Dressing For a Sunday Morning

There’s a reason winter outfits can feel so bleh. Cold weather compresses your wardrobe options, and reduced daylight can make your wardrobe feel flat.

Research in fashion psychology shows that what we wear feeds back into our mood, self-perception, and behavior. Clothes associated with confidence or personal goals can evoke stronger self-esteem and emotional states aligned with those traits, while outfits that feel incongruent with how you want to feel can subtly undermine your sense of self.

These Sunday outfits show how small sartorial decisions, texture, silhouette, and a bold layer can do more than keep you warm. They help your internal state align with the outer world on the hardest days of the year, countering winter’s psychological drift with intention instead of indifference.

Look 1: The Uniform

Grey sweats, hood up, coat thrown on, loafers instead of sneakers. This is the baseline Sunday look, comfortable first, but anchored by a real shoe!

• Sweatpants ($55)

• Hoodie ($63)

• Coat similar ($695), similar ($598), Theory on sale ($500)

• Sunglasses ($100)

• Loafers ($195)

Look 2: The Pop Layer

Jeans, boots, a baseball cap, and one loud, practical jacket. When the outfit underneath is dead simple, the outer layer gets to be the personality.

• Red Puffer ($50), Red vintage puffer with hood ($90), 80s red down puffer ($95)

• Jeans (similar) ($170), my fave jeans ($190)

• Frye Boots ($375), similar ($225)

• Bag ($178)

• fun sunglasses ($160)

• Hat (various)

Look 3: Soft Structure

A chunky turtleneck with fluid trousers and a pointed shoe. Still relaxed, still walkable.

• Chunky Knit ($100), alpaca knit ($60), rollneck sweater ($150), Cotton Crew ($41)

• Sweatpants ($70), other cozy pants I love ($245), leset pants, also good sweats ($146),

• Boots ($180), soeur boots ($400), good boots too ($375)

• Bag ($160)