Jackets & Vests
A cold start here does not usually mean a cold day, which is a problem for one jacket and an easy morning for a vest. That is why the two sit on one page. A vest covers the body and leaves the arms out of it, which suits a seven o'clock start that is gone by nine. On the mornings that hold on longer the jacket goes over the top, and it comes off again at lunch without leaving you underdressed.
Jackets & Vests
Padded Vests and Gilets Over a Knit
A gilet does less than a jacket on purpose, and on the right day that is exactly its use in a run of jackets and vests. Quilted through the body and open at the arm, it takes the edge off an early start without turning the walk to the car into hard work. Over a knit it is enough on its own. Under something heavier it becomes a lining that can come out at lunchtime. Men's vests holds the sleeveless run by itself if that is the half you came for.
Layering a Vest Under a Jacket in Winter
Two layers can be taken apart and one heavy coat cannot, which starts to matter around the middle of the day. Men's jackets and vests and women's jackets and vests split the same run by wearer if you would like to browse one side of it. A vest under a jacket in July, a vest on its own in September, the jacket by itself once the mornings warm up. Three ways to dress out of two garments, and the vest is the one that goes on first and comes off last.