your read · What's your Toronto winter coat?
Leather at Minus Ten
Cold, correct, unbothered.
You know the leather jacket is not a winter coat and you wear it anyway, with a thermal underneath and a scarf doing heroic work. You would rather be cold and right than warm and wrong, and you have the posture to prove it: collar up, hands in pockets, waiting for a cab you pretend you did not call.
Your winter coat is a point of view, and it looks incredible at the bus shelter.
What you'd actually buy
- The leather jacket, worn until it gives up, which it won't
- A thermal layer that nobody will ever see
- A scarf large enough to be considered structural
- Boots that can sprint for a streetcar on ice