A letter from NANCY · founder of NANCY SUSAN MOULTON
Jackson Hole, Wyoming · November 2026
A note from NANCY, on the one jacket I would reach for first this winter
A letter from the founder
Five Winters on the Town Square. This Is the Jacket I Would Put in Your Hands First.
Everyone in this valley owns a big black parka. What most women are missing is the jacket they wear the other hundred times a day. Here’s how I’d pick it.
Nancy Owner of Nancy Susan Moulton, Jackson Hole November 2026 5 min read
I opened Nancy Susan Moulton five years ago in a little shop just off the Town Square, after years of teaching skiing on the mountain. I had one rule then, and I still have it: if it doesn’t work on the fortieth cold morning, it doesn’t go on the rail.
It’s November, the first snow has come and gone twice, and every woman who comes in to warm up by my stove is wearing the same thing. A black parka built for a blizzard, zipped to the chin, on a forty-degree afternoon at the post office. She’s too hot inside, she looks like everyone else, and it’s the only coat she owns.
On the mountain, the first thing I taught every new skier was that the big outer shell isn’t what keeps you warm. It’s the layer underneath, the one you live in all day. Winter in town works the same way. You need the parka maybe twenty days a year. The other hundred and fifty, you need a jacket that’s warm without the bulk, pretty enough to wear into the café, and thin enough to go under the parka when the real cold comes.
This is that jacket. There are six things I’d tell you about it, in the order I’d point them out.
Out the gate to get the mail. Warm enough to skip the parka, light enough to forget she has it on.
1
Warm without the bulk.
The whole jacket is quilted, so the warmth is spread evenly from the collar to the hem without the puff of a parka. It’s light enough to wear indoors all morning and warm enough for the walk from the truck to the door.
JW
★★★★★
“This jackets feels so comfortable the moment you put it on, and it is the one I keep reaching for whenever the mornings turn chilly.”
Janet W., Columbus, OH
Verified buyer
2
Snaps you can do up with cold fingers.
A row of gold snaps runs all the way down the front. No zipper to catch and no buttonholes to fight with in gloves. Press, and you’re closed.
The day it came. Gold snaps all the way down, and a soft blush lining you can see at the collar.
PH
★★★★★
“I liked having several patterns to choose from, and it was easy to find one that felt like me. I would happily order another.”
Patricia H., Boise, ID
Verified buyer
3
A stand collar that keeps the wind off your neck.
On the mountain I checked every student’s neck first, because that’s where the cold gets in. This one has a stand collar that sits close without choking, finished with navy piping that runs around every edge.
EM
★★★★★
“The fit is relaxed in the right way. Comfortable, flattering, and easy to wear with jeans or trousers.”
Eileen M., Asheville, NC
Verified buyer
4
Real pockets for your hands.
Two slanted pockets, piped in navy, set where your hands naturally go. Deep enough for keys, a phone and a pair of gloves, so you don’t need a bag for the run to the post office.
LT
★★★★★
“I use it now for a couple weeks and my friends which have seen them are loving it, they ordered also and loving them.”
Lorraine T., Scranton, PA
Verified buyer
5
A warmer one, for the coldest weeks.
Alongside the two quilted jackets there’s a longer hooded coat, lined all the way through with a soft plush lining, hood included. It’s the one I’d hand to anyone who’s always the coldest person in the room.
DS
★★★★★
“Warm enough for a cold day, but never too heavy indoors. It has that cozy feeling without being bulky.”
Donna S., Bangor, ME
Verified buyer
6
Three designs, and none of them black.
Sage green with pink roses, a bold cream-and-brown swirl, and the hooded floral. In a town that wears black from November to April, these are the jackets people stop you to ask about.
Roses, swirls and the hooded floral. Most women come in for one.
RG
★★★★★
“I have had more compliments on the pattern than any sweater I have bought in years. It feels classic without looking old-fashioned.”
Rhonda G., Tulsa, OK
Verified buyer
Our jackets, against the one you’ve been wearing to the post office
You can find a winter coat anywhere, and most women I know have one big black one. Here’s the difference, laid out plainly.
THE ONES IN THE DRAWER
Built for a blizzard, too hot by lunch
A zipper that catches in cold fingers
Puffy enough that you can’t layer it
Black, like everyone else’s
Plain edges
Stops at XL
Nancy Susan Moulton
Quilted warmth without the bulk
A ribbed collar that sits close
Thin enough to go under the parka
Roses, swirls and florals
The one you wear every day
S through 5XL, one price
On the mountain, the big shell never kept anyone warm. It was always the layer underneath.
Why everything is 60% OFF this month
This month Nancy Susan Moulton turns five. Same little shop, same wood stove in the corner, same Town Square.
Five years ago this was a girl who loved the snow and couldn’t make a living from it, an empty room, and my parents believing in me when the idea still felt too big to say out loud. Today it’s my full-time life. So to say thank you, everything in the shop is 60% off for the anniversary. The quilted jackets are $69.95, down from $175.
It’s not a closing-down sale. I’m not going anywhere. Free shipping, 30 days to change your mind, and when your size sells out in the design you like, it’s gone until next winter.
5th Anniversary Run · Limited to this month
5
Years on the same street
4.8★
Across 1,500+ reviews
18
DIFFERENT PATTERNS
30
Days to change your mind
CR
★★★★★
“I was so happy with my first one that I needed to order a second one, and here it is.”
Carol R., Sarasota, FL
Verified buyer
If you’re going to add one warm thing to your closet before the holidays, this is where I’d start. It’s the jacket you’ll actually wear every day, so buy it while your size is still on the rail.
— Nancy
Nancy's autumn jackets
★★★★★
4.8 / 5 from 1,500+ reviews
$175
$69.95
Save $105.05
Quilted all over, warm without the bulk
Gold snaps, stand collar and navy piping on every edge
OWNER · NANCY SUSAN MOULTON · JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
Nancy taught skiing on the mountain for years before opening Nancy Susan Moulton just off the Town Square in 2021, with her parents’ help and a wood stove in the corner. Half the town still comes in to warm up before they shop. You do not have to live in Wyoming to come in out of the cold.
