https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 15 May 2026 09:54:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850696 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:20:33 +0000 Janet 850696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You sillies. These people are too cool to feel cold! </p> <p>;-)</p> <p>I laugh at the girls who go out clubbing in Fells Point on winter nights dressed in teeny miniskirt outfits with no coats, bare legs and stilettos. Cold + alcohol + cobblestones = WTF were you thinking? Stumbling and shivering are not sexy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850688 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:07:48 +0000 Scarlet 850688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These people must all end up with terrible colds I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850681 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:55:37 +0000 krishnidoux 850681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only way I could imagine someone dressed like this, would be inside a poorly heated facility. </p> <p>And in these times of economical downturns, who knows... that might just be the reason for the trend!</p> <p>No but I agree with Suz here. This thread feels good to read, because me too, when I see images like these, I feel... personally ticked. Come on. </p> <p>If it's warm enough for your ankles to be bare, then why obsessively cover your neck and head? The silliest image was what you posted the second time, in the snow, bare ankles in boots. Reminds me of my 16yr old son when I ask him to take out the trash and he's too lazy to go put on socks before slipping into his boots, and when he tries to leave for school like that I have to lecture him. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850669 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:39:38 +0000 Traci 850669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it all depends on your personal thermostat. I catch flack all winter long for wearing shoes with no socks to work in Wisconsin. My feet run very warm and I am much more comfortable with a bit of snow on my ankles as I run into the building than I am with my feet roasting in socks and shoes the rest of the day.</p> <p>I break out the sandals very early in spring too, but I often still need a topper to keep my top half comfortable. I strongly dislike a cool breeze on my shoulders. I enjoy the spring dresses and boots looks, but there are very few days that this look works for me weather wise. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850652 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:06:35 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 850652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Forgot to add the pic for my comment </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850650 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:05:10 +0000 Lyrebirdgully 850650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting observation AG. It seems from the pic you linked to that the subject is wearing short sleeves underneath her coat sleeves (which are only ¾ length), and that her scarf could be cotton. Based on most of what she is wearing, I would guess the temp. range on that the day to be 16 -23 degrees C. The only truly cold-weather item she is wearing is the beanie, which is the real seasonal culprit here. But you know, all over my city throughout this current summer, with Celcius temps typically 21 to 28, I see young men and women in their casual outfits wearing woolly beanies. (The rest of their outfit would typically be a tank top, shorts/cropped jeans or miniskirt, and sandal thongs). How they can tolerate having their heads so overheated in this humidity is beyond my comprehension, but there you go, beanies are hip and a major signifier of cool, no pun intended.<br /> Scott S. discusses the bare legs topic here <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-london-legs-london/and" rel="nofollow">http://www.thesartorialist.com.....london/and</a> is strongly in favour of fashion over practicality. Interestingly, judging from the comments of his followers to this post, opinion on the subject is divided. I don’t recall ever seeing Mr S. wearing shorts and bare legs with a winter coat over the top, but I would be curious to see whether this very correct of dressers would do so…the pic he posted has an added degree of seasonal contrast , because the subject not only has bare legs but is wearing SANDALS. During the week of that post, the average temperature in London was 20 degrees C; and 2 days prior to that post, the max. temp. was 30 – i.e. reeaaally hot. So, assuming the pic was taken during that week, I don’t think it’s the bare legs that are the oddity, it’s the fur coat. And fur is trending, so I expect, as with the beanies, I will see such ensembles (fur coat plus sandals) IRL in my town as soon as the humidity eases off. Hopefully I will not be seeing any bare leg ensembles this winter quite like the attached (Alexander Wang F2013 just last week). I was SOOOO disappointed! Mr Wang can’t have intentionally been referencing those haunting mid-century black-and- white news photos of bandaged burns victims/rag-footed and bootless WWII refugees, but it’s all I could think of…<br /> BTW, here’s an interesting article about the health effects on women of having bare legs in cold weather. I remember that there a was a lot of talk about this too when miniskirts first came out in the sixties, before pants were acceptable as a dressy alternative for women, as Deb and MS Maven have pointed out. