Uggs with shorts? Why not! Dressing for fake spring in the middle of winter

It’s open season on mismatched outfits as optimists make the most of some unexpected sunshine

The first nice day of the year hit the east coast this week like a bump of ecstasy. Workers took long lunches, sneaking outside to soak in vitamin D. (It didn’t hurt that this spring-in-February preview coincided with a widespread Slack outage, as if cosmic forces wanted to make sure America’s corporate class touched grass.) People were nicer, life slowed down.

And then there were the haphazard outfits people put on to celebrate the unexpectedly beautiful weather … no matter how bizarre they might have looked. Uggs with shorts? Why not! A puffer coat and a summer dress? Pull it from the back of your closet!

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