It's time to layer up.
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It's safe to say that, if pressed, most people wouldn't name winter as their favorite season. It's cold. It's wet. It's cold and wet. But you're not most people. See, winter is a fashion-lover's nirvana, and if the opportunity to throw on so many layers you don't know where your coat ends and your body begins isn't making you positively tingle with excitement, you need to step back and reassess your priorities, bro. I'm serious.
If you're not out here trying to look like the meme of Joey from "Friends" wearing a full wardrobe's worth of clothing, you're doing something very wrong. Layering is literally the only good part of the season. Miss me with that "holiday cheer" bullsh*t. The only cheer I need is the sweet, sweet dopamine rush that comes from hitting triple-digit likes on a fit pic I'll probably delete a week later. Skip the holiday card, Grandma, and show your boy some love on the 'gram. This isn't a game.
If you're having trouble feeling inspired, I whittled down your options to three absolutely smacking outfits—each comprised of a grip of cold-weather staples—to offer but a taste of what this season could have in store if you play your cards right. A specially curated medley of winter vibes, if you will. Because as soon as winter hits, the world really is your sartorial oyster—provided your fingers don't fall off before you have the chance hit that "post" button. So, from big-ass parkas to chunky knitwear to the luxest topcoats around (and pretty much every possible layer in between), here's where to begin your search.
Can't wait 'til it's...below arctic temperatures to really start dressing?
A vibrant, eye-grabbing beanie ripped straight from the stills of the latest Wes Anderson flick.
Todd Snyder Italian Donegal Twill Balmacaan Coat
To be clear: It's an Italian. Donegal. Twill. Balmacaan. It sort of speaks for itself, doesn't it?
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Few icons of workwear-inspired design remain as enduringly stylish asDickies'canvas vest, an all-time layering essential if there ever was one and a perennial MVP of cold-weather dressing.
L.L.Bean Signature Cotton Fisherman Sweater
L.L.Bean Signature Cotton Fisherman Sweater
Bean's classiccable-knit sweater comes in a beefy premiumcotton that'll layer comfortably over or under anything your pair it with.
You seeing this?Examine that sh*t real close, guy.Get up in there. Because this is exactly what your pants should look like right now, and if you don't own a pair like these yet it might be time (read: it's definitely time)to bite the bullet.
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Don't let the fancy Italian pedigree feel you: Diemme's entire MO is centered aroundexpertlycrafted footwear made to withstandthe worst of the elements, and these suede bad boys are no exception.
Arc'teryx Cerium LT Hooded Down Jacket
Leave it to the outerwear experts at Arc'teryx to craftthe lightweight (850-fill goose down) solution to all your winter layerings problems, sans any of the bulk normally associated with the genre.
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Everlane French Terry Hoodie
Everlane French Terry Hoodie
Now 51% Off
The hoodie you'll turn to time and time (and time) again.
Rains' sleek down vest is the layer you should be throwing on over everything you ownbefore you step outside this winter.
The North Face City Voyager Nylon Belt Bag
The North Face City Voyager Nylon Belt Bag
The North Face knows a things or two about crafting durable cold-weather garms. The brand's belt bag—renderedin a winter-ready, nea-impenetrablenylon—represents the Platonic ideal of what the company still does best: hard-wearing, utilitariangearthat'll see you through the storm, no matter how bad it gets.
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Because the '70s redux is very real, and very relaxed.
An inimitable icon of countercultural style, nowmade all the better by a—very capitalist!—seasonal discount.
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Parks Project Yosemite Embroidered Corduroy Baseball Cap
Parks Project Yosemite Embroidered Corduroy Baseball Cap
Parks Project makes just thetype of crunchy, throwback-inflectedgear you should be reppingin support of one of our country's most famous outdoor spaces.
Aimé Leon Dore x Woolrich Ballistic Parka
ALD links up withWoolrich for round three of their ongoing collaboration andimbues the latter'scold-weather staples with its signature penchant for retro-inspired designs.
Because your fingers deserve to be swaddled in as much fleeceas the rest of your body.
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The North Face Logo-Embroidered Polartec Fleece Jacket
Like the one you grew up wearing, but somehow much, muchbetter than you remembered.
The certified gorp gods at Nike ACG are back at itagain.
