5 elegant ways to dress for winter

Winter is finally here and everyone is overjoyed to bring out their winter clothes while the chilly weather lasts. As a menswear enthusiast, this is the season that I look forward to the most – heavy coats, rich textures and multilayering. There are just seemingly limitless sartorial choices compared to the warmer season.

Here are 5 simple, elegant ways to dress for the winter.

Wear an overcoat

Overcoats are a staple in a gentleman’s wardrobe, and with a proper fit an overcoat is extremely flattering and useful in winter. There are many variations, such as Chesterfield, covert coat, polo coat, British Warm, Raglan coat and pea coat.

There are overcoats that are designed to wear without a jacket and perhaps more suitable for the mild winter in Hong Kong.

I personally prefer an overcoat to wear over my suit or sport jacket, which does not leave me jacketless when I remove my coat indoors.

My favourite is the double-breasted Chesterfield in navy, which is an all-time classic favoured by many elegant men. However, if it’s your first overcoat, I would recommend a navy pea coat, a classic yet versatile piece.

Winter textures and earth tones

Winter is perfect for sober earth tone colours. Apart from the traditional navy and grey that are in menswear, brown, green, fawn and everything in between are widely seen in England and Italy during winter times.

The earth tones create subtleness yet compliment almost any colours, and with slightly coarser fabrics, the overall outfit becomes a lot more interesting.

Flannels, heavy wools, cashmere, camel are the obvious choices for winter but my personal favourite is tweeds.