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By Michele Ranked #227 - Women's 3-in-1 Jackets December 29, 2008

After much studying, I bought this whirlibird XL. I wanted mostly black to match my N.F. pants, but wanted a bit of color too. Yes, be aware that the black has a narrow piece of dark brown between the black & white. It blends into the black & is barely noticable. I was looking @ them on Lowcountry.com. They have this "chat" where you can ask questions like, "what color is that on.. is it all black?" & they will tell you exactly what colors there are on the jackets. Too bad they did not have one in an XL, so I found it on amazon.com. It arrived in good shape in 5 days, even though they say up to 10 days for free ground. The inner lining or shell is zipped in & detachable, but is white nylon. It keeps me very warm but I would not where it by it's self. ( my preference!) Outer jacket is much softer than some, zippers every where, almost covers my rear, snow skirt, zip pits, detachable hood, but not zippered, but snap ons, but works for me. Two outer pockets & to my surprise, 3 inner packets on the outer shell. I bought it to ski in mountains of NC, Sugar, Beech, etc, good for around freezing, so far so good. There were no surprises & I am very happy with it.
The color changes from black to brown & then to white curving in slightly @ the waist, hence quite slimming I think. I bought a columbia Benton fleece but it does not zip in ( the "teeth" don't match up) but I still wore my fleece underneath with great results.. sooo warm. I don't know about below freezing temps because it hasn't happened yet... I hope this helps! Michele W

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