10 Stylish Winter Staples You Need This Season
The cooler months really are a fashion opportunity. With a few essential pieces, your style stays bang on-trend while you stay warm and toasty.
Our point? There really is no need to compromise on your look just because the weather’s not playing ball. Stylish winter staples are the answer.
Layering is absolutely key, from the base layer through the sweater, the puffer jacket, and the trench coat too. The right winter boots, the sort that will simply get better season after season, are a no-brainer. Add a scarf and the perfect winter trousers, find a playful accessory to finish it all off, and you’re ready for just about any occasion – and for whatever the conditions can throw at you.
We’ve done the hard work for you. Scroll on for our picks of the best winter clothes for men this season. You can thank us later.
Stylish Staples You Need This Season
Start at the very beginning. Form&Thred’s Portuguese-crafted Organic Lightweight Sweatshirt is a very good place to start. A lightweight Italian organic cotton fleece construction promises welcome coziness, while an elasticated sleeve cuff and fixed hem mean that it’s ideal layered for a bracing walk and effortlessly stylish for drinks at that country pub afterward.The Base Layer: Form&Thread Organic Lightweight Sweatshirt
Great look, and even better insulation. When it comes to men’s winter clothing, Forét is a no-brainer: it’s the Danish brand founded by two friends who want you to revel in the great outdoors, however challenging the conditions. Step forward to their Taiga Jacket, wind and water repellent, constructed from recycled polyester for impeccable sustainability credentials, detailed with contrasting flap pockets to look after your essentials.The Puffer Jacket: Forét Taiga Jacket
You’ll feel like you’ve pulled on leisurewear. The best winter trousers come no more super-soft than this and no more versatile: just as easily dressed up with a jacket as dressed down with a sweatshirt. The 24 Trouser in wool is by the essentials specialists at L’Estrange, designed in London, constructed in Tuscany using 100% natural stretch merino wool, high-end luxurious and naturally temperature regulating. Machine washable, too. Finish off with fine leather boots.The Winter Trousers: L'Estrange The 24 Trouser Wool
No doubt about this: cashmere is a slam-dunk essential in your collection of the best winter clothes for men. Take ASKET’s Cashmere Wool Scarf – and trust us you’re going to be taking it everywhere this winter – designed in Stockholm, a place that knows a little about chilly conditions, and constructed from 45% recycled cashmere, that most cosseting of fibers, and 55% recycled wool. ASKET are minimalists, so this is a piece designed to be with you for many seasons to come.The Scarf: ASKET The Cashmere Wool Scarf
A trench coat is a key fixture of any men’s winter wardrobe. Only question is – which one? We believe we might just have found the perfect piece: east London’s Percival, specializing in “subverting the classics” as they like to put it, has designed their Trench Coat in a relaxed yet formal-when-required cut, with construction in a wool blend featuring a technical fabric added for structure and style. The Timeless Trench: Percival Olive Melton Trench Coat
Italian designed and made? Check. Ready to offer both style and substance in your essential collection of winter clothes for men? Also, check. Velasca’s Famej ankle boot looks great – that’s Italian handmade craftsmanship for you – and is crafted to support and envelop your foot in full-grain smooth calfskin leather, tanned for a lasting finish. Naturally extracted Brazilian rubber forms the soles, designed to be as ready for a seasonal ramble as they are suited and booted to impress at dinner.The Winter Boots: Velasca Famej Boots
“Clothing for your journey” is Seneca’s promise, “no matter your pursuit.” When it comes to assembling your selection of winter clothes this season, their men’s Cortina Crewneck, ethically made in New York from soft quilted Japanese fabric, is an essential piece of kit for your winter travels wherever they may take you, from the ends of the earth to the end of the lane. Quilting is on-trend, design is specifically targeted at layering, and details include binding to cuffs and hem for a refined contemporary feel.The Versatile Sweater: Seneca Quilted Navy Cortina Crewneck
Luxury, luxury, and, yes, more luxury. If the rollneck is essential among the best winter clothes for men, Aurélien’s Pure Cashmere Rollneck is, we’d humbly suggest, doubly so. Mediterranean stylists Aurélien are the deluxe experts – think an autumn evening’s stroll on the Italian Riviera – and their simply cut, 100% cashmere roll-neck is perfectly judged wherever you’re headed. Throw on overworn jeans or style under a jacket, formal, or bomber.The Cashmere Roll-Neck: Aurélien Pure Cashmere Caramel Rollneck
The brand name means “forever,” worn proudly on this Harris Tweed Hat from Depuis Toujours, the sort of upbeat piece that you’ll relish as a piece of perk against the pesky cold. We’d suggest their 100% Harris Tweed hat – woven in Scotland and produced in New York – will cheer up even the dullest of days.The Playful Accessory: Harris Tweed Hat, Multicolor Herringbone Plaid, Red/Green by Depuis Toujours
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