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Dressing appropriately for winter is a dicey affair. If you overdo it, you'll be roasting on the subway, furiously peeling off your layers because you can't regulate your body temperature properly with a cable-knit sweater trapping hot air between your shirt and oatmeal-colored fleece. You're a sweaty disaster.

On the flip side, if you try to counter this problem with wearing less clothing, you risk hypothermia, frostbite, and flaky dry skin. Choices!

To remedy this, it's worth considering heattech as an inexpensive seasonal investment. Made from a special blend of rayon, polyester, and acrylic, the fabric wicks your body's moisture and converts the kinetic energy into heat.

It means you can be warm without the weight of a heavy-duty jacket, and it allows you to upkeep a sleek silhouette as you won't need to bulk up on burdensome layers.

Tops

Adopting heat technology into your top layer makes styling the rest of your winter fit pretty easy – just throw on a nice coat over your insulating Heat-Tech Uniqlo Turtleneck and you're good to go. There's a tiger-stripe option from CELINE which has proved pretty inspiring, as far as FW19 outwear choices go.

Alternatively, there's a sportier option from Nike, critical for any kind of outdoor exercise at this time of year. If you're into the paternal vibe, don't miss the dad-style staple piece: a 1/4 zip pullover from The North Face.

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NikeTherma Top
$45
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UNIQLOHeattech Turtleneck Long-Sleeve T-shirt
$20
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The North FaceEssential 1/4 Zip Pullover
$55
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Bottoms

If you live in a city that suffers from icy winters – such as the Highsnobiety offices – layering with heattech long johns from October onwards becomes less of a style choice and more of a mandatory function. Sunshine? We don’t know her.

In any case, no matter where you live, a pair of warm tights layered under your regular pants is an easy and surreptitious way to remain comfortable in the cold. You could also cop the Response Climawarm option from adidas, which can be worn on their own, à la post-apocalyptic-cycling style, channelling a bit of Marine Serre.

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adidasResponse Climawarm Tights
$70
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UNIQLOHeattech Warm-Lined Pants
$50
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UNIQLOHeattech Long Johns
$20
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Accessories

Lastly, heattech and its variants also work for accessories. Tough, be warned – once you start bringing this kind of fabric technology into your life, you really start to notice when you forget to wear heat-tech. Regular socks? You'll never go back to them once you've felt the warmth of heat-tech, wide-ribbed designs, which will keep your feet toasty around the house.

As for the Therma Sphere Adjustable Neck Warmer from Nike, imagine snipping the turtleneck off of a cozy sweater, and this would be the (slick) result – they're highly functional, too.

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NikeTherma Sphere Adjustable Neck Warmer
$20
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adidasClimawarm Gloves
$13
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UNIQLOHeattech Knitted Cap
$15
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UNIQLOHeattech Wide-ribbed Socks
$7
Buy at uniqlo

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