Maybe -5°C isn't cold enough or maybe it's because it's Paris. Either way, the city expects us to dress fashionably for winter, submitting thinly clad legs and exposed faces to discomforting temperatures whenever we dare to exit our confining apartments.

Upon arriving in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday, I happily discovered that the weather has reached the "whatever makes you warm" stage. As a result, I've reveled in walks through the frigid air and glittering trees in miss-matched accessories and anything and everything that keeps the cold out.