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Winter clothing

Clothes worn in cold weather

Basic items like knitted wool cap and gloves, scarf and high neck jacket

Winter clothing are clothes used for protection against the particularly cold weather of winter. Often they have a good water resistance, consist of multiple layers to protect and insulate against low temperatures.

Winter clothes are especially outerwear like coats, jackets, hats, scarves and gloves or mittens, earmuffs, but also warm underwear like long underwear, union suits, snow boots and socks. Military issue winter clothing evolved from heavy coats and jackets to multilayered clothing for the purpose of keeping troops warm during winter battles. Several shirts and socks, usually four pairs were standard issue for the U.S. Army during WWII. Winter clothes used for sports and recreation includes ski suits, winter gloves, scarves, and snowmobile suits. Many northern cultures use animal fur to make winter clothes.

Materials

Types of thermal insulation

PrimaLoft
Thinsulate
Down feathers
Polyester
Polarloft
Thermoball by North Face
Climashield Apex
Coreloft Compact
Omni-Heat by Columbia
Marmot's Thermal R
Arc'teryx's Coreloft

Types of waterproof, windproof & breathable shell

Expanded polyethylene

Gallery

File:Female Skier.jpg|A female skier in winter clothes: jacket, hat, thick gloves, warm pants and ski boots File:Children's reindeer patterned hat and mittens 1981 (JOKAOM14AiD KÄS02-3).tif|Finnish Children in winter clothes 1980s Image:Well-clothed baby.jpg|A baby wearing many items of winter clothing: headband, cap, fur-lined coat, shawl and sweater File:FMIB 41384 Winter traveling dress, common throughout the Yukon Valley.jpeg|Customary winter dress in the Yukon Valley File:Balaclava as suggested fashion piece for winter 2018 - modelled by ModelTanja.jpg|Woman wearing a versatile balaclava and wool coat File:Eskimo Family NGM-v31-p564.jpg|Traditional Inuit clothing

References

"Centre for International Experience | Student Life".
"winter clothes | Definition, meaning & more". Collins Dictionary.
"Outerwear for Women - Shop Jacket, Coats & Vests 2017". StyleWe.
(2015-07-22). "Here's how the US military's uniforms have changed over the past 250 years". [[Business Insider]].
"The Economic History of the Fur Trade: 1670 to 1870".

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