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? on clothes for UK/Europe
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Hello Ladies, I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Since living in California and Texas for the past four years, the winter clothes section in my closet is pretty...well non existent, so my question of the day is:
What kind of clothes/ accessories would be practical yet fashionable for living in Northern Scotland? (Aberdeen)
So far I have found that I definitely need to dress in layers...any help would be much appreciated!
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Re: ? on clothes for UK/Europe
Yup.
And depending on your lifestyle, waterproof trousers, wellies and lots of fleece. My guess is an umbrella will be essentially useless for most of the weather, if it's as windy as I'd expect on the NE coast, but good waterproof, warm layers would be good.
Incidently, very few people I know here (Northumberland, so a fair bit farther south, but fairly wet and cold still) wear wool coats unless it's to work. So if you're going to be a sahm, I'd focus on more of a waterproof-fleece combo coat.
Thank you! I did not even think of this yet!
Not to highjack the thread, but I'm in the market for a good pair of waterproof boots that I could possibly wear to work or out in the evenings with jeans and such.
Any suggestions?
In my experience, people in northern Scotland rarely dress up in anything fancier than jeans, nice boots, and a sweater or blouse. A warm dress with tights and boots will suffice for a night out.
I would definitely recommend jeans, dressy-casual boots, sweaters, and a nice pea-coat or other warm coat, with gloves and hat for the middle of winter. In the spring and fall you can often go in jeans and a t-shirt, and you might get away with a cute sundress (with cardigan) and flip flops or flats in the summer. I lived in my light-weight rain jacket and north face shell.
If you like doing outdoor activities like hiking, mountain biking, etc, then you definitely want to invest in good water-proof hiking boots, and water-proof trousers and jacket (shells are fine). You can find wellies in just about any clothing store for about 10-15 pounds.
Layers are your friend:-)
Aberdeen is awesome, and there are a TON of clothing stores there (even Gap), but it's a little bit more expensive over here, and the sense of style is a little bit more...out there....unless you like patterned leggings on middle-aged women (no offense to anyone who wears patterned leggings on here....)
They sell tights with a thicker lining now of fleece for winter. They are the bomb for going out in winter. I got some at Nordstrom Rack for $7
And you said you will be there 3-4 years. I would be investing in a nice wool peacoat. It will be nice for going out in the evenings or to other non-casual things.
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