Early last year I identified a wardrobe hole regarding cold winter outdoor accessories. Most of my stuff was pre-retirement - so 4 yrs+. Gloves and mitts had lost their warmth (so got edited) and I need really warm hats and scarves for the long (2 hour) walks that have become a staple of my post retirement exercise regime.


So far I haven’t had much luck. Pic #1 shows what I wear on ‘warmer days’ and #2 is for ‘colder’ days..

The striped scarf belonged to one of the DS’s and was fished out of a box of miscellaneous winter kit and predates our move south (in 2014) from the great white north. It’s a place holder. They all work with the merlot puffer I picked up last winter (see pic #3)

I really want a scarf like the one in pic #4. The jacket in #4 is actually the same LE jacket I own (see Finds) and the scarf is from LE - but not something they carry anymore. I haven’t been able to find anything comparable with mostly natural (wool, cashmere) fibres, and I’m being picky.


The light merlot gloves in Finds are part of the capsule, but I wear them only when temps are around freezing or if I’m going to be mostly in the car. I do wear the gloves with a black coat, and the black gloves (or mitts) with the merlot puffer.

What I would like to add to this capsule:

- multicoloured large wool square shawl/scarf with some merlot in the design
-medium sized cross body bag in merlot



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by Runcarla
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2 years ago