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I live in the north eastern U.S. .and winters are nightmarish here, I understand your pain. As soon as October hits, I start wearing fleece lined tights under any pants I wear, and that usually helps at least a little depending on how much time I’m spending outside that day (I wear them in the house too because tbh I live in a lower middle class family and we can’t have the heat on all the time no matter how cold it gets). Also wearing tank tops/long underwear/long sleeved tshirts under basically anything helps.
hats!!!!! Hats are super super good for keeping warm, but depending on the hat they can be a little difficult to style

hi, also from minnesota, ex scene kid who is now on my dark academia/grunge bs

so, here are a few things i did:

- layered arm warmers and fingerless gloves, wearing the kandi on the outside of those

- wore leggings and leg warmers together, as well as two pairs of socks in shoes

- combat boots are your friend !! i know that they aren't the most "scene" but they are warm and you can decorate the laces

- torn jeans are also your friend , you can wear neon leggings or tights under them to stay warmer

- hoodies can be very scene when worn right, and are very cozy. just go for ones that have bright colors or scene designs

- i would wear fishnets, then torn tights over the top of that for extra warmth. then a skirt or whatever bottoms you prefer

- ignore fashion when outside, like, genuinely just go for warmth. you can shed layers at school or the mall or whatever, but you can't add them!!

- i am BEGGING you, save the converse for summer. the amount of times i almost broke a hip slipping on the snow in them ToT

thats all i can think of, good luck!

- sleepy

if you can handle it sensory-wise, you can layer shorts with multiple types of tights + legwarmers!!! decently warm. you can also get things like long fingerless gloves, a pop-culture-y hat (like a pokemon hat, cookie monster hat, or even one of those bunny hats), any black or pop-culture-y jacket (like, yk, that one gir hoodie, or a hoodie with an anime thing on it or somfin), and a baggy shirt. it's still not bundled-up warm but it's good for frigid weather.

(all of those things layer pretty well with kandi! big cuffs prolly wont be the bestttt with a long sleeved jacket but flat cuffs and singles can def be worn under them, as long as you don't go too hard with it that'll just be uncomfortable)

in my opinion one of the keys to scene fashion is just, layering!!! along with pop culture and band references. i like those lol.

ooh I’m also from minnesota lol

I dress emo, not scene, but here’s my advice: zip up sweaters are warm and you can layer them if they’re bigger, if they’re fitted they’re still warm and look really 2000s I think. Beanies are like a staple for scene and emos cause it’ll keep your hair in place when it’s windy. I wear headphones all the time and that keeps my ears warm so you could probably do that too. and you could probably wear a leather jacket and still make it look scene too. Scene doesn’t really have a strict dress code (if you have scene hair you can make any outfit look scene tbh), so you could easily wear a plain sweater, and you can put shirts underneath it too so it’s warmer. I think colorful tights under ripped black skinny jeans always look good, and you can always wear long socks too ^_^ generally just layer everything on top of eachother and you should be goo

omg def wear skater tights, especially wit it being cold!!!!!11!1!1