QWSTION's All Weather Coat: organic cotton built for daily Swiss weather

What it is

The All Weather Coat is QWSTION’s take on a jacket that is meant to work as hard as the bags the brand is better known for. It sits in QWSTION’s Jackets category, and comes in black, in size XL.

This is not presented as a technical outdoor shell or as a purely formal coat. According to QWSTION, it is built to move between a working day and ordinary city life — the kind of piece you might wear to the office in the morning and still have on for an evening walk. That dual ambition shapes most of the choices described below, from the fabric to the finishing details.

Why it exists

QWSTION’s broader mission, as the brand describes it, is to question conventional manufacturing and lean on circular design and plant-based materials instead of plastics. The All Weather Coat reads as an application of that philosophy to outerwear: a coat made from organic cotton, treated without PFC chemicals, rather than a synthetic-shell jacket built around performance membranes.

The brand states that this coat should be as reliable and versatile as its bags, suited equally to work and to everyday urban use. In other words, the problem it aims to solve is the trade-off many buyers face between a coat that looks appropriate for professional settings and one that can genuinely handle unpredictable weather without switching to synthetic fabrics.

What matters

The main fabric is CottonShell®, woven in Japan. Naming the fabric and its country of weaving signals that QWSTION treats the textile itself as a defining feature, not just a generic “cotton blend”. For the person wearing it, this is the layer that determines how the coat feels against changing conditions, and QWSTION frames it as a fabric that is meant to combine breathability with weather protection.

The composition is 100% organic cotton. That single fact matters on two fronts: it points to a natural fibre rather than a synthetic one, which changes how the coat breathes and ages, and it ties directly into QWSTION’s stated preference for plant-based materials over plastics.

The water-repellent treatment applied to the fabric is PFC-free. PFC chemicals are commonly used in conventional weatherproofing, so choosing to avoid them is a deliberate environmental decision on QWSTION’s part. In practical terms, it means the coat’s resistance to rain relies on a different, non-fluorinated finish rather than the treatments found on many mainstream rain jackets.

The coat itself is manufactured in Poland, even though the CottonShell® fabric is woven in Japan. Separating the fabric’s origin from the garment’s assembly location is a detail worth noting for anyone who tracks where and how a piece of clothing is actually put together.

On design, the coat has padded sleeves with elasticated cuffs and two side pockets. Padding at the sleeves adds a layer of structure and warmth exactly where a coat first meets the cold, while elasticated cuffs are a simple way to seal that opening against wind. The two side pockets cover the basic, practical need to carry a phone, keys or gloves without reaching for a bag.

Finally, there is a loden wool lining from Austria, but it is explicitly not included — it is sold separately. This turns the coat into a two-part system rather than a single fixed garment: the shell on its own for milder days, and the option to add a wool lining when the weather turns colder.

Day to day

The All Weather Coat is worn as an outer layer, with its padded, elasticated sleeves closing off draughts at the wrist and its two side pockets available for small everyday items. The option to fit an Austrian loden wool lining means the coat can, in principle, be adapted for colder stretches of the year, though this lining is a separate purchase rather than something that comes attached from the start.

The manufacturer’s warranty runs for two years against manufacturing defects, which covers faults in how the coat was made rather than general wear.

Technical specifications

Feature	Value
Main fabric	CottonShell®, woven in Japan
Composition	100% organic cotton
Water-repellent treatment	PFC-free
Garment manufacturing location	Poland
Design details	Padded sleeves with elasticated cuffs, two side pockets
Lining	Austrian loden wool, sold separately, not included
Manufacturer’s warranty	2 years against manufacturing defects
Product reference	AWCOGBXLV4 / EAN 9120052554090
Available variant	Black, size XL

What the brand says

QWSTION describes the All Weather Coat as being as reliable and versatile as its bags, a piece meant to suit both work settings and everyday urban life without needing to be swapped out for a more casual or more formal alternative depending on the occasion.

On the fabric itself, the brand states that CottonShell® combines breathability, protection against the elements and durability. This framing positions the coat’s core material as the reason it can claim to handle changeable weather while still being a natural, plant-based cotton rather than a synthetic technical fabric.