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annabell-cagoule wrote: January 12th, 2023, 6:34 pm Should be banned! Lol totally agree, hoods out always

Cagoulelover wrote: December 29th, 2022, 3:26 pm Slightly different theme but my dislike is when women don’t put their hoods up properly - an example would be on Amazon for example where a model will be in a quick video for a particular piece of rainwear and when they put the hood up it only half covers the head. I want to see the hood up, fully over the head and, preferably tied up tight

Ditto.

discoruss wrote: January 12th, 2023, 5:14 am The things I dislike about rainwear.

People who smoke in them. Really hate this and the habit.

Also cagoules and raincoats with the hood concealed in the neck hem. So so wrong.
A hood should always be out and dropped down so you can pull straight up over your head. Or in some cases over your face. Lol.

Agreed

When raining. Lovely shiny hooded macs being worn, hood down, but umbrella up! Such a waste!

plasticpacamac wrote: December 12th, 2023, 7:48 pm

Pvcdream wrote: December 28th, 2022, 9:19 am Raincoats with no hood. Absolutely no point to them, don’t get the reason why they make them

When I was first put into plastic pacamacs in the early 1950s age 10 by my mother, as was the practice in those days, I was bought a shiny black PVC hood and made to tie it under my chin to go out in if heavy rain threatened. I've loved wearing this combination and continued to do so in later years even though it is rarely if ever seen these days.

Yes I had a clear plastic rain bonnet as a teenager also, until I was bought a souwester after the rain bonnet was "lost"

Zip on hoods! Terrible. Tucked behind a collar looks awful. It breaks the continuity and flow of the raincoat. Worse, worn without. Worse still, worn half on where the zip has come unstitched or its just unzipped itself. It looks terrible. Should be banned!

I may be on my own but I do not like the big Puffer jackets or coats as I think they are shapeless unflattering and frankly quite ugly , I particularly dislike the short Blouson jackets.

HeatherlovesPVC wrote: December 16th, 2023, 4:50 pm I may be on my own but I do not like the big Puffer jackets or coats as I think they are shapeless unflattering and frankly quite ugly , I particularly dislike the short Blouson jackets.

You are not on your own, I’m not keen on puffers as I agree they are shapeless. There are some super short very shiny PVC jackets worn with skinny jeans which I’d make a small exception for. Because I love the glossy nature of PVC I don’t like anything that interrupts the material like the quilting that you usually get on puffers.

I do dislike it when people describe raincoats incorrectly. I especially loathe people describing material as rubber or PVC when it is clearly neither.

Cherie x

Hate zipped in collar hoods, both inside and out, hoods should always be out, ‘grown on’ rather than hidden. Seeing a shiny coating inside a hood always gets me going. Popper wrist cuffs rather then tight elastic!