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jul/18/gender.pressandpublishing" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl.....publishing</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850642 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:28:45 +0000 Ingunn 850642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Last time I was out to dinner in Oslo, I saw many young women/girls wearing stilettos as in pumps and sandals, and a miniskirt with sheer hose. The ground was covered in ice, and the temperature below -10C. The police and the authorities here warn people against this in our news media. It is dangerous in combination with alcohol, people have frozen to death because of this stupidity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion/page/2#post-850631 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:54:19 +0000 Adelfa 850631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I read a book by Kate Spade years ago in which she said that she wore skirts and dresses all winter in New York and never wore hose. At the start of every winter since, in relatively balmy Northern California, I decide I will emulate this fashionista. This resolve lasts about 5 minutes into the first autumn day, not long enough to prevent me from donning tights or maybe even wearing pants.</p> <p>I don't understand either.</p> <p>I do know that in Southern California, my daughter loves wearing her minis with boots and no hosiery, to ward off that morning chill wafting in from the ocean. People just don't realize how chilly Los Angeles can get! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850558 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:05:31 +0000 Suz 850558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, HOW did I miss this treat you set out for me!! </p> <p>You KNEW I would take the bait and run with it, my apoplexy in full force!! </p> <p>Oh heavens. How do I LOATHE thee, seasonally confused look, let me count the ways? </p> <p>It's just plain dumb. </p> <p>Aida, nude hose would not even BEGIN to be enough if you needed a hat like that. The two things just don't match. Without the hat and scarf, yeah, sure (assuming the coat isn't as warm as a wool coat I would wear here). But WITH the hat and scarf? Nope. Doesn't fly. </p> <p>Okay, now that's off my chest, I do agree that geography influences what will seem seasonally confused to us. </p> <p>Angie, I admit it took me a while to come around to the idea of boots or booties with a dress and no hose. That was tough at first....but some of this footwear is clearly designed for mid-range (vs. genuinely cold) temps. Like the Report booties. No way I would wear those in the winter here. I MIGHT in a Seattle winter (if I could find a dry day). I WOULD in a San Francisco winter. But not where I am now. Where I live now, I need serious winter boots. Anyway, just to say that I will admit there is some leeway on the whole "seasonal" thing. </p> <p> Just not thick woolen hats and bare legs. No. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850547 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:36:25 +0000 Jjsloane 850547@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is my main problem with boots with no toes and outerwear with no sleeves (exception being puffer vests) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850402 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:09:23 +0000 Lyn D. 850402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And what about that guy lying in the snow in only Ellen trunks on the Ellen Degeneres show the other day? :0 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850399 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:07:44 +0000 Ingunn 850399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In general, I love a playful approach to fashion. I'm not very concerned about the weight of fabrics in regard to seasons, or trying to avoid mixing a light cotton skirt with wool tights and tweed, to name something. But bare legs in freezing temperatures, that is plain stupid to me. I do think a lot of the blog outfits are for posing only, like a pice of art on an exhibition. Many are hardly wearable. I also question mile high stiletto heels on persons that actually work for a living. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850388 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:54:44 +0000 Raisin 850388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't get it either. I find this a lot with blogs, which is why I generally find them to be unhelpful because a lot of outfits are unwearable for most of us on a normal day. I think a lot are posed to look good, but not practical. I even wonder a lot of the time if they even wear the outfits they post, or if it's just for the blog. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850372 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:23:02 +0000 TraceyLiz65 850372@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I question this myself and don't like being cold, so don't understand the look if it is done purely for style... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850286 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:43:59 +0000 catgirl 850286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thistle, the second shot is in Paris. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850276 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:27:12 +0000 Thistle 850276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't get it either, especially #2. She has snow, so clearly she is not in Florida or SoCal.</p> <p>All I can think is that they do it for the photo and then dress normally. Or, they have a really high tolerance for being uncomfortable! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850267 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:16:56 +0000 Ajoanna 850267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been seeing this look a lot on blogs this year too. I could understand it if the person is in California or even Florida (where it can be 40 degrees in the morning and 80 in the afternoon), but it looks a bit silly in genuinely freezing cold weather.