I’ve always found that the true testament of Canadianism (sp?) is the art of layering. I know it seems as if I’m forever talking about the weather, but when you live in a country with four different seasons throughout the year (scratch that, we can sometimes go through four seasons within a day), efficiently dressing to go through your day is a skill that you develop.
Thinking back to this time last year, we already had at least a couple inches of snow on the ground. And that snow stayed. It wasn’t the melt-as-soon-as-it-touches-something type of snow. It was the I’m-going-to-pile-up-and-block-your-driveway type of snow.
This time around, we’re facing chilly mornings and evenings (as to be expected), but with warm spring-like afternoons. So the real question is, how do you stay warm going to and from work without burning up while going out to grab a lunch? By artfully dressing with a variety of layers.
When it comes to layering, I don’t just pile on multiple layer of clothing just to keep warm. I’m fond of not only layering for warmth, but to also layer for aesthetics as well. Call it whatever you like, but if you’re going to put on clothes, you might as well wear them well.
One trick I’ve found that works well with almost every single layerable outfit would be to find incorporate various hemlengths into the overall look. But in between hemlengths, the materials matter too. Placing two like-materials overtop of each other only creates weird friction between the two of them, which then results in bunched up layers. Not a fun look if you ask me.
I’ve found that alternating between different materials really helps for the entire outfit to move fluidly without bunching up unattractively. But as much as I love layering things up, I’m holding out hope that it either gets warmer or colder so that I can let my little brain cells rest in the morning instead of stressing out over what I have to wear to neither freeze or boil.
T-shirt – Zipia | Pants – American Eagle Outfitters | Jacket – Cheap Monday | Sneakers – Adidas
