Friday 8 June 2012

Cheerful rainwear

I've been a bad blogger but that's because I've been really busy offline.  More on that later.

But for now I want to remark on how utterly dreary most women's rainwear is. At least in Australia. I've been looking for a hooded raincoat that I can wear to school pickups where I need to hold little hands crossing a road, making an umbrella unwieldy. Most department stores seem to think women should either wear a trenchcoat (in black, beige, or if I'm lucky, red) or a shapeless rain jacket designed for trekking in the Amazon. Am I the only person who wants something a little more fun? After some serious searching online I've found stylish raincoats really do exist and I thought I'd share my finds with you.


The top row of raincoats are all designed by the Danish company, Danefae. This is just a sample of their current Spring/Summer 2012 range, with most styles being produced in several colourways.
The bottom row of raincoats are from several designers:
1. Fana rainjacket, printed with a 'traditional' Norwegian knit design, by Norwegian company, Søs Jensen.
2. Long raincoat by Dutch company, Happy Rainy Days.
3. Gold raincoat by Danish designer, Ilse Jacobsen. Ms Jacobsen has designed raincoats in a whole palette of zesty colours, with natural rubber rainboots to match.
4. and 5. Colourblock softshell (water resistant) raincoats again by Ilse Jacobsen. And again, there are many more colours available!

Please note I have no affiliation with these companies, I just admire their rainwear and wish similar items were available locally!