<br /> My other personal pet peeve is mini shorts worn with tights and boots. It's rather seasonally confused, plus when the wearer puts on a coat, it creates the allusion of only wearing tights on the bottom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850151 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:44:28 +0000 harmonica 850151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>both outfits would be.... eh... i don't have words... snow, icy wind and bare legs.. nope </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850137 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:36:31 +0000 MsMaven 850137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pants were forbidden at school when I was a girl, so it was shoes, (lower calf "snow boots" on stormy days) anklets, knee length skirts and heavy winter coats. In grade school we wore "long stockings" i.e. tights and then knee socks. By junior high no more knee socks unless you wanted to die of embarrassment. In college I could finally wear pants once in a while, but I had a part-time job 2 days a week and wearing pants would get you sent home.</p> <p>I grew up in Salt Lake City so there was plenty of cold and snow. So this outfit doesn't look so strange to me--but it's definitely a throw back to what I consider the dark ages for women's clothing. (Garter belts, pointy bras, girdles and seamed stockings that bagged at the ankle. ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850087 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:16:25 +0000 Angie 850087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It gets even more seasonally confused to my eye. People wear turtlenecks, scarves and coats with sandals. I don't get it at all. </p> <p>But I am a hypocrite in all of this too. I don't find a little Summer dress or short shorts worn with boots, booties or shooties seasonally confused. I guess I am just ULTRA sensitive to cold feet!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850081 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:12:55 +0000 Aida 850081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(psssst! Nude hose That's what I use for warmer-but-still-cool winter/spring days (48-60F). Works nicely.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850079 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:11:24 +0000 rachylou 850079@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see people on the street dressing like this. For life, not just for photo ops. That's what I don't get: Sandals on gloomy, wintery, overcast days... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850046 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:54:01 +0000 unfrumped 850046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, I'm more struck by the dorkiness of the whole outfit than the few inches of bare leg.</p> <p>Heck, I can't even see how people wear bare legs at work in summer, since the offices/hospital temps are actually colder in summer than in winter. But at least I get the coming and going part is very hot or cold in those seasons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850029 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:48:31 +0000 Astrid 850029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I could never do this. And I agree, it does look strange to my eye. But I have always cold feet and legs anyway, so maybe that's the reason. I'm the one with the wool socks in the winter boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850022 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:46:28 +0000 catgirl 850022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tina b., agreed! People here come in from -60 out in the Bush and are wearing shorts and t-shirts because it's all of 10 here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850016 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:42:53 +0000 MsMary 850016@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We're always confused here, Una. It was wintery-for-here most of this week (50s) and today the forecast is for mid-70s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850008 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:39:40 +0000 Tina.b 850008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm always intrigued by this phenomen as well, particularly when I visit different cities. Where I live winter means super cold and lots of snow, so you don't see a lot on ankle. But when it starts warming up even a little, people tend to really embrace it (they break out the shorts). -10 feels a lot less cold in March than it does in November. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850004 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:38:42 +0000 catgirl 850004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MaryK, perhaps seasonal confusion seems more bothersome to those of us who live in extremes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-850001 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:36:51 +0000 ironkurtin 850001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion people in NYC do this. It's about the look, not comfort. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/seasonal-confusion#post-849997 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:36:05 +0000 MsMary 849997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That (the first outfit) would look pretty normal here in So Cal. This would be her "morning on the way to work" look, and her ankles would be a little cold. By afternoon it would be warmer and she would lose the scarf and hat and be wearing the coat unbuttoned. </p>