Toss the Uggs, burn that sleeping bag of a coat, forget fleece.

Let’s chat warming up your winter so it’s hot.

I’ve always been a fan of fur for its ultra luxe practicality - a single coat over a summer dress, and I was set for 30 degrees below.

But for those that love animals less, there are other ways to have others seeing green while you keep from turning blue.

Rocking your fav frocks over jeans will keep you toasty and chic, but tights are tighter than denim. Wolford hosiery “makes the best,” says beautician Anastasia Soare, and I’ve accepted leggings as the wardrobe staple for the next five minutes. If you’ve got to turn a blind eye to La Lohan’s misdeeds, or rather, see hers and decide to correct them, rock more opaque leggings, like Rachel Pally leggings. And if you’ve got to do those sheer leggings, those step-children of proper hosiery, check these Donna Karan cashmere leggings.

“Cashmere-blend leggings? Gotta love that,” says WNH.

Ooh la love, I suppose you’re right.

Ms. Karan is near irreproachable, especially in cashmere. When I was first in New York, I was advised cashmere would get me through my first winter. Mink-y mink, over-the-knee boots, and soy chai lattes pulled me through instead, but cashmere still seems a luxe winter staple, not for its cache, but for its warmth. An Aqua 2-Ply cashmere V-neck is classic rocked alone or layered over a buttondown, same with this 7-gauge cashmere shawl-collar sweater. But I want something to brighten up your winter day, like this Alice & Olivia colorblock cashmere sweater. Ms. ShinySquirrel puts it best: “Color blocking seems to be everywhere and this sweater is just darling.”

Darling like a beret? So a beret will ever be far from a baseball cap for most, it’s not the easiest, most flattering thing to toss on.  Still, ditch the boyish beanies in favor of headgear for a lady. Di Overton suggests Pure cashmere collection - “as seen on the streets of Paris” - and a Burberry London wool baker boy hat is warmly “so much more stylish than the dreaded baseball caps I see Mom’s wear on bad hair days,” says Susanne Maddux.

So, so much more, as is this Juicy Couture chunky newsboy cap. “This winter is the season for over-sized knit hats. One rule, you gotta wear it low, like as if you’re hiding them suspicious looking eyes,” advises Grenade Fishing. “The ones you blame on the martini[s].”

Relatedly, peach martinis may also take the blame for rocking this Marc-y Marc Jacobs Collection Kubla Khan beret.

Feel completely, happily sober ditching your galoshes in favor of this Marc Jacobs patent rain boot. “The sumptuous, shiny caramel-colored patent vinyl with contrast stitching. The luxe shearling lining that peeks out just enough over the top edge. Gorgeous,” says Stiletto Jungle. “Now, if I could only figure out how to justify buying $900 rainboots.”

Hmm, maybe we need a few peach martinis after all, doll. 

And if you must do layers? Keep sleek and chic, or do designed volume. EdenStyle has the details here.