Dressing to Survive the Winter

[yardy]

Wearing Layers and Thermal Underwear

Trying not to look too roly-poly means not wearing traditional thermal underwear, which seems to add an inch all around, at least visually. There are some new thermal underwear types that are silky yet still add warmth. These go on top of other underwear. If you dress in layers, as you should to deal with the cold, you will be stripping down when you reach your destination, possibly to the clingy silky thermal underwear top -- depending on how much of a sweat you've worked up on your walk and the indoor thermostat. This should aid in your decision as to what to wear under it: sports bra for extra warmth or regular bra for better figure. Because you will be wearing a shirt, preferably a turtleneck, a sweater or sweatshirt, and a coat, the added grams of material provided by a sportsbra probably won't make much difference.If you can't handle thermal underwear, at least wear a pair of tights and leg warmers

[yardy]

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The Layer Under the Coat

Under your coat, which should reach to just under your knees if you're walking or waiting at a bus stop, because if it's much longer it will get in your way as you walk and if it's much shorter it will let the very tender area above your knees freeze uncomfortably, you should wear a sweater or sweatshirt. Not only will this help seal off your wrists and provide a probably very necessary layer over your cotton knit turtleneck, but you may find that places you go throughout the day are not uniformly heated. A sweater or sweatshirt may come in handy indoors

[yardy]

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The Top Layers of Winter Clothing
A loosely woven or knit wool scarf, preferably one that can be wrapped around your neck and nose, a woolen knit skull cap, and a wool coat are my recommendations. One of those Russian fur hats would work to keep out the cold, but unfortunately, this is Minnesota, where standing out is as bad as looking frumpy and those hats do make you stand out. Your hat should go down over your ears and your coat should have a collar that either comes together at the top with a button or allows a good deal of scarving material to fit beneath it. Unfortunately, you will suffer from hat hair if you wear a skull cap. Sunglasses are a plus, but they will get steamed up with your breath, and so a scarf that you can wrap around your face yet whose weave is loose enough so you can see through is better on the really cold days

[yardy]

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Glove or Mitten
I still can't find the perfect pair that will keep my fingers warm

[SistahD]

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(((SD))) I normally buy my winter coat or jacket a little larger -just so I can add those extra layers and move comfortably [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] With my thyroid problem, I feel the cold so bad... I'll wear a cotton long sleeved shirt/sweater, then a sweatshirt over, then a knit sweater over that... then my coat or jacket.

[Jah_Mamma]

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I have to reach deep inside our closet to retreive my winter coat this weekend. Hubby and son have already started to wear theirs today as there was frost on everything this morning.
The one thing I should wear is a hat because my ears are sensitive to the cold and I get headaches but I haven't found one that flatters me.
I hate winter. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[777]

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talking bout coat..
I may need to get me one this year..

[Leonie]

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where can i get those thermals- mine always make me feel oversized and hot

[jazzbythec]

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Leonie,
WinterSilks.com is where I get mine..try their clearance section to..

[mama d]

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Have any of you shopped Mountian Equipment Coop? www.mec.ca It is a retail co op store, meaning you purchase one membership at $5 CDN and it is good for life.

They really take care of the enviroment - the new store in Toronto is amazing all new constuction should be done in the same manner. Mountain coop has been around forever - I have been shopping there since my youth in the Calgary store, when I lived in Banff.

They have excellent customer service - 2x now they have repaired the zipper on different back packs "no charge" and at the time one of those packs was over 5yrs old - you can't complain about that.

They have great cold weather gear - check them out.

peace

[RichD]

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yuh know wheni first came to Canada i used to really dres for winter

long johns....several layers the works

these day mi cyaan bodda....mi jus try ti minimize outdoor time

a wind resistant jacket and a toque an mi fix

[What manner of Love]

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my... "job" provides great winter wear. try going to surplus stores for limited but effective selections

[Englan Girl]

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Style Diva, what about winter hats? Got any suggestions? As I'm not about to grow my hair and my ears need to be covered, I've been window shopping for a hat that's a little more stylish than the regulation 'woolly hat/beanies' I've been wearing forever.