I heard people in the US north west will give you shit if you wear a coat, though. Y’know, because it’s often cold and wet there and the natives are too cool to protect themselves against it.
Helps with warmth, but those kinds of clothes don’t protect much against rain. And being wet = being cold, even if you wear 5 layers. Plus, it’s just a lot easier to take off a coat once you’re inside than those bajillion layers.
I heard people in the US north west will give you shit if you wear a coat, though. Y’know, because it’s often cold and wet there and the natives are too cool to protect themselves against it.
They’re wearing a coat of their own making, layers. That’s the grunge look, you just pile on t-shirts and flannel.
Helps with warmth, but those kinds of clothes don’t protect much against rain. And being wet = being cold, even if you wear 5 layers. Plus, it’s just a lot easier to take off a coat once you’re inside than those bajillion layers.
Thermal underwear. The thinness and heat-retaining quality these days is amazing. You can get away with very few layers:
And in many cases you can do without layer 2.
That’s specifically what you’re not supposed to do according to the natives. They think it’s uncool to wear coats.
None of the other clothes are waterproof by any measure, which makes them practically worthless in the rain.
You live there long enough and you grow your own coat.