Season of wardrobe confusion

When I was walking from the train to my building this morning, I came across a guy wearing a huge scarf, thick corduroy blazer and wool slacks. He was visibly sweating. It is (and was, at the time) 70 degrees outside. I know that everyone just hit all of the back to school sales and is excited to try out all of their new garb, but come on. He is not the only person that I have seen do this. It is a phenomenon that I noticed from the first fall after moving to the east coast. It almost seems like a lot of people who live here dress according to the calendar, instead of the weather forecast. So there he was sweating away, taking every opportunity that he could to check himself out in the reflective windows that we were walking past. I wanted to say “Don’t worry guy. Yes, you still look ridiculously overdressed.” Just because the kids have gone back to school does not mean that it is appropriate to wear sweaters and scarves. My advice to you, buddy, is: sit tight. Don’t worry, soon enough you will be shivering wearing that same outfit. Milk the warm weather as long as you can. Your new clothes will still be there in a couple of weeks.