What materials are okay? That would make the search easier.
By not wool, are you including other animals, so you want it polyester or something? Or just "wool is itchy but cashmere or alpaca would be fine" kind of thing?
Wool, cashmere, alpaca and down are out because I'm highly allergic to all of them. I used to be able to get away with the boiled wool of a coat (as opposed to a wool knit sweater), but the last couple of winters they have caused too many asthma attacks. So, I think I'm down to cotton and man made fibers as things I'm not allergic to.
Matilda's got a fleece coat that looks a lot like her previous wool coat.
I've looked at some of those, but I have wondered if they're warm enough for a north east winter.
sj, you can get a fleece coat with a nylon or quilted nylon liner. The fleece is snuggly warm, and the liner stops the wind. Still not waterproof, but fleece dries in a flash and is still warm when damp. Plus, fleece is ultra lightweight compared to wool or other natural fibers. (Loves fleece). And as Hec says, you can usually find something styled like traditional wool.
sj, search for vegan winter coats--the first few links on google seem to have some other helpful links!
meara, I've done that a few times. This site would be awesome if I could afford any of the coats.
sj, zulily.com won't quite let me do a direct link to one item, but if you go to their site and search for "felt trench coat," there's exactly one left.
eta: They also have some Kenneth Cole and Betsey Johnson winter coats and long jackets that are cute and vegan.
What about something like this? [link]
sj - LLBean has this coat [link]
and a faux shearling coat, it's over $100 but there is a promo code [link]
ita !, what price range, length and amount of floof are you looking for in pink petticoats. There's a local store with a darling extra-floofy, knee-length one in cupcake pink. It was being displayed from the ceiling so I thought I'd judge interest before I let the woman get it down for me. She has a store I definitely want to poke through.
My final email exchange with Closet World, I expressed my disappointment that a custom closet installer couldn't do a custom sized door. She mentioned that "only one place in Southern California does custom closet doors, and they are in Torrence", but didn't give any name or anything. Just so happens, that is the location of the place I sent an internet request to. They responded this morning. We set up a time Friday afternoon. And then they emailed me a catalog. Here's hoping they can do it, and it's affordable.
