Are you a cardigan type of person during winter?

Depending on your age, experiences, and interests, nostalgia can take many various forms. Whatever you connect with happier, simpler times has most definitely made its way to the runways for the forthcoming season, as creative collectives in New York, London, Milan, and Paris have all been feeling the longing for a better existence.

Designers have powered through the past two pandemic years with optimism, channeling their energies into quite literal pick-me-up trends like dopamine dressing—a hashtag that continues to garner attention on almost all social platforms—but with restrictions loosening and a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, more diverse style directions are opening up as well.

Plus, the intermittent heatwaves and waves of tropical rain in climates that are normally far from tropical have put us all in a bind. Never before has dressing been so difficult, such a 50/50 guessing game to see which temperature will win today.

Whatever it looks like: winter is here, so be ready and stock up because, before you know it, we’ll be wading through the gloomy mid-winter, and who knows what that will look like.

So, what is your take on the winter wear of 2022?