Well-keeping

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Please check out the following sentences.

(1) To defy the chilly weather , I want to buy some warm clothes to keep out the cold.

(2) To resist the chilly weather, I plan to buy some warm well-keeping clothes.

(3) However, I'm hesitating about whether I should buy a down coat or a fleece one.

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contiluo(1) To defy the chilly weather , I want to buy some warm clothes to keep out the cold.
(2) To resist the chilly weather, I plan to buy some warm well-keeping clothes.

(3) However, I'm hesitating about whether I should buy a down coat or a fleece one.

I'll leave the rewrites to someone else.

#3 is not bad!
Perhaps "I'm undecided about whether to buy" would be a bit more natural, but what you have is fine.

#2 is a problem. We don't have any substitute in English for "well-keeping clothes" that I'm aware of.
It would be natural to use an infinitive phrase to explain the purpose, but you've already used one at the beginning. If you wish to mention two different purposes, you should place them together, either at the beginning or at the end.
(I'm assuming your second purpose is to prevent sickness.)

To resist the chilly weather and stay well, I plan to buy some warm, protective clothing.(Well, I did it.)

#1 has the same problem. The two purposes are so closely related that it seems strange to have one at the beginning and one at the end.

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