Shoulder season is here, when offices nationwide suffer from out-of-whack HVAC systems,battles over the thermostat heat up, and business-casual layering gets serious. Here at ϳԹ, things are desperate: we shiver under blankets and scavenge for jackets with thumb loops so we can type without our fingers going numb. You, too? Read on foradvice from ourcold-blooded pencil pushers on how to use outdoor gear to survive those long, chilly workdays.
Associate editor Ariella Gintzlerkeeps the modular ($289)close by. Theoutdoorquiver killer is suited forovernights from sticky midsummer to frosty November. In the office, it offers similar versatility: “Sometimes I use the top piece like a blanket,” she says. “On really cold days, I just sit in the sleeping bag.”
Editorial fellow Taylor Geehunkers down in a corner wearing an ($145).He’s excited for the cold: it means he has a chance to wear his favorite piece. “It’s one of the heaviest shirtsI own,” he says. “It feels like I’m being hugged by a fuzzy animal.” ϳԹ the office, he says, it’s extremely Instagrammable, especially when paired with a campfire on a fall night.
Assistant editor Maren Larsenanswers e-mailwhile ensconced in the hood of the($300).“It’s got a great range of movement for typing,” she says, not to mention a stylish cut for après at the end of a long day of backcountry shredding.Not available for purchase, but equally valuable, she added, are a pair of fingerless gloves hand-knittedby her mother.
Editorial production fellow Wufei Yuwears two jackets at his desk. But more important, he says, is his ($10),which he keeps full of hotwater for tea on demand. Itstays warm for five or six hours, and he goes through two of them in a workday. The slim, tall profile of thebottle also makes it easy to slip in a backpack for hiking. “I take it with me everywhere in the fall,” he says.
Gear directorWill Taylor keeps a “dad vest”($250)—our words, congrats Will—on the back of his chair at all times. “I think the vest is the best layering piece for office coldness,”he says. Thewoolly interior keeps his chestwarm, but it’s light enough to be worn throughout air-conditioningfluctuations.ϳԹ the office, we picture him wearing it whilepushing his all-season stroller through a pile of crisp leaves.