User post: Winter clothing crisis

I am having a winter clothing/style crisis! It's the second week of January and winter is in full swing here in the Northeast. Snow, wind and bitter cold all make me want to stay home and hibernate. Unfortunately my job does not offer hibernation days so I have to go to work and brave the cold.

So herein lies the problem; how do I look stylish while trying to keep warm? A little precursor to this problem is, I was feeling overzealous at the end of last winter and got rid of most of my winter items. Granted they were things that didn't fit, were stained etc... My plan was to replace the items, mostly sweaters, this year, but I have yet to find anything that I like or would serve the purpose of keeping me warm.
I have gone on shopping quests on several occasions and have been greeted with short sleeve silk tops and "feather-weight" sweaters. Really "feather-weight"do they know it is winter, I would need to layer about six of them to make up one warm sweater. I have been trying in vain to layer items I currently own to stay warm and I either end up not warm enough or looking borderline frumpy/homeless.

Has anyone else experienced a winter clothing style crisis? If you had to choose, would you rather be warm or look stylish? Do you have a go to store for cold weather styles? Please share.