https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:21:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1694652 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 02:18:09 +0000 rachylou 1694652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mercy! 101! While I sit literally in a cold, wet fog...</p> <p>And Bernard - a 20 point swing! *I feel your pain* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1694316 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:50:57 +0000 Peri 1694316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here you go Rachylou, something to warm you up.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1694309 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:43:05 +0000 Anonymous 1694309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Rachylou I end up with the same problem by Sunday it was 30 degrees and today make 11 degree I have put my long-sleeved shirts and put my beige coat I'm like you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1690252 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:07:44 +0000 rachylou 1690252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. The doom rolling in! </p> <p>All my puffies are really light weight ones. Thing is, I hate drafts. So they're long and look very wintery. I wish I'd wear a shorter one, but I've learned I just won't. I wonder if anyone makes a long puffer vest? And if I'd wear a vest as my outerwear... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1690242 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:51:34 +0000 JAileen 1690242@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After my mother's fall, I went down to see her and I saw several people in down jackets. They were the thin lightweight kind like this. Here's the view from her window. You can see the fog. I loved it because it was over 100F at home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1690241 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:48:16 +0000 rachylou 1690241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore wool coats in college, but I have become a weakling. Even that won't do it...or perhaps more likely, the coats are thinner now. I can't find gabardine anymore, on a tangent.</p> <p>I miss my F21 puffer vest. It's gone now. It was a bit girly with ruffles at the shoulders and I had one of those horrible city accidents...got some tar or gum on it. Yucky. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1690233 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:36:34 +0000 JAileen 1690233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mother used to a wool coat to SF in June and July evenings. Especially walking among tall buildings, the wind was cold. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1690232 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:34:16 +0000 DonnaF 1690232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wearing an apple green puffer vest today. . .Got it at Costco years ago and was considering passing it on since I never wear it in F/W.&nbsp; Lightbulb.&nbsp; This is a S/S item. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689849 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:35:48 +0000 rachylou 1689849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I've definitely been in the stompy boots the last four-five days!</p> <p>Interesting about tank tops. Arms don't suffer? I wonder if I could get a wool tank here... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689839 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:20:57 +0000 Lisa 1689839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I go with layers. &nbsp;I'm always in a/c too cold for me. &nbsp;I start with a tank top, add a three quarter sleeve shirt, then put a blazer, cardigan, or poncho on top. &nbsp;And I stick to full length or cropped bottoms. &nbsp;I let the colors not the materials be my nod to the season. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689520 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 08:53:32 +0000 goldenpig 1689520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I agree with layers. The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in SF, as the saying goes. I don't even separate out my wardrobe by season because it's often colder in the summer than in the winter. (And yes, we go from turning on the heat one day to cursing our lack of AC the next). I live up on a hill and it's always foggy and freezing in the morning, then when I go to work, it's sunny and broiling. I like to wear a cardigan over a dress (I have some from Vince and Helmut Lang) and sometimes add leggings and stompy boots. Or you can never go wrong with a leather moto (as long as you can ditch it when the temperature rises). I have a Vince sweatshirt, but then what do you do when it's super hot later in the day?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689516 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 08:22:18 +0000 Astrid 1689516@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dress like I would in spring or fall. I don't really differentiate between seasonal clothing, although some items work better across the seasons, of course. I pick my outfit depending on the weather and not anything else. That's why my spring and summer looks are often darker or less "summer like" than others on the forum, but I don't really care. </p> <p>If I had to recommended one piece of clothing for a cool summer day it would be a wool camisole, I love mine.</p> <p>Btw, we have central heating and in summer it's turned down almost completely. I have a bit more leeway in the bathroom, but otherwise I have to compensate with my dressing. A few weeks a go I was wearing a tee, shorts and sandals outside and warm socks, long pants and a wool pullover inside (the building is slow to heat up when summer temperatures arrive). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689502 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:41:50 +0000 rachylou 1689502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! Too foggy to see any fireworks, but we ate barbecue...indoors.</p> <p>That's a brilliant fun idea, dresses over pants. How could I forget that one?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689474 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 03:38:51 +0000 Laura 1689474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy .... I have spent a bit of time in the bay area of northern California ..... the climate there is similar to what we have in northwestern Germany that faces the North Sea. </p> <p>One fun casual style that has popped up here is that some people are wearing summery dresses with a pair of jeans underneath to get that summer feel and yet still not be freezing!</p> <p>Happy July 4th to you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold/page/2#post-1689344 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 21:17:21 +0000 rachylou 1689344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today I'm wearing a long brown wooly cardigan and stompy boots over my accidental white and blue. I was going to wear an almost whiteout with stars and a little bit of red and blue for the holiday...We will see! (We will see if there's even any fireworks!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689341 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 21:14:28 +0000 rachylou 1689341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely want a denim look sweatshirt now. And white sneakers. And a long pair of pants that are not black. When my car comes back from the mechanic, I'm going to go shopping. </p> <p>...And the temps will soar back up. I know it. I just know it :p Hehe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689339 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 21:10:27 +0000 rachylou 1689339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh all right people. Lol. I guess I *am* a dress person in summer. Make me wear pants and thermal stockings! I'm thinking about being spendy tho and buying white sneakers. Maybe that would make things more summery in my head.