zipped, measure straight across from one armpit to the other, then double that number. Open the size chart next to the size buttons and match it to the Chest column, and you will get the same fit you already know.

Between two sizes, take the smaller one. There is already layering room built in.

Three colors, one jacket

Navy is the one that goes with everything and the one most people start with. Grey reads a little more modern and works well over black. Brown is the warmest of the three and the one you notice on other people.