The Best Winter Layers

Between long sleeves, turtlenecks, thermals, and coats — winter layering requires enough practice, endurance, and strategy to be added to the lineup of Winter Olympic sports. It’s a feat to find the best quality layers that supply the perfect degree of warmth and it’s an added layer (pun intended) to strategize the best layering techniques that streamline the bulk while elevating the look. Consider this our holiday gift to you: the ultimate winter layering guide. A trusty source that provides you with movement-approved, warmth-retaining layers for snowshoeing, skiing, and simple strolls down frozen city streets. Long gone are the days of Michelin-Man-esque outfits (although we recently dropped some dramatically filled puffers that make the puffy look effortlessly high fashion). This winter is all about warming up in style and we have just the things to make your life easy and warm.

The very first layers that you put on your body are arguably the most important. As they will be touching your skin through whichever winter activity you have on the docket, they need to offer nonstop comfort while also maintaining the ability to move with ease. This combination is the ultimate winter base layer combo from head-to-toe: a smoothing, high-intensity-approved legging with a touch of sheen that works perfectly underneath snowboarding pants or on-own at après ski paired with a velvety-soft long sleeve that’s warming and breathable with thumbholes that make for the marshmallow on top of your hot chocolate.