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Travel Advice - Clothing For A Man Traveling From Tropical to Cold Weather Country - Menswear
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Hi! I'm Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style. Today, I'm going to be giving
tips to a man living in a tropical environment and he's going to some place a lot more cooler.
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This actually comes from my friend. Kevin. I know him on Twitter and he's over in the
Philippines. "Antonio, I'm going to be flying to Seoul, Korea in November and I need some
advice on what to wear in the fall where temps can go as low as 6° C." That's 43° F for
those of us over here in the United States. "I know some basics based on what I've read
from magazines like a navy pea coat, but I don't want anything too large or too long.
Now, how can I dress because I don't want to spend a whole lot of money and I want something
that I'll be able to get my money's worth out of?"
This is a great question and I understand where Kevin's coming from. He lives in the
Philippines and it's a tropical environment. If you've ever been to the Philippines or
Southeast Asia, it's hot. I mean, the Northern Australians can tell you. I've been to Darwin.
I've been to some of these places like Djibouti -- well, that's over in Africa, but in any
case, it is hot and humid and there is no winter clothing in these places. And so, this
is a man who most of his life has been used to this type of weather and he's going to
be going to some place -- I mean, we're talking like a good 40° temperature drop. And so,
how should he dress? How should he even get the clothing together to dress for a trip
like this, and do this without spending a whole lot of money?
Well, the great part is he's going to South Korea, and South Korea is one of the better
shopping destinations. So my first bet is don't worry so much about this because if
you don't have something you need, you can pick it up in South Korea. Now, that's not
going to help him much because he does want to get off that plane and he doesn’t want
to be freezing his backside off, so the first thing I'm going to say to remember is that
you want to cover all of the parts of your body except for your face, and that’s going
to have a huge difference.
Oftentimes, we think that we can put on a big, heavy jacket, not worry about anything
around the neck, anything on the head, nothing on our hands, and we are losing a lot of heat
from those parts of the body. We'll wear a very thin pair of jeans or one pair of trousers
with nothing underneath and we think that we're not going to lose as much heat, and
there is a lot of logic in that you need to keep your core warm, so I'm going to advise
you that one thing you can do is wear two undershirts especially if you're finding a
performance undershirt or one that's even made from wool that's going to help keep you
warm and a sweater vest. Those are all great things to keep your core warm, but don't forget
about your extremities. So keep all parts of your body not exposed to the air.
I talked about it in one of my cold weather dressing videos, but I've done some research
at one of the army labs here in the United States and they did show that you're going
to lose as much heat from around your neck, from around your hands as you would on almost
any other part of your body, including your head. There's this wise tale out there that
-- how does it go? You lose like 70% to 90% of the heat from your head. That’s not exactly
true. I talk about the whole logic behind that in another video, which I'll probably
just link to down below.
But for Kevin, he's going to want to make sure he gets off that plane with a good fitted
pair of gloves, with a nice scarf, and with a good hat. Now, when it comes to jacket,
he's talking about a pea coat. That may be almost a little bit too much. For 43°, at
least here in the United States, we're still over 10° above freezing, so a driving jacket
would probably be just fine.
What I'm going to say is instead look to layer and wear thermals underneath. So underneath
your trousers, make sure to have a pair of thermal underwear. In addition, pay attention
to the makeup of the clothing that you'll be wearing. Wear a lot of wool. Wool does
a great job of keeping you cool in hot weather and keeping you warm in cold weather.
Don't go for cotton. It does wick away some moisture especially if it's woven in a gauze
weave. It's great for a shirt, but not in the winter. You're just going to lose that
heat immediately, so pay attention also to your gloves and to your scarf. Don't go with
anything cotton. You should be able to find a wool cashmere blend in the scarf and that's
going to help a lot.
I talked about sweater vest. Boots, make sure to go with a pair of nice dress boots and
that extra bit of covering is going to keep your ankles and part of your legs warm, and
that's an area that a lot of men forget about. Did I miss anything? I think that covers about
it.
I would recommend a trench coat possibly, but it sounded like you didn’t want to go
with a jacket that was really long, but I think a trench coat is really nice because
even though it is long, what that does is it helps cover and protect that lower part
of the body from the wind hitting you. And so, it should be something you consider. I
think they're very elegant. It's very classic. And if you're going to invest in a good trench,
that's something that you'll be able to use there in the Philippines as well especially
if it's an unlined trench.
All right, guys, I hope that helped out. Kevin, good luck on your trip and I will see you
guys in the next video. Bye-bye.