[OOTD] Nasty Winter Fashion for Petites...

aka, if you want to look "attractive", business-like, not casual, taller than you really are, do not dress like this on a regular basis unless warmth > fashion.

Basically I live in Eastern Canada. It's cold. There's nothing I can do about the cold. I complain everyday about how cold it is and begrudgingly drag my feet to class. This whole winter has been miserable for everyone. We haven't been in the positives since late November, I swear. The weather dips between warm and then freezing cold. It snows every other week. Or everyday. I can't tell anymore, there's snow everywhere and I'm sick of it. As a result, I end up dressing like this:

or this:

Usually the latter because (baggy) crewneck sweaters are just so much warmer than cardigans. Commonalities between both photos? Double layered leggings. I'm wearing TNA leggings (these ones in their regular length or the crop length which they only sell during the summer) on top of Uniqlo heattech leggings/tights (I can't seem to find the ones I have online, but they are available in stores).  I find that the crop length TNA leggings actually fit very well. They are not crop on me. They reach just above my ankle, but they stretch over time, so they're actually okay. The regular length leggings are too long for me so they usually bunch up either around my ankle or in random folds along my leg.

Another commonality? Double layered top. I'm actually wearing an American Apparel cardigan (an older style that is no longer sold) underneath the Topshop knitted cardigan. Mainly because knit irritates my skin, but also for warmth. I'm probably wearing some random t-shirt underneath the crewneck (bought on Gmarket). Everything needs to be double layered.

I'm also actually wearing two pairs of socks too. On the timberlands, I'm wearing a pair of high socks with ankle socks because they don't actually fit and the added thickness helps with the ceasing of pain in my feet that somehow comes from wearing these shoes. On the hunter boots, I'm wearing a thin pair of ankle socks with the hunter socks. Keeps my toes from freezing off.

I do not look fashionable at all. I literally look like some sort of casual slob everyday but I've basically given up on fashion by now. I need to be warm. It's way too cold here! The Eastern Canada life is clearly not for me :(

As for outerwear? I look like this every single day:

(Blurred out the person I'm sitting next to on the subway for privacy reasons)

I'm wearing a Community parka in short (they don't even sell this anymore) that doesn't really fit, but it was cheap (cause I got it at the Aritzia warehouse sale) and warm. No Canada Goose for me. As for scarves... I usually just wear this red circle scarf I got from Hong Kong years ago. Bags? My trusty Jansport backpack. I could wear a purse to class... but I really don't feel like changing my bags up all the time, and most of my bags would not be able to fit a water bottle in them after the rest of my school essentials.

Anyways. The point of this post... doesn't exist. I don't know how to do petite winter fashion in a way that would make me look taller, more "attractive", and whatever. I'm trying to survive and stay warm in shitty weather. I can't wear heels, because I walk everywhere and the slush/snow everywhere would absolutely kill me and my heels. I can't wear tights and skirts because the wind would cause me to flash everyone (probably) and the wind would kill my skin underneath the tights.

Basically if you wanna look fashionable, don't come here unless you've got a car that will transport you everywhere without having to go outside into the bitter cold.