https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:02:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2160092 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:43:38 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2160092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All done now! My feet did get cold, but a little stomping &amp; dancing around helped.</p> <p>I’m not completely through the butocratic jungle yet, but I got our passports back. Turns out the reason I couldn’t get an answer after I sent in requested documentation was that they realized they had been confiscated in error, so another dept was responsible. “Not my job!” No one bothered to tell me. P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2160086 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:14:51 +0000 rachylou 2160086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is if your feet are getting sweaty... you end up cooling your feet. The thing is for me, my feet don’t necessarily feel sweaty, but it’s happening nonetheless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2160063 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:08:09 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2160063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RL, i remember thinking that when my mom dressed us for ice skating. Is it true? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2160060 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 04:54:12 +0000 rachylou 2160060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If your feet start to get cold... take off the socks (!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2160059 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 04:34:02 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2160059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And I’m off on my big adventure at the foreigners office. Am wearing<br /> Tall btown boots<br /> Wool skirt<br /> Uniqlo heat tech tights<br /> Fleece tights<br /> Heat tech socks<br /> Mesh/lace body stocking<br /> Sleeveless linen bodysuit<br /> LS sports gear mock T similar to heat tech<br /> LS velvet Henley<br /> Chunky cotton/silk T-neck sweater<br /> Big blue coat<br /> Suede gloves<br /> Huge flat plaid scarf<br /> Knit cap. </p> <p>In my bag, just in case, are big mittens abs a winter headband. It’s 39 degrees, predicted to go down two before sunrise around 8. By then I hope to be inside—they open at 7:30. Ordinarily I’d say a line back to here is bad news, but we are spaced out, so I might. I wish I’d brought headphones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156497 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 05:57:38 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2156497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cee, if I pass out, it’ll be in amazement at do many words from you ;). Thanks for the concern &amp; the advice. </p> <p>This grand expedition may be moved to Tues, but it is coming for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156452 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:19:41 +0000 Cee 2156452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope you don't pass out from the facemask and scarves combo !</p> <p>What you suggested in your opening post sounds pretty good to me, Fash'.</p> <p>Long thermals, a turtleneck, another sweater and either the coat or bomber jackets sounds pretty cool and on your bottom half jeans and boots should suffice unless it's a particularly bitter early morning.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156320 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:29:30 +0000 nemosmom 2156320@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lots of layers and your longest coat! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156318 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:02:00 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2156318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RL, yep, tights *and* leggings are in the OP, and it sounds like I’ll be wearing them under my midi wool skirt. </p> <p>Thanks, everybody who suggested hand warmers, warming bottles, etc. We have a heat/ice pack (to put on injuries) that I can heat up that morning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156312 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:14:22 +0000 rachylou 2156312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’d double layer: Stockings, thermal leggings, wool (wool is best for warmth) socks, skirt, longer coat, thermal top, top, sweater (obviously not in that order necessarily). Close fits. Drafts are killers to me. I learned from YLF here the magic of the close fit and double layers. Before YLF, I wondered why my puffers never really kept me warm. I was just putting the coat on over my California clothes, with no under layering. Agree that sneakers can be better than thin soled boots... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156308 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:55:30 +0000 nuancedream 2156308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeans have that magical quality of making me feel too hot or too cold unless I'm in a temperate, mild climate. I'm with Vildy and La Ped with the fleece leggings or tights under a wool skirt with long wool socks and tall boots. When I'm in extreme cold weather, my Helly Hansen base layer shirt and pants keep me very warm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156305 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:43:29 +0000 JAileen 2156305@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How about one of those heat up patches that stuck onto your lower back? &nbsp;I think they’re for back pain, but would help keep you warm. &nbsp;Back when our son was in high school band, they helped&nbsp;the song girls from freezing in their skimpy outfits during half time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156286 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 13:09:48 +0000 Lynne 2156286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please let us know what you decide and how it plays out....FWIW I wore jeans over tights during Copenhagen winters, but I had friends that thought jeans were cold to wear. Do you have pocket handwarmers? The ones where you snap a little metal disc and gel heats up? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156271 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:41:21 +0000 Minaminu 2156271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo&nbsp;</p> <p>Vildy and La Pedestrienne! Don't forget a warm beanie, if the extremities are warm, the cold is more bearable.&nbsp; Good idea to bring a thermos with a hot tea, it will warm you up.&nbsp;</p> <p>It may be a bit extreme, but&nbsp;I am always cold... when I was a student in Germany, I had to queue up early in the morning to register to some courses and was not afraid to use a hot bottle water under my under my arm! It takes some skills when walking but it was soo good!