Now, I understand that the University of Chicago as a whole has a relatively affluent student body - to put it modestly - but I am continually shocked by the amount of students casually wearing 800 - 1400 jackets.

When I see the light changing, I stop everything I'm doing and go watch the sun go down. It's that patch on the side of the left arm - an indicator of status, luxury, and possibly superiority.

Take Luxton: the Toronto - based label has officially rebranded the one - piece snowsuit into a veritable fashion item, thanks to its sleek seriously, it's not even remotely bulky quilted version.

The Cardinal Collection, a collaboration between Canada Goose and WANT Les Essentiels, will take swings of temperature in stride with a versatile waterproof jacket that is lightweight enough to throw on or roll and stow into the E90 backpack, also part of the collection.

Considering these options, Canada Goose jackets decisively did not become popular solely due to function. In November of 2015, I pulled the trigger, and I bought a Goose Parka Tuckernuck was gracious enough to provide it to me at a wholesale price in a beautiful slate green gray color.

Canada Goose, despite being ubiquitous and oversaturated, is reliable, if boring. To this day, Canada Goose continues to proudly call Toronto home and still designs, manufactures and sells products in this global hub, so it felt natural that we would create a jacket as an homage to our home town.

Championing this unique perspective, Canada Goose tasked Okamoto with a forest bathing exercise, Canada Goose Jacket if you will: We asked him to travel through the rugged forests and mountainous regions of his home in Shizuoka Prefecture to record the sounds of the forest for an immersive piece of audio we could share.