Sport Coats in the cold?

[ProfessorShak]

I've grown fond of wearing sport coats but wonder how useful are they in cold weather. If you wear sport coats in the cold, how do you wear them? Do you wear an overcoat on top? Do you just avoid it entirely?

 

[crazyquik]

Scarve and gloves help a lot.

In fact, there is a NYTimes photoslide show about that right now

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...ure/index.html

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

i wear an overcoat.

 

[fcuknu]

It matters how cold it is and what distance I have to cover. It can be quite brutal in the wee small hours of the morning walking to work in just a sport coat.

 

[DocHolliday]

Depends on the cloth. I have one that's of such heavy tweed that I can wear it as outerwear. I have others that are light and require additional layers even on slightly cold days.

 

[porcelain monkey]

Doc speaks wisely as usual. I would just add that you can wear a more casual coat than you would with a suit and, usually, a lighter weight one than you would wear without a sports coat underneath. One of my favorites is a Barbour waxed cotton coat.

 

[goodlife]

All great suggestions. If it is a fairly casual sportcoat, I sometimes layer it over a down vest. The one I have is from Lands End.

http://www.landsend.com/pp/DownVest~...6&origin=index

 

[yo!]

The most important thing to consider is how warm do you want to be when you get to your destination? I live in MN and it gets pretty nippy sometimes. I have a few cashmere or other heavy sportcoats that I will wear when I know that the building that I will be in is cold, otherwise I will wear a coat that may be removed once I arrive.

 

[ChriO]

Overcoat for me as well.

 

[lmaligaya]

goodlife, do you have a pic of a sportcoat over a down vest? I am having trouble imagining it. thanks

 

[JoelF]

Definitely trying to do the sportcoat thing this winter, +1 to the scarf & gloves. I am fairly warm blooded so that helps. Light overcoat is fine too, just bought a gray tweed I like a lot, but has to be a nice slim cut to look good. Bulky overcoat with (or without) a sports coat underneath is old man and a bad look IMHO.

Thanks for the NYT link, whey **** but good.

 

[naoneek]

I'd prefer wearing a Duffel Coat in the winter..sports coats..hmm they seem to be for like springy time, when it's not so cold

 

[fuji]

I wear a tweed with a sweater under it and a scarf and gloves.

 

[Dewey]

It can be hard to go a long time without another coat when you have high temps in the 20s or below. A lot of coats can look fine over a sportcoat. Just make sure the coat is longer than the sportcoat. I have a heavy leather coat (that's just longer than a sportcoat) and a vicuna topcoat. I like to wear both so it's not an issue for me.

To hold out as long as possible with just the sportcoat, try wearing an undershirt, a dress shirt, a tie, and a sweater vest. The tie is underrated as a mini-scarf. Going tieless may be cool, but it is also cold. Wrap that neck. Add gloves and a scarf and a hat, if you have a hat you like to wear. And don't wear your tightest-fitting shoes with your thinnest socks. And walk fast.

 

[JoelF]

^ Sounds like good advice for more layers. My problem is, if I sized a nice topcoat for a sport coat underneath, that's the only way I would be able to wear it.