I live in Minnesota and have had the same fleece pile jacket for 10 yrs from LL bean and the zipper was becoming fussy. I own winter coats for when I need them - dog walks, errands, frigid cold I always like to have an in between one. This jacket is so well made and impossible these days to find this sort of level of high quality in a garment but Jetty did it! I just got lucky in google search engine finding them and initially ordered a medium and returned for small. It is the color of the ocean and I can't wait for the temps to fall so I can wear it as layering under the jacket won't be a problem.