Customer Reviews The North Face Far Northern Parka

Great jacket. It's warm and comfortable which is great.

Love the coat super stylish and the side zipper adds a nice touch to the look and design of the jacket. However the way the pockets are on front of coat makes the front look a bit big. Looks like a have a huge belly. I am a curvy individual which makes the coat very tight in bust and hips. But I'm keeping it!

Bought the parka for my wife and she loves it due to the warmth. It also fits her nicely. However it was delivered with some stains near the base of her parka which dampened her spirit.

2nd one purchased

Love this jacket but was too big for me so had to exchange... Didn't get to try it outside so not sure how warm it is but inside it felt lovely, stylish and get cozy at the same time. Was too large so getting a size smaller but def. the perfect jacket for what I wanted, able to fit over sweaters, not too tight, warm for the coldest winters in CT.

I originally purchased the small (even though the fit estimate said I was a medium) because it looked better. However with a heavy sweater it seemed too tight and restrictive so I exchanged for the medium. It's a little loose but fits over my hoodies and sweaters in winter and still allows me to move freely (read putting a toddler in the carseat!). Coat is warm, stylish my only complaint is the zipper feels like it will probably break eventually but hopefully not.

It's kind of thin but I assume it's warm, haven't worn it in the cold yet.

I had to go a size up and a size up is to long in the sleeves. This small was just to tight across the shoulders and the reason I got this coat is because I'm so tired of big and bulky to be warm. I replaced my Eddie Bauer parka.

I really wanted to like this. Style is great, good colors, seems warm. But there were two issues. The medium size was too snug a fit for me, even though I almost always wear medium and TNF's online size estimator gave me medium on all dimensions. There is not enough room in the shoulders to wear a sweater under it comfortably. Sitting and driving would have been especially uncomfortable. I considered exchanging it for the large, but then when I went to zip it up to put it into the box, the zipper jammed and I could not get it unstuck. Having said this I wouldn't necessarily discourage you from buying it. If the fit is good, I imagine this would be a terrific winter jacket and the zipper thing was hopefully just a fluke. That said, I'm disappointed that I won't be wearing this coat.

This is a really cute coat, but pretty thin for the price. My biggest complaint about this coat is the zipper. I am unable to zip it up! I have tried to zip it while wearing it, and while it's laying flat. It's impossible.

The pro: It keeps me very, very warm. Totally works in cold weather. The cons: It sheds feathers constantly. They're sticking out all over the thing. It now pooches at the belly, like it's stretched from putting my hands in the pockets. Very ugly profile. The pocket zippers constantly catch the fabric (even ripped one, had to pay to get that repaired). The logos are plastic, heat-applied. And they are peeling off. I've not washed the coat yet. Overall, very disappointing. Poorly constructed. I will prob give this away and replace it with a coat from another company.

I have had this jacket for two weeks and it shows every little speck you get on it (Bought the red color). It's a beautiful color, but because of the staining I will never buy another colored jacket again! I have washed it and spot treated it and it still just doesn't look right in areas. I'm at a loss. I'm normally a very clean person so this is frustrating to me that I can't keep it clean. I only wear a light foundation and that also comes off on the inside part and stains as well! So expensive for what I've had to go through. Thoroughly disappointed.

Garnet red - have had this 5 weeks and had to wash it 3 times already because it marks so easily. Had black one for 6 years but very disappointed in this.