today we're going to discuss how to dress in new york city for the winter and what you
need to pack before you arrive here we're also going to get adriana's perspective as somebody
that moved to the big apple from a warm climate here we go i need to preface this by saying that
i grew up in northern new jersey so winter was never really something that i thought much about
i think i've got a pretty good tolerance to the cold welcome to my walk-in closet still feels
weird to say that going out in winter you need to layer always like to begin with an undershirt
i haven't worn thermal underwear since i was in elementary school my mom made me do it i don't
know because i have hairy legs my legs almost never get cold i don't wear any special type
of pants in the winter i just wear what i would wear in the spring just typical jeans when it
gets to around 30 degrees fahrenheit this is where i consider wearing a sweater outside very helpful
when you want to layer up doesn't have to be something very expensive you can even buy it
in new york if you want you're going to want to get tube socks or something that at least
runs to your ankle i don't wear any special kind of wool i think it's just as important
to have really good shoes which we're going to get to in a bit so these are my standard winter
socks when it comes to jackets you're not gonna have the luxury of packing as many as
i have in my closet but for me when it's about 40 to 50 degrees i call this my medium jacket
and something like this would be perfect for the shoulder season in new york let's say november
march into april this isn't gonna cut it instead of winter but i do tend to wear this a lot i
really have two options for extremely cold days this is a michael kors jacket this is more of like
a fashion look it's pretty heavy it's made of wool so just holding it up you can see how heavy it is
really good lining and the importance of a jacket in winter yes it's going to keep you warm but more
importantly it's keeping the wind away and it's keeping the elements away it's keeping the snow
away the rain stuff like that bought this north face jacket for a trip to patagonia argentina
years ago and it's still holding up strong now i prefer this if there's a blizzard if there's
a snowstorm if it's brutally cold why i love this jacket is it has two different layers in one it's
like having an extra sweater on top connected and then you could put the sleeve through
and have this give you guys a little travel hack because a jacket like this takes up a ton
of space in a suitcase so what i would do even if you're coming from a warm climate is bring
this to the airport keep it out of your suitcase and then when you're going through security and
boarding the plane keep it in your hand airlines aren't going to care they're not going to count
this as an extra article of clothing but you're going to have more space in your suitcase this
is what i always do when i travel to puerto rico we traveled to mexico i had a heavy jacket in my
hand for when we came back because it was brutally cold when we arrived from mexico
absolutely positively you cannot come to new york in the winter and not have gloves my hands are
extremely sensitive to the cold most people have the same issue now i'm not gonna recommend these
texting gloves i actually don't think they're thick enough they do serve a purpose if you wanna
text but personally i think i'm actually going to invest in better gloves for this winter i was
wearing them out last night i had to put my hands in my pockets a couple of times every day is a bad
hair day i actually prefer ear muffs to wearing a hat doesn't touch your hair and it keeps your
ears warm which is really important because just like your fingers your ears are very sensitive to
the cold and to the wind now if it's snowing or raining outside i will be forced to wear a hat
and sometimes if it's brutally cold i will also wear a hat now adriana somehow found every single
hat that i lost in about a five year span and put them all here it's incredible how many hats
that i have that i didn't know that i had some of you out there may prefer wearing a hat to
ear muffs it's a bit of a fashion choice this is more of my style this is my mess though waterproof
boots are a necessary evil when you're packing for new york city and i call them an evil because they
do take up a lot of space but when it's really cold out these are a lifesaver i was walking
a couple of days ago wearing my converse for about 20 minutes outside it was something like
20 degrees fahrenheit and my feet actually started to get cold with these on and decent enough socks
there should not be a problem but there's a bonus here the fact that they're waterproof
if it's raining if it's snowing heck even if it snowed three or four days earlier the dreaded
slush of new york city just walking through that having waterproof boots you won't even notice
if you're wearing sneakers and your feet get wet that could ruin your day alright so this
is me prepared to go outside when it's about mid 30s fahrenheit scarf kind of optional for me but
we're going to wear it just for fun what do models do i don't know isn't it fashion week isn't it
so now i'm going to show you my perspective i'm from mexico and the place i'm i was born in
is very warm so i wasn't used to this cold weather and i was really concerned when i came here for
the first time i have a lot of shirts like this one where i don't feel like if i have a different
sweater and i don't want to show that i have an undershirt uh you can see the neck is like this
but i have i can protect my arms with this one so today i'm gonna wear leggings but i need two pairs
because my legs are really cool so i have these ones they i don't know if you can see they're
really warm i don't wear these ones in the summer of course and then i put these leggings that are
thinner above them i had no clue she wore this many layers i never paid attention of course for
a really cold day if it's not that cold then i only wear this one the socks i'm different too
than john because i wear my regular socks that i'm wearing right now but i also have i think
they're called nordic socks i'm not sure correct me if i'm wrong but they are these heavy socks
i wear two pairs of socks the regular ones and the thick ones then i have a lot of sweaters too
which i love today i'm gonna wear this one it's super warm so i don't need an extra layer so i
don't feel like a pinata you know like when you have a lot of layers two different type of jackets
i have this coat that is really warm even when it doesn't look like that they're super heavy
and i like this type of code when i'm going to a fancy place like a nice restaurant or i'm going
to broadway or something really nice that i want to look a little bit fancier i'm not a fashionable
person again but i really like this one i actually got this one around the corner in a vintage store
it's a secondhand store and it was only 20. that's a good tip if you want to buy winter clothing on
the cheap in new york city go to thrift stores you don't want to bring such a heavy jacket and when
you have a medium jacket you can bring always like a hoodie or something that it's not so heavy it
doesn't make you feel like a pinata again and you can wear this one under so i put it like an extra
layer so when i go to the restaurant i take both and i just pull and it acts like it was part of
it it's super warm in this area it protects your chest and your back and this material is really
good to protect you against the wind because when it gets windy outside it's really bad this also
protects you from the wind and snow i do actually need a hat i can do just the ear covers because
it protects me also from my forehead and part of my neck so i always always get a hat if it's super
cold i also hate scarves because you also have to carry them it's very annoying when you get
once you get in a warm place but i like it because when it's windy outside you can just put it on and
you cover your face and the windy doesn't affect you that much i bought these ones for five dollars
i was so lucky because i thought it was just gonna be for the moment because i forgot mine
i like this type of gloves because i like to have my fingers free in case i need to look i
need to look for something on my purse or i need to text my winter shoes they are waterproof and
i like it because they are really warm inside too so my feet are really well protected
frustrations of dressing for winter i hate it if you go to a restaurant you have to put your
jacket your scarf and everything somewhere and oh god 20 minutes later you should do the waffles
the sponge square pants yeah 20 minutes later 20 minutes later
an important thing about going out when it's cold especially if you're gonna be outside all
day is being adaptable so right now i feel like it's just too warm for my scarf it's about 37
degrees but if i was out all day you might actually need it literally as i said i was
too warm to wear the scarf it just started to get windy and now i'm gonna put it back this is
the problem with winter in new york city situations like this i take my scarf again
and cover my face
and there you go this is like as extreme as you get yes this is like i'm freezing
you ever feel really really cold you just have to recharge
any store in new york city has heating so just jump in for a couple minutes warm up
here's a tip if you're in a small subway station if if you wait outside and you can see when the
next train is coming you're gonna be a lot warmer here than you will be on the tracks tell me down
below in the comments any cold weather stories you have about new york are any tips my cold
weather viewers have that i skipped thank you so much for watching as always until next time