I find this entire Canada Goose/ parka debate just fascinating in a lot of ways. It wasn't too long ago that the general "style" for people who wanted to look more fashionable was nicer peacoat style winter wear.
Ever since Canada Goose became more and more fashionable and parkas became again more standard wear for people in winter, the fashion has shifted. People are wearing large parkas with suits, toques with the little balls, big, mittens again. It's funny.
I think what has happened is that for a lot of us growing up in Canada, buying quality winter jackets was needed and we would buy them from stores like Bay, Sears, Eaton's , Zellers etc. They were higher quality items and they were warm.
What has happened across the board is that the family style department stores or where a lot of low income and middle class people shop, the quality of products have really come down. A lot of products are made overseas and the quality and value has gone down the drain.
So when some people, right or wrong, think that the bare minimum standard for a winter coat should be a $1000-1500 coat in order to stay warm, it's something that didn't occur back in the day.
Growing up, there wasn't a large group of kids with, adjusted for inflation, $300-400 winter coats in order to stay warm. They were wearing $80 coats.
When it comes to clothing and life in general, margin's are important and where a specific product is in terms of quality, construction, features and more. I always say it's usually better overall to buy a top of the line product of a tier 2 brand, than a entry level product of a top brand.
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