Common Sense
As the temperature drops and rises, and the snow falls and melts and turns to sludge, fashionistas who want to stomp this slushy grey terrain in style are starting to use their heads. While one’s first instinct might be “fashion over function,” the truly savvy know that you never really have to sacrifice either. So step through those snowdrifts with ease, plod through puddles without a second thought, fight back against freezing temperatures and eschew the damp ‘do upon arrival. Rainboots! Parkas! Toe-warmers! Hoods! Mittens! Never has practical dressing been more du jour – one can simultaneously channel the military trend infiltrating catwalks, rock the mussed-up side braid so coveted by, well, everyone and survive the conditions without putting your health at risk. Plus, nobody’s cooler than that girl who, rather than have her boyfriend hold her hand while she totters down the ice-covered stairs in heels of paramount ridiculousness, bounds down the slope in true Olympian form. Style and current events – touché.