# Have there been significant advances in warm clothing in modern times? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 19, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-significant-advances-in-warm-clothing-in-modern-times/933314 "2021-02-19T21:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-significant-advances-in-warm-clothing-in-modern-times/933314/35 "2021-02-26T14:56:36Z")
In an adjacent thread, there was a good response from the point of view of an old-fashioned clothes wearer: > [@How cold does it have to be before "bundling up" does no good and you still freeze to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cold-does-it-have-to-be-before-bundling-up-does-no-good-and-you-still-freeze-to-death/933312/23): > > I’ve spent considerable time outdoors in freezing weather, including overnight, wearing nothing but Stone Age clothing. Fur clothing is extremely warm (fur keeps Arctic animals alive & well without shelter or fire, after all), and many are also quite lightweight, unless made using chrome-tanned modern shite, or too thickly-furred winter-killed animals. I can function 100 % unencumbered wearing a braintanned September deer hide parka and leggings, while keeping as warm as with any modern store-b… Their bottom line was that modern materials deal with being wet much much better, and can last longer (especially around hungry bugs/animals) but furs can be pretty warm and reasonably light. I’d add that modern wicking underlayers are also a big improvement. Before 1970, a major skill of mountaineers was pacing oneself so that sweat never accumulated on ones clothes (which would make them either non-insulating, or very hard to dry). Nowadays, don’t need to worry about that nearly as much. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-significant-advances-in-warm-clothing-in-modern-times/933314)._