If Your Hands Are Cold, You Need A Vest, Not Mittens

Here’s why the sleeveless coat is the perfect blend of style and science.

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When was the last time your hands were really cold — really really cold? Were you fumbling with your keys trying to unlock your door? Or was it when you were outside trying to tie up your kid’s ice skate? Maybe it was just doing a quick bit of shoveling with bare hands and the aluminum shovel handle felt like an ice dagger clutched in your white-wooden fingers.

Then there’s the painful tingling as your hands begin to warm up followed by the hot burning sensation as the feeling returns to the tips of your frigid digits. Delightful.

It’s 2019 and we have robots that do surgery and cars that drive themselves. Why do we still have to deal with cold hands?

Read on, my chilly friend, and let me help you end the madness.

Animals have all sorts of adaptations to survive the long cold winter. Some eat a lot and rely on a thick layer of fat to keep them warm. Others migrate to cold places or grow thicker coats. Cold weather animals have short legs and tiny ears to better trap heat in winds and storms that we could never survive.

So why did we get the short end of the stick? Although we’re known to pack on a few pounds during the holidays, it’s not enough to make a…