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Lacoste outerwear is built for the days that need a layer rather than an expedition — a short showerproof puffer for winter, a water-repellent packable nylon jacket that folds into a bag, a textured taffeta

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Lacoste jackets: puffer, packable and track

Three levels of protection here and the names are honest about which is which. The short showerproof puffer is the warmest thing on the page, insulated and treated to shed rain, and the only one that will do a British November. The water-repellent packable nylon jacket and the textured taffeta jacket are the lighter options — both shrug off a shower, neither is waterproof, and both fold down small enough to live in a bag on the chance of one. The Paris piqué track jacket is not weatherwear at all: it is a zip-front piece in the same knitted cotton family as the polos, cut for wearing over a t-shirt rather than against rain.

Lacoste overshirts

Three of the pieces here are overshirts rather than jackets, and the difference decides whether one will do what you want. An overshirt is cut as a shirt — button front, shirt collar — in a heavier cloth, so it goes over a t-shirt and under a coat. The linen blend is the lightest and works from spring through early autumn. The oversized denim is the middle option, and it will fade and soften the way denim does. The checked piece with the quilted lining is the warmest of the three and the closest to a jacket, though it still has no hood and no weather treatment. If you want one thing for October, an overshirt over a polo works. If you want one thing for January, buy the puffer.

Browse the full Lacoste collection or see Lacoste polo shirts.

Lacoste Jackets FAQs

No. The nylon and taffeta jackets are water repellent, meaning a treatment makes water bead and run off — fine for a shower, not for sustained rain. The short puffer is showerproof and insulated, which is the most protective option here. None of them is a sealed waterproof shell.
An overshirt is cut as a shirt, with a button front and a shirt collar, in a heavier cloth than a normal shirt. It works as a layer over a t-shirt and under a coat. A jacket has more structure and, on this page, some level of weather treatment. Overshirts suit spring and autumn; the puffer is the winter piece.
The short showerproof puffer, by a distance. It is insulated where the others are single-layer, and it is treated against rain. The checked overshirt with the quilted lining is the next warmest, though it has no hood and no weather treatment.