Unless you live somewhere as hostile to precipitation as Los Angeles, chances are you’ve already been introduced to this year’s reign of spring showers. Forecasts will call for rain to dampen on a nontrivial amount of your days, but that doesn’t mean your fits have to be dragged down by a functional but swagless raincoat.
A dumpy trench coat or uncomfortably yellow joint may do the trick for some, but you’re here to find something significantly more stylish. The perfect raincoat should be something you look forward to wearing, not a necessary evil in a bid to stay dry. Gorpcore, which still shows no signs of slowing down, provides an obvious solution — but we’re going to dig deeper to prove you don’t need to look fresh from a hike to keep the elements at bay either.
