This is a great coat for the cool fall days as well as the cold winter ones (I do think a scarf is necessary for keeping the neck area cold on extremely cold days). It's not too heavy/thick and it has a nice stylish look to it. The only concern I think work mentioning is that the hood, being detachable, is connected by 5 elastic bands (on the hood) and buttons (on the coat itself). Not to long after my purchase, at different points, the 3 center bands had snapped due to the hood being stretched