How to Wear Long Johns

          Long johns are a popular clothing item used during winter. They consists of a pair of underpants that start at the waist and reach all the way down to the ankles and a long-sleeved, form-fitting shirt. The thermal underwear helps keep you warm by trapping in your body heat, which is especially important when spending a long time outdoors. Long johns are simple to to wear, but you must dress in the correct order for maximum comfort.

Instructions

o   1

Put the long john pants on first. Normal underwear can be worn beneath the long john pants, but it isn't necessary.

o   2

Put socks on so they go over the bottoms of the long john pants. Put your normal pants on over the long john pants.

o   3

Wear the long john shirt as you would any other shirt. Do not wear a shirt underneath the long john shirt as it can be uncomfortable.

o   4

Add as many layers as you wish to your top.

 

Long Johns: A Style Choice That Won't Break the Bank

Courtesy of Commonwealth Utilities / Rag & Bone

For a few weeks, the fashion world has been injecting America with their new collections, presenting new (and some very old) takes on how men should dress. To be fair, much of it doesn't apply to real, everyday clothes-wearing; that is, it's hard to be taken seriously in an office (or at least, this office) if you have your jeans tucked into shearling-lined black leather boots all day.

That's why I'm pleased that one ubiquitous trend — layering —is also easy to pull off. All you need is a pair of long johns. In New York, brands like Commonwealth Utilities and Rag & Bone (above) put these leg-huggers on many of their models, where they crept from under jeans (or, inexplicably, some shorts) to present a look that was cozy, comfortable, and still fresh. These aren't sweatpants, nay, and they're definitely not man-leggings. It's just a chance to keep it cool even if your hometown happens to be mired in the snowpocalypse, the snurricane or Wolf Blitzer's terrible ideas about global warming.

But long johns are really worth endorsing because they're style that can be had at any price-point. Growing up in New Hampshire, I did just fine with the Hanes version from Wal-Mart. These days, I prefer theseheat-tech ones from Uniqlo. But, if you wanna get fancy, there are plenty of opportunities that will make you feel great: the Swedish know a thing or two about keeping warm, so too do the folks at Mountain Hardwear, who put some silver in their pair to keep that sweaty smell at bay. Hell, those pairs from Rag & Bone (which will run a few hundred) are pretty damn fine. And think of it this way: at least you don't have to spend money on underwear.

 

As for me, as a Marine, I would just get anything that makes me warm, and let the sweat wick through to some kind of shell that absorbs my sweat, and dry it later, as best I can. Of course Plan B is not to sweat, like manage your exercise and work level. And then there is Plan C, like use zippers to manage my sweat. And then there is a Plan D, like be dry and hunker down with another dry human, maybe even an animal, like a three dog night. Now this can be a pretense for sex, but also often it is just a method for being warm and sleeping.