The fleece under layer is like a fleecy onesie with a zip for quick on and off and poppers to open up the leg area. Can you see that the cuffs around the legs and arms are extra long? That's so that they actually last for more than a few months; when it's big for the child they are folded over and as they grow you just fold less and less.
The waterproof and windproof 'overalls' are worn over the top along with a 'fuskolle' which is a turtleneck jumper minus the jumper: you can see it in the top left of the picture. I had never heard of a fuskolle before my husband introduced me to them but OMG they are brilliant. Why wear a scarf when you can just slip on a bit cut out from a woolly jumper? Genius those Swedes.
The rest is pretty self explanatory really - furry windproof hat that actually covers the ears too, waterproof snug snow boots and gloves that have zips down to the fingers so that you can get little fingers into the right places.
The Swedes have a wonderful expression which is "there is no such thing as bad weather - only bad clothes". So true.
In case you want to know where we bought our clothes from here is a link.
In the US we call the fuskolle a 'dickie.'
ReplyDeleteOh cool! I've never heard that before!
DeleteOh thanks for the post and mainly for the link! This year we are quite lucky, the weather isn't too cold. But as we will need to renew the clothes pretty much every year and for two children, the link might come in handy. Especially since the prices don't look too bad.
ReplyDeleteYes, I looked for ages and the prices are the best I found (plus they deliver across Europe :)
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Or a turtle
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Deleteoch om det är flera minusgrader behövs en varm tröja ovanpå understället!
ReplyDeleteof course! :)
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