It baffles me that as a country, we seem to cope amazingly with the usual miserable clouds that hang over us 11 months of the year. We resigned ourselves long ago to the fact that we jinx ourselves if we leave the house without an umbrella, and we’ve adapted fashion wise by coordinating our little bag-sized brollies with our outfits and jazzing them up with cute frills and polka-dot trends. We’ve just about mastered jumping (in a very lady like way) over puddles in our black peep toe heels too. Yep, we’ve adapted to our climate in a very stylish way indeed.
How is it then that as the first little snowflake falls from the sky, the whole country stops functioning. Nobody makes it into work or school, traffic chaos is worse than a regular Monday morning and people stock up on food as if they’re settling into winter hibernation. Other countries seem to cope with the white weather just fine but as a nation we seem to panic at the first falling flake!
Now at first we do all get a little over excited – putting up our Christmas trees and sculpting snowmen whilst humming Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ to ourselves, weeks ahead of the festive schedule. But it’s only after the joy of building snow people wears off and the cabin fever sets in that we realise we actually can go about our daily business after all!
It’s what to wear that is my biggest conundrum in this weather. I’ve tried work wear boots and whilst they look the part, they’ve less grip than an old sleigh. Boots with good grips just don’t go well with skinny jeans and woolly hats and scarves just don’t do anything for my little leather jacket. So what can we wear that will keep us warm, safe from the ice and free from fashion malfunctions?
Taking this season’s faux fur, rock chick trends on board, here are some of my favourite snow-friendly items from the winter collections:
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| Faux fur hat from New Look |
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| Faux Fur from Republic |
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| Cream Headband from Oasis |
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| Long Grey dress with black frill River Island |
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| Longline Cream Cardigan from Penneys |
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| Black Leather gloves New Look |
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