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156258 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 02:55:57 +0000 Anonymous 2156258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you have a hoodie That you can layer under your coat? While teaching there were 30-45 minute periods of recess duty walking a cold playground for recess duty. I found that the longer the coat, the warmer it was. A hood hat with faux fur around the face did a good job of handeling cold winds. It tied under my chin and allowed a knit beanie underneath. I warm scarf or shawl under or over the coat helps. Layers are good because you can change the level of warmth, especially if you feel too warm. Consider getting hand warmers to put in your coat pockets. Wishing you warmth. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156246 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:57:39 +0000 LaPed 2156246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FI, I’ve had a pair of cheap synthetic “liner gloves” my whole adult life. In really cold weather, I almost always have them on underneath my mittens, so that I don’t have to choose between manual dexterity and staying warm. Now that it’s the age of smartphones, I should probably replace them with an “e-tip” pair... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156244 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:25:07 +0000 Gigi 2156244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When it's really cold here, I always opt for skirts over jeans. You can fit a lot of stuff under skirts! On the coldest days, I would wear thick tights with thick leggings over the top, and a pair of black silk long underwear over that (the silk underwear was very nice looking, and it wasn't obvious that it was underwear--you couldn't see much of it anyway by the time I was done with the outfit). I would add a pair of heavy socks over the tights. Then boots and a thick wool midi skirt.</p> <p>For my top half, I wore my warmest underlayer (Cuddl Duds), and over the top of that I wore a thick turtleneck. Then over that I wore a long cardigan (duster?). Do you have any long sweaters you could wear to help cover your rear end? Then my puffer over the top, along with a heavy scarf. Then a warm hat that covers the ears well.</p> <p>I generally find mittens warmer than gloves, because the fingers aren't separated and can help keep each other warm. If you have some very thin knit gloves (the cheap stretchy kind), you can wear them under the mittens.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156239 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:32:04 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2156239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>“Skirts are just blankets you can wear” ha! So true. And yes, I do have a throw blanket to take along—good idea!<br /> Vildly, yes, I’ll wear one of my knit caps.<br /> LePed, I thought I was being innovative with the mittens over gloves idea—nope!<br /> Thank you both for your suggestions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156236 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:06:37 +0000 Vildy 2156236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>do you have anything like an afghan you could wrap over your coat? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156235 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:45:08 +0000 LaPed 2156235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeans make me cold, so I think I'm with Vildy. If the skirt is roomy enough for layering, put some fleecy leggings or tights underneath, and some long wool socks if you've got 'em. I'd go with whichever coat is easier to layer under -- I imagine the longer one? I feel like the shorter length and elastic waist on bombers limits layering options, but maybe you have the right tops/sweaters to go underneath it. I always opt for mittens over gloves if I need to actually keep my hands warm. I imagine that once the sun is up, you'll probably want to shed at least one layer, so make sure whatever you're wearing underneath can stand alone. Good luck!</p> <p>I keep looking at these <a rel="nofollow" href="https://norsari.com/collections/shop-all-norsaris">wool-blend wrap skirts</a>, designed by a woman in Minnesota for adding extra warmth in winter conditions. Wool skirts are just blankets you can wear. ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156234 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:36:25 +0000 Vildy 2156234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since you don't have a warm coat, do you maybe have some kind of&nbsp;<br />puffer vest that would fit over the coat? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156233 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:33:55 +0000 Vildy 2156233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't envy you your adventure.&nbsp; Denim is not warm.&nbsp; I'd wear the&nbsp;<br />skirt over the tights/leggings with the tall boots.&nbsp; I might try the mittens over the gloves.&nbsp; You can wear your scarf so that it covers a lot of your face but did you mention a hat that covers your ears?&nbsp; Also, you want&nbsp;<br />room for your toes to wiggle a bit - like the mitten principle - but be mindful that if your boots are dress boots with a thin sole, you could&nbsp;<br />feel the cold cement beneath your feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what%e2%80%99s-warmer#post-2156229 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:27:22 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2156229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Monday morning, I will get up several hours before sunrise to go stand in line outside for several hours. Temps will probably be just above freezing. </p> <p>I plan to wear my Uniqlo heat tech LS undershirt, tights, and socks with airism leggings and my warmest tall boots. Beyond that, I’m not sure, but I know some of you are frequently out in the cold. </p> <p>Which is warmer, my wool skirt or blue jeans? The skirt’s fabric itself is warmer, but it just reaches the top of my boots.<br /> If I wear a cami under the heat tech, does it interfere with the ability of the little loops in the fabric keeping me warm?<br /> I’ll probably wear 2 sweaters, at least one of them T-neck.<br /> I’m undecided about my top layer; the bomber jacket has Thinsulate, so it’s warmer than my wool coat, but it doesn’t cover my bottom. I could add a pair of velvet shorts in with all the layers.<br /> I plan to take a couple scarves so I can swap them out if my exhalation gets one of them wet, or just take paper face masks to use as liners for the scarves.<br /> Suede gloves or fuzzy yarn mittens (or both)?<br /> I may take a thermos of hot tea or veggie broth.<br /> All advice and tips will be appreciated! </p>