
Barbour · Men's Outerwear
Bedale Wax Jacket
The whole aesthetic in one garment. Gets better every year he owns it.
$250–$500
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Columbia · Men's Outerwear
Packs into its own pocket. Fifty dollars and it lives in a bag until the day it matters.
4.5 out of 5
Fifty dollars for genuine waterproofing that packs into its own pocket and lives in a bag until the day it saves him. It is a rain shell rather than a warm jacket, and it does not breathe especially well under exertion.
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The whole aesthetic in one garment. Gets better every year he owns it.
$250–$500
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Carhartt · Men's Outerwear
Heavyweight quarter-zip that survives being worn as outerwear. The most-worn thing he will own.
Under $100
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Carhartt · Men's Outerwear
Washed duck canvas, so it is soft on arrival rather than after a year.
$100–$250
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UGG · Men's Outerwear
The slipper that leaves the house. Suede and shearling, and he will wear them daily from October.
$100–$250
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