Winter clothing are clothes used for protection against the particularly cold weather of winter. Often they have a good water resistant, consist of multiple layers to protect and insulate against low temperatures. Winter clothes are especially outerwear like coats, jackets, hats and gloves or mittens, but also warm underwear like long underwear, union suits and socks. winter clothing evolved from heavy coats and jackets to multilayered clothing for the purpose of keeping troops warm during win