Beanies aren’t just for skaters and slackers – get with the times! Here’s one for a particularly sharp, smart, simple look. The difference between Johnstons of Elgin’s beanie and your usual kind is that this is staggeringly well made. Johnstons has been making clothing for over 200 years – the company produces its hats in Hawick, Scotland, to a remarkably high standard. But this ribbed beanie isn’t just versatile and timeless. Being both 100 percent cashmere and four-ply, it’s soft and warm too.
What makes a good winter hat? First things first: it should keep your head warm. Obviously. Maybe it should also keep your ears snuggled, or be waterproof and windproof, or even have a peak to keep out that low-slung winter sun.
But a great winter hat also has to be fashionable. After all, if a hat is only good in a practical sense, it’s only doing half the job. The ideal hat combines warmth and cosiness with the height of style: something that’ll still look fabulous even through the worst of the wintry wind and rain.
The UK has a rich history of making top-notch clothing, and its hats are no different. Throughout Britain there are plenty of hatmakers bringing centuries worth of experience to their craft. From those, we picked five of this year’s finest pieces of winter headwear.
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