</p> <p>Alexandra - I like to suffer, lol. I only turn on the heat in January, in the dead of winter. Lolol. In my head, I live in Victorian times and am saving on coal lumps. Hahaha! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689243 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:11:21 +0000 Maneera 1689243@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Denim look sweatshirts are pretty cool,Rachy. I recently saw one and totally loved it! </p> <p>If I'm not mistaken, F21 has these too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689193 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:32:04 +0000 Alexandra 1689193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, what do you mean, you can't turn on the heat because it's summer? I turn on the heat when it's cold and the A/C when it's hot, regardless of season. No reason to suffer just because mother nature won't get with the program. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689170 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 13:29:53 +0000 Angie 1689170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeans, trousers, closed shoes, knitwear, scarves and jackets.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689149 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 12:30:11 +0000 Suz 1689149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it comes down to layers, as Staysfit says. Finding the ones that work right for you in your climate. And if it is 55F in summer, then heck, why not just dress as if it is spring? I'd do as Skylurker says:&nbsp;</p> <p>Start on the bottom with a cami (maybe even a thermal one if you really really run cold, but silk could also work).&nbsp;</p> <p>Then a shirt/ pullover (some type of top).</p> <p>Then either a jacket or a sweater. Summerweight cashmere is beautiful, but merino wool is also great, as is the right cotton.&nbsp;</p> <p>Scarf.&nbsp;</p> <p>Pants.</p> <p>Socks.&nbsp;</p> <p>Footwear could be booties, sneakers, oxfords, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>Trench. Because if you live in SF, you need at least one. Excuse to go shopping!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689146 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 12:18:54 +0000 rachylou 1689146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and I need to put the button back on the one blazer...all my others are not warm, but this one with the missing button is! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689144 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 12:16:22 +0000 rachylou 1689144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I particularly like the idea of a denim look sweatshirt.</p> <p>To answer the questions - good ones, I might add, have gotten me thinking:</p> <p>- I wear it all: pullovers, cardigans, sweatshirts, dresses. I am naturally inclined toward dresses, but as I get older, the cold gets to me more. I wear pants more now when it's cold.</p> <p>- I haven't a cashmere sweater at the moment...last and final one succumbed to the moths. Cashmere really is lovely. I should rectify that situation.</p> <p>- I don't have a proper real trench coat either anymore. Another situation that ought to be rectified. </p> <p>- Have never worn chinos, or if I ever did, it was very long ago. Khaki is probably too preppy for me...but I gather there are other colours now? </p> <p>- A heavier pair of fake denim jeans - should start a hunt for those! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689133 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 11:07:46 +0000 skylurker 1689133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I wear oxfords, with socks.</p> <p>Jeans - but you don't wear jeans, if I remember correctly<br /> - or chinos - do you wear chinos or are they in the repulsive preppy category for you ?</p> <p>Shirt+blazer or shirt+ cotton sweater/sweatshirt/breton top.</p> <p>Trenchcoat, umbrella. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689110 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 09:23:13 +0000 Staysfit 1689110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I layer a long cashmere cardigan over whatever I put on. I have some in neutral colors that go with whatever's in my closet. If it's really cold, I might wear a summer weight cashmere sweater if you have one. They come in fun colors. I have two. I think this may be a bit like the freezing a/c I encounter that makes a room feel colder than in winter! </p> <p>Layers my friend, layers!</p> <p>Good luck staying warm! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689093 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 07:46:20 +0000 Laura 1689093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, are you more of a cardigan person, sweater person, sweatshirt person or do you prefer dresses more? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689091 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 07:44:56 +0000 Maneera 1689091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I had some words of wisdom for you, but I don't. I usually have the opposite problem (too warm in winters to wear a coat)! </p> <p>But, considering that your summer is quite like our winter (chuckles), I have some suggestions. </p> <p>1) Cute sweatshirt, short skirt &amp; tights. I know, I know.....tights are so silly in *summer*, but this is not a bad idea if you're craving skirts instead of pants.<br /> You could also try a skirt with tall boots, leaving lesser skin bare. I LOVE that look </p> <p>2) Summery colors in sweaters &amp; sweatshirts. Think chambray, or a denim look sweatshirt, or colors like coral, pale blue, soft pink or mauve, emerald &amp; mint. Yellow or any citron is GREAT in sweaters too. </p> <p>I came across this article too: <a href="http://becomechic.com/20-comfy-outfits-for-a-cold-summer-day/" rel="nofollow">http://becomechic.com/20-comfy.....ummer-day/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689085 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 06:59:25 +0000 rachylou 1689085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a thought. I could try underlayers under a long dress. Hmm... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689077 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 06:20:09 +0000 Jeanie 1689077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, we've had a couple cold spells too. &nbsp;Not sure if you do dresses but I do maxi skirts and light colored thinner summer sweaters or a long sleeve maxi dress in florals with under layers if necessary. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-to-wear-in-summer-when-its-cold#post-1689066 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 05:17:08 +0000 rachylou 1689066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Right now, Suz, I'm wearing two chunky sweaters! I feel bad about wearing a puffy indoors. My mum asked why I didn't turn on the heat, and I told her I couldn't because it was summer. Lol. Am I making it harder than it needs to be?</p> <p>I love the idea of emerald. It's true about mariner stripes, tho. I avoid them because I'm so unimaginative when it comes to them. My prep school rearing is a terrible ball and chain. I don't know how I make them look so bad, but I do. Quite awful. Plastic couch cover catalog awful!</p> <p>Also: good idea about a sleeveless turtleneck. Need to rummage. May be with winter clothes. </p>