Kristin Armstrong

I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And not everyone is wired this way. Some people can shrug expectations off their shoulders like a cardigan, remaining cool and breezy. Others wear them like a parka with a stuck zipper, hot and stifling.

American Athlete

Victoria Beckham

When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.

English Musician

Caroline Knapp

The clothes are different: pre-dog, I used to be very finicky and self-conscious about how I looked; now I schlep around in the worst clothing - big heavy boots, baggy old sweaters, a hooded down parka from L.L. Bean that makes me look like an astronaut.

American Writer

Gary Paulsen

Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.

John Gourley

My dad would come to pick me up from high school in a beaver-skin cap, big gloves, his parka and everything. It was so funny to see him show up - his beard all frozen from being out with the dogs.

American Musician

Henry Rollins

Seasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet.

Martin Freeman

You could say I'm a mod, but with a small 'm'; I don't wear a parka, but I do question what I wear and what I listen to, which is what it's all about.

English Actor

Nick Wooster

A classic fishtail parka, anorak, mackintosh, windbreaker, pea coat, or jean jacket will get you through every season.

American Designer

Daniel Radcliffe

I'm 5-foot-5, and I'll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance.

British Actor

Sung Jin Park

In New York, you get lots of trade. Rad Hourani gave me a cool hooded parka.

South Korean Model

Parkas are typically worn in cold, snowy, or rainy weather for warmth and protection.

Weather Specific

The hood of a parka is designed to shield your face and head from the elements.

Hood Usage

Parkas are considered casual attire and are not usually worn for formal occasions.

Casual Wear

 This is from the Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Stephen I've got my eye on a wildly popular program from Norway called "National Firewood Night," which consisted of mostly people in parkas chatting and chopping in the woods,

Thomas Hellum: The...

 over people this was the first dead climber we stepped over he looked as if he was snapping in the snow his head was covered by his parka ten minutes later