With temps dropping into single digits around the country, few wardrobe staples provide the perfect combination of warmth, comfort and style as fleece jackets do. Lightweight yet insulating, these ...

You have several good options, Kathy. And they ll all look better than that boxy old REI piece! L.L. Bean, for example, sells a very nice Polartec piece called the Chromaloft Fleece Jacket ($79; ...

I can still remember my shock when my ex-girlfriend’s mother—the matriarch of a New England family that lived in L.L. Bean fleece—told me that it wasn’t actually wool. And if something called “fleece” ...