Can't Wear This in Texas - Topic of the day 4/25/24
Warmer weather is fast approaching (if you live in the northern hemisphere). How do you handle the heat while still getting fits off?
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If you can't wear cool clothes where you live, consider moving
The trick to wearing sick ass clothing in summer heat is simple
just suffer for the art
I've talked about this before but 90% of it is material/weave. Linen, Semi-synthetics (modals), silk, hemp, and seersucker.
Tropical wool
i shower a lot
also this. no longer being slim fit-pilled also helps
and i accept the fact that im a bit chubby and im gonna sweat and sweating is normal and good, just drink water
Seeing a lot more seersucker lately. Makes me want some
pulling all the camp collars back into rotation
I'm feeling some seersucker shorts ngl
I have two jackets I will be wearing a lot (both navy lol):
Cotton-linen Uniqlo shirt jacket
Tropical wool EG Bedford (actually cooler wearing than the Uniqlo shacket)
I'm waiting for summer sales to hit for a seersucker suit I think
Also the trick to dressing in the summer is having cool clothes, noone is gonna layer past like an undershirt past a point.
Your clothes and accessory game has to speak for itself
My accessory game is lacking 😅
Also mesh is in rn
Linen
Big droopy breathable shirts and tank tops
I'd really like a pair of PRL vintage linen trousers to come through for me around my waist size
An idea that I’ve tossed around in my head lately is that it might be easier to wear more clothes (in reason) like pants or a light long sleeve layer when it’s hotter. I’m going to sweat a ton no matter what when it’s 90+ and humid or 105+ and dry. Wearing less can help me when it’s 75-85 but above nothing can save me. Not a fully formed hypothesis yet.
And light wash polo jeans co in waist size 29 🥲
Me too
people who live in the hottest places on earth wear pants and shirts plenty
Warm weather totd and it's 50 degrees and raining rn 😭
this is because of the sun more than the heat but yes
long sleeves and pants are fine in the summer if you choose the material correctly
loose layers let more air circulate
so the answer as always is Big Pant
tbh i just accept my fate on hot days and wear whatever
the gay in the white lotus said "i would die for beauty, wouldn't you?" and that's governed my ethos
that's the move
id be sweating in t and shorts regardless
just sweat
get a good stain remover bar for the neck rings
honestly i have several duplicates of things in lighter fabrics so i can wear the same fits (linen vs ocbd or chino)
same, closet is slowly getting taken over by black pants in various materials and cuts
an option I'm exploring this summer is being maybe a lil slutty - an extra button undone, wearing linen or silk which is translucent, tank tops under blazers or open shirts, etc
i think the other move is to stop worrying about getting fits off when it's really really hot
not to contradict the premise of the thread but it's very freeing to not care about putting on a banger outfit every day
comfort should be the main thing
alternatively only own sick clothes so you have no choice but to get fits off
i dont. but im sure some do :keepincool:
clean your body and clean your clothes and it's fine when you sweat
the entire east coast has left the chat
Shoutout El Niño and climate change
Gearing up to be one of the hottest summers ever
dw god will judge seattle soon enough
overdue tbh
Our winters are punishment enough
Kyn is right yall do need to be punished lmao
it's not like our winters are much better
your guys' winters are more severe, ours are undending
if you can't handle unending winters where you live, consider moving
I'm in Vegas so this is a consistent battle year over year. But this is what I lean towards:
super light button up shirts (cotton poplin shirts, linen breeziness, hiking-adjacent shirts like PFGs/columbia)
i try to avoid teeshirts as much as possible tbh
shorts with an e-waist (nylon baggies)
khaki shorts (old polo, patty stand ups, jcrew, etc)
jeans are a worst case scenario (light to mid wash)
cooked vans, birks, chacos, huraches
natural materials like cotton and merino wool for underwear and socks (try to avoid blends if possible)
been working the last decade. certainly hard to be trendy and layer cause theres no chance im rocking a light jacket when its 100 degress at night
I live in a place where it's summer year round
I just blast the AC and wear my fits lol
The problem in NYC is that the summer heat may be alright but the subway stations are sweltering 😭
Distinct unpleasant memory from last summer
Linen is the game changer for heat
Like zeo said, I basically have duplicates of every in linen
Yeossal
bless u
Agree with a lot of the above regarding material, weave and wearing clothing that’s more loose. Would also nominate rayon, merino, and washi shirts as super underrated
A good rayon shirt especially is just so nice
I gotchu 🤠
no ty
Idk what I would do with a rayon allergy
I’d just not exist in summer
sweat lmao
silk is also a good option if you can find it (vintage)
Do you know if you maybe respond differently to viscose vs lyocell/tencel rej? I can imagine you don't want to find out but it might offer a solution as well
I also love rayon shirts
And for me personally it makes a huge different whether I wear socks or not on a hot day. I think I'll look for some nice fisherman's sandals this summer
Rayon and linen. I hate the lack of heavy ass linen. There's very few options for heavy linen but it drapes like a dream and still keeps you cool.
Vetra has some nice linen chore coats
sweat.
heatstroke isn't real
it's true
heatstroke is a lie made up by big health
but real talk i just centered a lot of my summer fits around like 4" shorts when i actively lived in texas
maybe (maybe) this summer i'll be able to survive the 90 degree days properly
If you live in a place with strong sun, more skin coverage can unintuitively help cool you down. Like many people have said, loose fitting clothes and thinner, breathable fabrics do wonders. Also, remember lighter colors reflect more heat.
When I started buying more vintage clothes, I was shocked at how cheap most vintage silk clothes were. For whatever reason, the vintage market doesn't have a premium for silk and I've found silk pants, shirts, and jackets cheaper than their cotton equivalents on eBay.
I was gonna mention this before. Why you farmers in pant and long sleeves
I’m late on this one, but I feel like warm weather clothing is so wildly subjective
I’m a “windows down in the whip if it’s below 60” kinda dude, but I also have a high tolerance to hot weather because of growing up down south, so I’m in jeans pretty much year round. My wife grew up here in the northeast so once it hits 75 she’s in shorts.
A few years ago it was hitting 40 centigrade in the UK and we did NOT know what to do
none of us have air conditioning, it was hell
I just don't go outside 😦