Warm winds, so fine wearing cotton trousers (8)

I believe the answer is:

chinooks

'warm winds' is the definition.

'fine wearing cotton trousers' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'ok' ('OK' can be a synonym of 'fine').
'wearing' indicates putting letters inside.
'cotton trousers' becomes 'chinos'.
'ok' put inside 'chinos' is 'CHINOOKS'.

'so' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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