Much of the nation believes Canberra is a dark, bleak, soulless place - and sometimes I have to agree with them. Walk through the city centre on any given work day and you're consumed by a sea of black and grey, maybe some brown, if some daring APS 4 has bucked the trend. Subscribe now for unlimited access .
Login or signup to continue reading $ 0 / $ NaN /year All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue Canberra, it's time to do better and put some colour into our winter wardrobes. But let's be practical. And let's not diss the puffer jacket, the winter staple of the nation's capital.
Is it even winter in Canberra until we've written a story about the ubiquitous coat? We love a good puffer jacket but can we please ditch black ones? Picture Shutterstock The puffer jacket turned 100 in 2022, invented by a mountaineer from Orange, in central NSW of all places. In 2019 Moncler puffer gowns were on the catwalk at Milan Fashion Week. We've written about how wearing puffer jackets inside might help in the fight against the rising cost of heating .
And how they're worn everywhere from sporting sidelines to boardrooms . Even how United States Ambassador Caroline Kennedy had succumbed to wearing them. Some fashion pundits, of course I am not one, have declared that the puffer jacket has run out of puff.
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