DD won't take hoody off even in hot weather

[Apple80]

My 13 year old daughter is constantly in her red hoody and jeans even in this hot weather, TOday we went to the seaside and it was boiling and everyone round us where in t shirts, shorts, or dresses but not my daughter in her hoody and jeans I kept askin her if she was hot but she kept saying she wasn't. I know when I was a teen I wouldn't show my legs so lived in my jeans but had no problem with just having a t shirt on top is anyone else's child like this

Hi Apple,
If, as you say, it's not about self harm, then the hardest thing to deal with for you is likely to be your own reaction to your daughter doing something you don't really like.
It may help to voice what you're seeing to your daughter without judgement. maybe 'I notice that even on really hot days you wear your hoodie, I wonder why' But don't expect an answer.
Try to identify what is making you uncomfortable about her wearing it. It is likely to include some embarrassment on your part. What situations make it feel worse? if teenage years are about finding identity and the worst thing your daughter is doing is wearing a hoodie on a hot day, then maybe you can persuade yourself into a different view of it. list all the things that she could be doing, then look at what she is doing.
I'm not saying it's easy.
I think the hardest part of parenting is our own mindset. It's a genuine battle ground inside our own heads. I wonder many holidays would be saved if we could identify which battles were with our kids and which were with ourselves.
xx

meant to say: the most powerful thing I did to get over my own mindset was to work out what colour she would like and to buy her a hoodie which I gave her with a hug. Being a teenager is sh*t. I love her more than I hate the hoodie. (it also got us past the argument of refusing to put it in the wash and wearing it to bed aswell) Yes she looks warm on family photos and I still feel a bit sad about it. The hardest part now is dealing with MIL

I went through the summer of 76 (scorching)like this,including long socks (had hairy legs!).

Yes, my 16 yr old son does it. He says he feel too exposed. He said it's like a comfort thing.