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"I&amp;#x27;m not really the best at doling out style advice, but whilst riding a scorching 36 degrees celcius (that&amp;#x27;s 96 degrees Farenheit) heat wave in Paris, I found myself putting together a checklist of things to do to stay as cool as possible.\uFFFD? I think I came out pretty much unscathed after this day of arid heat until I collapsed into a pool of sweat at an Argentinian steak house at night where it&amp;#x27;s strictly charcoal fumes in place of air conditioning. I may have even declared quite airily to my friends that I wasn&amp;#x27;t at all hot because I had taken the following measures... -Wear natural fibers.\uFFFD?Silk and cotton are my summer saviours, and very thin knits if you can get them mighty fine.\uFFFD?Just no,t err... a thick 100 percent wool jumper of course.\uFFFD? Today, it was time to resurrect an Alpha60 River Stand By Me Phoenix t-shirt which never fails to have 30-something-year-old men stop in their tracks and go &amp;quot;God&amp;amp;#133;I LOVED that film...&amp;quot; and an old Future Classics navy silk button-down skirt that ties up at the front. -Those items happen to be airy and loose, too. I&amp;#x27;m all for more fabric flapping against the skin just in case any breeze of wind passes along. -Carry a light bag that is hands-free, leaving you arms to swing about creating gusts of wind going up armpits. Yay for the no-DSLR camera days when all one needs is a debit card, some euros and my phone in this Coach Classics bag. -The Urbanears white headphones are there not just for accessory but for drowning out any other people on the street possibly exclaiming &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m SO hot!&amp;quot;\uFFFD? Soundtrack of wintry music is essential: for me, it&amp;#x27;s a few Elliot Smith tracks, icy Four Tet perhaps and nothing involving vaguely tropical noise, which rules out Jamie XX&amp;#x27;s steel drum banger &amp;quot;Far Nearer.&amp;quot; Dang. -Putting the hair up for obvious reasons. People keep asking for video tutorials on top knots from me, but I&amp;#x27;d feel stupid re-enacting how I do my hair on video, when it is so naively easy.\uFFFD?Tip head forward.\uFFFD?Gather hair.\uFFFD?Ponytail with hair tie.\uFFFD?Twist. Another hair tie. Bobby pin stray bits.\uFFFD?Done. -Wear sandals that don&amp;#x27;t rub, which in this case are these old an Surface to Air pair.\uFFFD?I&amp;#x27;m not really into airing feet; I actually don&amp;#x27;t like looking at feet in general, and have now officially sworn off pedicures after seeing a friend who had her foot skin &amp;quot;shaved&amp;quot; and in the process, a sizeable chunk of flesh taken off, as well. An Itchy &amp;amp; Scratchy skit from the The Simpsons comes to mind.\uFFFD?Still, hot hot hot weather calls for sandals plus gnarly feet.\uFFFD?Hopefully people are so blinded by the sun they&amp;#x27;re not looking at feet.\uFFFD? -Sunglasses that actually shield the sun. There are a few fash-on sunnies were the lenses don&amp;#x27;t actually prevent sun searing into eyes, and I&amp;#x27;ve been victim to a few pairs that now sit in my drawer mocking me because I don&amp;#x27;t actually wear sunglasses in any situation UNLESS they&amp;#x27;re there to protect me from blinding sun\uFFFD? These YSL ones do the trick as well as look deceptively like a polka dot pattern when they&amp;#x27;re really plaid. Clever stuff&amp;amp;#133; \uFFFD? -I&amp;#x27;m always buying fresh bottles of CHILLLLLLLLED water along the way that I&amp;#x27;m walking just so I can press them against my chest. \uFFFD? -When I say &amp;quot;Think Cool,&amp;quot; I don&amp;#x27;t mean it in that Grease way when Danny keeps telling the T-Birds to &amp;quot;Be cool, be cool.&amp;quot;\uFFFD?I literally mean think COOL, temperature-wise. Every time I walk around moaning and whinging &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m so hot,&amp;quot; somehow, I feel that much hotter.\uFFFD?Heat is a state of mind, maaaaaaan. What are your best hot-weather tips? Photos: Susie Lau"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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