One morning you wake up, go outside, and immediately take a chill that stays with you all day and well into the night.
Summer is over – welcome to fall.
Fabric
Fall lets you ease into the cold weather. The best way to do this is to phase out as much cotton clothing as you can. Cotton is a wonderful and versatile fabric, but since it is an organic cellulose-based material, it can absorb 25 times its weight in water. On breezy, chilly days, cotton garments will leave you cold.
The easy way to avoid this is to wear wool or synthetic fabrics against your skin whenever possible. Nylon (by comparison) can only absorb a meager 10% of its weight in water. The key especially is to keep your core temperature up and keep your hot, healthy blood pouring to your extremities. Try the Marks and Spencer Ultrafit Sport Trunks.
Even if you plan on wearing cotton button downs all fall, this may be the time to start breaking your addiction to undershirts. The classic white men’s crew neck undershirt belongs on men in the Navy or men named Fonzie.
It is nothing more than a sponge for sweat and odor, and to be honest, it ruins the shape of many dress shirts and leaves you with strange lines on your biceps. If you like the feel of undershirts, try something more practical like this smartwool thermal.
You might think it makes you look like some kind of mountain man, but it has the added bonus of making you feel like a mountain man.
Shoes
Fall shoes should have thicker soles than your summer wear. In fall, you want to distance your toes from muddy puddles and cold pavement, but this needn’t be any thicker than your average pair of basketball shoes.
For the serious fall weather try a pair of Salvatore Ferragamo “Master” Slides. These shoes will keep you warm and high above the cold pavement.
