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I've always wanted a down jumpsuit. Eddie Bauer stocks them from time to time.
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They were around over a hundred years ago.
In cold storage facilities, workers wear insulated coverall, plus an insulated, long liner under their white smocks and white lab coats. In my area's weather conditions, I've found that this outfit is completely warm under a poncho, trench coat, or raincoat, in urban commuting conditions. Riding buses, light rail trains, walking from the building to the transit stop, etc.
I used to laugh at my mother-in-law when, living in Hawaii, she would feel the need to put on a sweater or jacket when it dipped into the 70s (approx 17 or 20 c). Now I’m embarrassed to be acting the same way.
And if I'm riding, the Levi's are replaced by heavy denim pants from The State of Oregon's prison labor factory.
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When it gets too cold and windy for a brimmed hat or a wool cap
Are those the ones they sell under the "Prison Blues" brand?
I discovered the benefits of silk as an initial layer.
Back in the early '80s whilst serving Uncle in northern Franconia, I discovered the benefits of silk as an initial layer. Warm. No bulk. And unlike synthetics like fleece, no build-up of stink that can't be washed out. Since part of my field duties involved operating a theodolite and required removing the issue mittens for fine control, I found that silk gloves worn inside fingerless rag wool gloves worn inside the mittens were the answer that kept my fingers from freezing to the controls.
Since then, a silk turtleneck worn under a button-up shirt, (broadcloth, Viyella, flannel, Pendleton per decreasing temperature), has become my standard winter wear. It means the house can be kept cooler and I don't get that chill that increasingly creeps between the shoulder blades.
Yes. They are the best built jeans I own. And it supports inmates. If those pants were made with union labor, they would cost 3 times as much.