If you suffer badly with the cold in winter, how do you dress to keep warm and still look put together and stylish?

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I really suffer with the cold in the winter, I have Raynauds and regularly lose all feeling in my hands and feet (and nose!). I love the summer months, I can dress for style rather than for warmth but then winter comes around and I look like a bag lady again.
How do you dress to be warm and look decent? Today, I have on Ugg boots, woolly socks, knee high socks, jeans, long sleeve t-shirt and 2 hoodies. Its only September and I'm dreading another freezing winter.

Accessories definitely as well as layers. So always scarf, hat and gloves when you go out. I never used to like hats but am an enthusiastic convert to all woolly Nordic-style types now.

Also, go leggings, knitted dress (with long sleeved thermal vest underneath) AND long coat over the top. Could belt if if you don't want to lose your shape.

Any links to nice knitted dresses please? Not acrylic.

Gobblers - 2 great tips in one night! First death spray for wasps. Second those harimaki things - just ordered one for post CS next week :o

I'm going to make a Harimaki from some old jersey material I have. Its just like the bump band I used to wear with my maternity clothes.

I'd forgotten how bad winters are for me, the last few winters I've been pregnant with the girls or still carrying the baby weight from the girls. Now I'm back to being just me again I'm remembering how much I hate winter. My hands and feet get chilblains all over them, its so painful and really unsightly, I just hate it.

I'm determined to be warmer this winter without looking like a bag lady, I just don't have £££ to throw at the problem so will have to think about one or two key bits that can be very versatile under everything. I like the idea of hardly having to wash merino

Check out Celtic Sheeskin, Remus.
I have a feeling they're doing 25% off if you order before tomorrow, but am just orf to check....

Thanks Mango. Need to buy irl not online though.

Thanks, Matilda. I only like the Whitestuff one (am astonished that I like something from there!) but I have a virtually identical one from M&S Autograph Weekend (RIP).

Oh Schmaltz that's so lovely of you, but I'm not a 12, thanks so much though. Aren't we MNetters luverly?

Definitely lots of thin layers. I wear scarves indoors. Wrist warmers are amazing, I've had 100% cashmere gloves and warmers for £9 or £10 from TK Maxx and Asos in the last year and M&S outlets are great - scarves in 100% cashmere for £1.50 and £2.50. Otherwise look on folksy.com for handknits in pure wool. I find tighter clothes warmest so thin cardies rather than big draughty jumpers.

A fleece lined hat is a must for me, (I've got a wool peruvian hat with fleece) thermal vests, leg warmers where my boots end and my coat finishes, M&S heatgen layers are great, they are thin and look stylish and the leggings can be worn under trousers, fleece or sheepskin gloves, sheepskin liners for your boots or wear Dr Marten Boots and your feet won't get cold (its that airwear layer I think!) Fake fur is very warm, as are down coats.
Cordroy is warmer then denim too, I think!

schmaltzing am on crap phone do can't pm but would be interested in the coat, can you pm me?

Silk thermal undies are fab - slithery so clothes don't cling, I have some lands end ones I've had for years, still wearing them every winter. Down gilets and coats are very good too, warm but light and still breathable. Merell Oslo boots cosy and warm. I hate being cold too.

Yes it's the quality of the fabric. No more cotton or artificial fibres.

I spent my teens being badly dressed in a freezing old house before I realised you need proper vests (thermal) and WOOL jumpers and proper trousers with Tights underneath.

Tho fleece is artificial and amazingly warm. So I really mean - choose fabric carefully!

Thermal vests and leg warmers.

and tucking yourself in.

real wool socks, lots of layering helps. i work from home and find jeans to be cold to wear. quite often do the school run, then get changed into joggers at home for work, then back to jeans to pick the kids up. also have a thermal vest and sheepskin slippers. when i go out, i always wear a hat too, prefer hats to hoods when it's raining.

i'm always cold....i find layering works for me.

i might wear a tight fitting thermal vest (from marskies) then a long sleeved cotton tshirt (from primark) a dress/tunic over the top, with a short cardi over that...bottom half i wear jeans with long wooly socks scrunched over them with short uggs. wooly boots help massively with keeping warm.

my real secret to being warm is a scarf...but not neccesarily a knitted one. i have millions...i love the big soft ones (mn scarf!) and you can wrap them around your neck and chest keeping you nice and toasty. and because they are not really bulky, you can keep them on indoors as part of your outfit, and thus remaining warm! even the kind of slim fashion scarves work for keeping a draught out. try it!

Second chimchar about the scarves. I've always loathed them as a fashion item, only ever wearing them to keep my neck warm, but what difference they make, especially on cool spring/autumn days. I have whole wardrobe of the things now, though my favourites are the thin cotton ones.

Have to say I was converted after coming to Australia, where schools are inadequately heated, as are the houses.

Great topic, does anyone have any recommendations for places to buy silk thermals?

Celtic sheepskin doing 20% SLA12 but don't know for how long. AU1210 for 15% off knitwear finishes today.

Thanks for all thw tips, I think I will go to M&S and try to find some thermal layers and go to primark and get a few fashion scarves. If they make a difference I can pick more bits and pieces up as I go. I'll keep an eye out for cashmere, silk and merino in places like tk maxx but will wait untul I find something I like in my budget. I'm going to gwt some wrist warmers too and I'll make a harimaki. Hopefully, it will all make a difference and I can be warm and still look half decent!