Sean Johns

I never thought I'd say this, but I can't hide it any more, long johns are the fucking business! I've completely converted, any thought that was in my mind that these are an out-dated garment of times gone by has been blow out by the big chill. I had, not twelve months ago, gently and persistently ribbed ex-work colleagues for being old-fogies for wearing them during the cold spell earlier in the year. Yet, as I sit here as snug as the proverbial bug eating my humble pie I couldn't be happier.

Now I admit, I was reluctant to share this information too readily given the stigma that I myself had helped to maintain, but three things have happened that have made me confident enough to share and admitting is the first step, right? Hello my name is Pierce and I wear long johns, it's been eight days since I last went outside without wearing them...

The three things that led me to be open about my new-found love are as follows:

Firstly, I don't call them long johns anymore (aside for the purposes of this post). Initially is was calling them LJs. Which had the benefit that nobody knew what I was talking about, but it wasn't rocket science to figure it out. Now however I've started referring to them as my Sean Johns after the rapper...I'm going to go with 'Diddy's', though no doubt he's changed his name since I started writing this post, clothing line 'Sean John'. It's a stylish modern brand and therefore has some fashion clout and I'm jumping on the brand-wagon. And I like to think Diddy himself would approve...

Secondly, I was at a party recently and it was a small group of people, few of whom I knew especially well and naturally conversation at one point shifted to the big chill. So I decided this was a perfect opportunity to test the waters as regards the reaction I could expect to Sean Johns, and revealed to the room, literally by lifting up my trouser leg, that I had converted. As I waited for the reaction the most wonderful thing happened, a guy to my right who was arguably the biggest 'hipster' in the room, complete with tie, waistcoat and dubious ironic hat, also lifted his trouser leg and said 'snap'.

And thirdly, practically they are phenomenal. I love them. As others around me shiver and shake with the cold I laugh a toasty warm laugh! They're brilliant and I cannot extol their brilliance enough and knew that I should no longer have this secret but share the knowledge with you all. 

Get a pair, you'll never go out in the cold again without them!