This winter, designers have created hooded scarves and detailed tights to make accessorizing your cold weather wardrobe reasonable and elegant. Gloves and hats with grommets and long, furry arm-warmers are practical and fabulous for the season as well. This is your guide to accessorizing your extremities.

The fur trend, both fake and authentic, is everywhere from discount retailers to luxury department stores. Fur neck-warmers and snoods or hooded neck warmers (also called loops) give any coat or sweater a graceful look. Knitted and wool snoods in different colors and textures have become popular accessory items for Michael Kors and Burberry. Less expensive, more bohemian blends are available at H&M.

Eternity scarves can give sweaters and casual coats a slouchy look that is popular with casual, chic labels Elizabeth & James, Velvet and Ella Moss. Slouchy sweater vests and shrugs have also become an accessory that is easy to mix up with any wardrobe.

Romantic ponchos and caplets were another fall runway item that brought elegance to a season dominated by '80s gauche. The best version comes from the makers of the most classic outerwear, Burberry. Trench capes with long snuggly cowl necks and hooded wraps keep out the cold with a touch of austerity. The casual, long-necked knit poncho version, like those from Helmet Lang, offers a casual yet sophisticated design that isn't going to be a severe investment. Donna Karen and Dolce & Gabbana give the vintage-inspired piece a dramatic twist with a statement. Interpretations from Vince and Ralph Lauren are available at Nordstrom.

Luxurious hosiery with creative designs is the affordable accessory this season. Designers at department stores and smaller boutiques are taking their cue from couture on how to turn a winter uniform into something exciting. Balenciega brought back the dotted stocking and Balley lace leggings are hard to find, but not hard to replicate. Kate Spade has an inverse dotted tight available locally and Saks Fifth Avenue carries the stalwart of hosiery from Wolford, and Spanx.

Black tights with a studded rose pattern from Chanel are hard to find even on the Internet, but Nordstrom has channeled Coco in many of their calf designs. The herringbone designs of Erikson Beamon and the retro-scoring pattern of Marni are both stellar adornments to make last year's dress look new couture. Similar creative scoring patterns on tights can be found at Pavement in Lawrenceville. For eccentric online shoppers ModCloth.com and UrbanOutiffiters.com have a menagerie of experimental patterns and gradient hues.

Anklet socks are back like last year's legwarmers and can help your strappy heels get a longer life in the fall and winter. Louis Vuitton introduced them on the runway as a cheeky accessory, but many stores have the short sheer versions that are not as obnoxious as wearing ruffled socks.

Follow your feet. Grommet designs, ruching and finger cut-outs have segued from feet to hands this winter. Just as the peep-toe boot is a staple in many designer lines this season, the peep finger look is just as vibrant. Studs on booties are just as in as studs on leather driving gloves.

The over-the-knee boot is as big a statement as the over-the-elbow glove. Zipper detailing on shoes is also on your wrist as well as the Valentino rose design on everything from purses to dresses.

If you don't have a snood by the end of this article, then maybe you are the fedora type. There are plenty of artistic berets and cloches with brocaded flowers out there, but in the rain or snow, nothing beats a little ledge to shield your face. Military and riding caps can always be recycled every year. Furry aviators as funny-looking as they may be always seem to come back from time to time. This year has seen the resurgence of a lot of idiosyncratic designs from past generations so it's fitting that your grandpa's hats are now so fresh.

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