271 hooded jacket with inside pocket from label Canda C & A


 Inside pocket. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

271 My vintage hooded jacket with zip off hood.

Handy inside pocket.

Label Canda, from Dutch company, C & A, which has been in Britain for years. I always found they had small size clothes, and were pracical as well as pretty, and keenly priced.

Mine is vintage. Probably from st Luke's in Hatch End in NW London. You can buy from their current range online.

Of their current range, in January 2024, i like the reversible gilet in wine and pink.


Brand clockhouse. Standup collar. Zip. They call the colour purple. Price 29.99 Euros.Reduced to 19.99 in the sale.

Sleeveless.

Item number 

2203144

The red quilted jacket with hood was 19.99 Euros.

Webpage picture.
They also have coats with huge pairs of front pockets and hoods. And drawstrings like the one on my jacket which is not as warm nor as brightly coloured as these appear to be. Sale reductions now in January.

https://www.c-and-a.com/eu/en/shop

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