I spent three winters convinced borg was a fleece jacket wearing a costume, all fluff and no function, and I avoided it the way some people avoid a specific ex or a specific pub. Then I actually put one on properly, did the school run, did the school run again in the rain the next day, and had to admit I was wrong. To borg: I’m sorry. You were never the problem. My previous borg was just cheap and matted after one wash, that’s on me, not the fabric.
A good one has weight to it.
Not the flimsy pile that flattens after a single wear and starts looking like a doormat, but something with proper density, the kind that still looks like it has a bit of bounce when you pull it off the hanger in November. The collar matters more than people think, a good stand collar or a proper shearling style neck does most of the flattering work, it frames the face and stops the whole thing looking shapeless.
And the length, cropped versus that midlength almost car coat cut, changes the entire mood of the jacket, worth trying both before you decide who you are this year.
Styling wise, it wants contrast, not more texture piled on texture. Something sleek underneath, a fine knit, a plain tee, straight leg jeans, so the borg reads as the statement rather than getting lost in a fuzzy pile up. It looks properly good over a slip dress with boots for the bit where you leave the party earlier than everyone else, and equally good thrown over gym kit for the school gates, which is the outfit I actually wear more than any other one in my life. My colleague Priya took one look at mine over a suit and said “that shouldn’t work and it does,” which is the exact energy you want people to have about it.
It suits the in between weather properly, the bit before you need a full coat but a normal jacket leaves you cold on the walk to the bus. Weekend errands, a lunch you can’t be bothered to dress for, a countryside walk where you need to look slightly more together than you feel. Not precious, not fussy, just properly warm and better looking than it has any right to be for something this cosy.
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