In winter, I can wear my coat as an added layer of psychological/social armor. Long sleeves don't seem so out of place. The days are shorter, and the nights are wonderfully long, so I can do my shopping after dark. People don't loiter in parking lots and on balconies when it's cold, so I can get my mail without being seen.
In summer, when the temperature soars, I still wear two shirts and a leather vest when I go out. It's murderously hot, but it's the very least I can wear without scaring the gentry or adding to my humiliation. Shorts? Not on your life!
Daylight saving time tears me apart. The cruel, brutal stupidity of it! The nights are already dwindling. Why make it worse?