While The North Face designers were busy giving the Women's K Jacket around-town style, they decided to add fully seam-taped, waterproof breathable HyVent fabric for rain protection. You never know when you might encounter a total downpour on your way to meet friends for lunch. The North Face used a below-the-hip cut to give you a little extra coverage, and you can remove the K Jacket's hood when there's no threat of rain. Drop your iPod into the internal media pocket, crank up your favorite playlist, and head into town.
Bottom Line: Bring trail-ready rain protection to the city with The North Face K Jacket.
I love this jacket and got so many compliments. I juggled between the small and the medium, I'm 5'3" 113lbs. I finally decided upon the Small because it was a bit more flattering on me. I like how you can zip up on the bottom in case it's too snug when sitting.
Very happy I bought this jacket.
So far its repelled the city wind and rain.
The pockets are only a little small but I love them--they lie flat--they're not made of velcro/mesh so they dont catch on clothes and keys--and there are five, YES FIVE of them.
The tidy way the hood comes off/on is wonderful. The hood itself is a little odd. Its very deep and theres no way to shorten it. If youve got somethign on your head or a ponytail its no problem. But if you have a little head, the hood will come right over your face.
This jacket is shorter from shoulder to waist (Yay!) than other NF jackets I've tried. It also seems slimmer through the bust and hips. I'm 5'2" and I have a medium. The small wouldnt zip over my hips even though Im a size small according to the chart. So....if you think you're a little hippy, consider sizing up. (Even though I have a medium, I still tend to unzip the coat at the bottom when I'm sitting for a while.) PS -The K jacket seems to have a very different fit than the NF Grace.
