Winter Warmers

With a cold spell due and storms into March, we have the hot fashions to keep you warm. AnnemarieO’Connor reports

JANUARY’S end-of-season sales and breezy resort collections may be fast-tracking all things spring, but don’t pack away those winter woollies just yet. The ‘big freeze’ is predicted to make a cameo this January, with an extended run of stormy conditions into March. It won’t be St Bart’s. Now for the really bad news — just what are we supposed to wear?

While ski gear was last year’s preferred snow garb, gusty gales and horizontal rain call for less ‘chalet girl’ more ‘Barbour babe’. It’s back to what we know best — water-proofing. Don’t worry, you can still bandy about words like ‘wicking’ and ‘thin-sulate’, you just won’t be lagged like an industrial boiler. There’s always an upside.