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Doing it the K-Way

Stylish. Compact. French.

Whilst sounding like the rejected marketing slogan for a Renault bubble car, these four words are instead a fairly convenient way of summing up the K-Way jacket – the brightly coloured waterproof wonder that has now been around for nearly 50 years.

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You may be asking at this point (although I sincerely hope not), ‘But what need to I have for a light waterproof when England is currently experiencing floods of biblical proportions and the Daily Mail says that there will be 200 days of rainfall in the next week???’.

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And this is where I answer that this isn’t what the K-Way range is designed for (although, K-Way product development, if you’re reading – luridly coloured waders could be a BIG money spinner) being more suited to the inevitable rain showers that occur at music festivals and that sort of thing. And when it comes to these situations, K-Way’s ‘Claude’ and ‘Leon’ are hard to beat, looking good, keeping you dry and fitting into a tiny carry case which should you so desire (you shouldn’t.) can be worn bandolier style across your chest.

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And, new for this year, there is even a ‘Plus’ model of the ‘Jacques’ jacket, with a slimmer fit and suitably gallic brown colourway. No school trip pac-a-mac vibes here.

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Available at Oi Polloi now.

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