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4.5
I am 5'8 and weigh 144 lbs, and this XL is a perfect fit, even the neck is perfect. I love the fabric, so soft and cuddly, and I love the color as well. The color stands up in an attractive manner, but closes around my neck perfectly whenOnce again as in another of my reviews, I must say that my only criticism is the logo on the rear shoulder. Again, I find it terribly UGLY and poorly placed; what a shame to mar this lovely jacket that way. Why couldn't it be in the same color as the jacket, as with so many of the other jackets! instead of this totally inappropriately DARK color which in no way matches the jacket!!! I wonder whose idea that was. They should be reprimanded. I am just stuck with it being there, I guess, but it is totally unnecessary and ugly. SO WHY???. The logo on the front could also be a lighter color to match the jacket.I have several other North Face jackets, which are also XL, and the fit slightly different depending on the fabric. the Raschel silky fleece is much roomier, and I absolutely love it. It also is exceptionally soft and luxurious, and I think I actually like this Raschel fabric better, but it could just be because I love it so much. I have 3 in this fabric now. They are all marvelously soft, but my two other Ositos, that are the newer fabric, (slightly striped, woven with 2 colors, but also a wonderfully soft fleece) just somehow seems to have more body to them, and hold their shape better, That may change with wear. I have 5 Ositos now and none of them have ever shed, so I don't understand the reviews that complain about shedding. I would probably buy more, but cannot get the other colors I would like in the size XL.Yes, they do come stuffed in plastic bags, while I often get bottles of pills etc. in sturdy cardboard boxes, and I don't understand that. Perhaps the packing decision was made by the same person who decided the ugly dark logo should deface the back of these lovely jackets!! No, I do realize it could not have been the same person, I am just aggravated to have that ugly thing on the back of my new jacket! My other colored jackets have the rear logo in the same color as the jacket, while the LIGHT BEIGE jackets are defaced with this really dark brownish thing! It looks like some sort of dreadful stain on my back!!! And there is no way to remove it!!
