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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: silk long johns like these Terramar ones are a must if you live somewhere windy.
Not only are they great for wearing beneath unlined suit pants, they’re great for almost any extremely cold day. I’ve even layered mine beneath the ubiquitous faux leather leggings from a few years ago.
There used to be a brand named Wintersilks that I first found when I went to Northwestern for undergrad — NU sits right on Lake Michigan so you get a lot of snowy, windy, extremely chilly days. I remember feeling like my face was frozen as I walked to class — but my legs were warm. Once I got inside my (well heated) classrooms, I remember marveling at how I wasn’t overheated. I’ve been a convert ever since.
Silk is especially great for this because it blocks the wind but is incredibly thin — you can see how thin they are in this picture. (They are definitely undergarments!) In one of my NYC apartments, my walk home from the subway was up a hill that was close to the East River, and it was the wind (more than temperatures or precipitation) that made me reach for my silk long johns frequently.
Some people say you can do the same thing by layering pantyhose or tights beneath your pants, but I’ve always found that uncomfortable compared to the breathability of silk. I’ve also never found my base layer leggings to compare — they’re just much bulkier.
Silk pointelle DOES get runs in it, so be as careful as you would if you were putting on hose — watch out for your nails and rings. (I used to have special gloves for putting on sheer hose when I wore them back in the day! Wolford still has something similar.) I’ve never had long johns actually rip on me, though, so it really just comes down to how fastidious you are with underpinnings you don’t wear a ton. (I still have some of the ones I wore in college!)
These are $50-$65 at Amazon (sizes XS-XL), so definitely not cheap — but as noted above, you probably won’t have to buy many pairs of these. You can also find them at Lands’ End and L.L. Bean. Readers have always sung the praises of Uniqlo’s HEATTECH as an affordable replacement, but at the moment they only have leggings and tights, so YMMV.
Sales of note for 1/23:
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