In the latest heat wave I'm well aware of the power of the sun. Step out of the shade, and it hits with sledgehammer force.
Arabs are portrayed in loose head to ankle white. Cowboys in the old west always have long sleeves and long pants.
A friend claims that longs are cooler than shorts.
When do longs work better than skin for keeping cool?
My suspicions:
A single loose garment that is white or close to white, may be a better reflector of light that my skin is. Plus it moves and flaps as I move, creating different levels of ventilation. But so far haven't confirmed this.
