Survival of Sorts

In lieu of the preempted blizzard that is upon us metro-detroiters, there is a buy-as-much-shit-as-you-can-to-comfortably-survive warning in effect leading to the remaining question still hanging in the frigid early-January air, being: exactly what do I NEED to survive?

Good question young lad, one of which I will answer solely on a pragmatic and superficial conscious pertaining to our choice in wears as influenced by a thorough review of the critically acclaimed series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Side note: remember when television used to be not just mediocre and seemingly "real", but actually good.

Lucky for you and me, I was smart enough in this particular instance to outfit the lone essentials in managing this cold weather in grace, style and a carefully manufactured smize.

First up, a cable knit sweater. Dare I say, duh. It's warm, befitting to the atmospheric temperament and you're bound to look kewl even when it's negative cool outdoors *wink wink*. Mine is Paul James but yours can be from Topshop or Rag & Bone or maybe even newlook.com...

Next, you'll most definitely need a pair of ripped, cutoff jeans so you can experience the joy of frigid kneecaps and frostbitten ankles at its prime. Cmon' live life in the fast lane, they say you truly haven't lived until you've worn cut-out denim in below freezing temperatures. Mine are the product of Target and my Edward Scissorhands mastery, but this Forever 21 pair should for sure do some hypothermic damage. The ASOS and Free People pairs below would likely do the trick just as intuatively.

Next on our list of goodies, a quality sweatshirt– not to be literally sweat in, of course. Festooned with some novel idiom or blatant company advertising would be preferred. Mine happens to be from from Roots, but imagine the $1,200 Givenchy version will do. As would the uncomfortably uncomfortable osweatshirt from Opening Ceremony, the nostalgic Nike swoosh, and the sweatshirt Drake should have worn on set of his Worst Behavior video shoot by Etre Cecile.

And finally, a denim jacket! Huzzah! Granted, it wont keep you warm for shit, but remember, we are going for an alternative form of cool that's proven to be vastly more important.Vastly. The ones below are form Mango, Topshop and my forever beloved: Target.

Information overload? Mission accomplished.